Hello to all MASC members,
Unfortunately I have experienced two fish deaths in the past several weeks. My setup is a 14 gallon Biocube with standard filtration, in addition I have added Purigen and Chemipure Elite. The tank has been setup for over 3 months now and cycled has been cycled properly. After cycling I added some bright green zoas, which have done really well since. Shortly after with all my parameters in check and the zoas doing well I added a small frag of red mushrooms. Which since being added to the tank have multiplied by three, several weeks later I added another zoa colony and then with corals inverts. and snails all doing well added a healthy green chromis. 3 weeks later despite pristine water conditions and growing coral he passed. I inspected him for any infection and none were visible. After this incident I inspected my tank to find no outstanding issues that I believed may have caused this death. Because of this I added a large green mushroom rock two weeks later, also note that this coral is continuing to grow and shows good color. Feeling good about the corals response I added a firefish goby, which at the time has not come out of his burrow/hiding spot for two days, I hate to assume this although im doubting he is still living. This is very saddening due to the time, effort, and money invested in this project. More than anything I want to resolve this issue to insure healthy and happy marine specimens. I am more than willing to investigate anything that may be the source of the problem and resolve it by any means.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
My water parameters, from my last testing (right after goby went missing) :
Ammonia: 0ppm
Nitrite: 0ppm
Nitrate: 0ppm
SG: 0.25
PH: 8.3
Calcium: 380 ppm - 450 ppm
In addition, note that this tank is in a high traffic area of the home and has a bit a surrounding movement, this is as extensive as to slightly jiggle the water level when someone is walking by the tank. In addition there is moderate sound throughout the day near and around the tank, could this be the soul cause?
Unfortunately I have experienced two fish deaths in the past several weeks. My setup is a 14 gallon Biocube with standard filtration, in addition I have added Purigen and Chemipure Elite. The tank has been setup for over 3 months now and cycled has been cycled properly. After cycling I added some bright green zoas, which have done really well since. Shortly after with all my parameters in check and the zoas doing well I added a small frag of red mushrooms. Which since being added to the tank have multiplied by three, several weeks later I added another zoa colony and then with corals inverts. and snails all doing well added a healthy green chromis. 3 weeks later despite pristine water conditions and growing coral he passed. I inspected him for any infection and none were visible. After this incident I inspected my tank to find no outstanding issues that I believed may have caused this death. Because of this I added a large green mushroom rock two weeks later, also note that this coral is continuing to grow and shows good color. Feeling good about the corals response I added a firefish goby, which at the time has not come out of his burrow/hiding spot for two days, I hate to assume this although im doubting he is still living. This is very saddening due to the time, effort, and money invested in this project. More than anything I want to resolve this issue to insure healthy and happy marine specimens. I am more than willing to investigate anything that may be the source of the problem and resolve it by any means.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
My water parameters, from my last testing (right after goby went missing) :
Ammonia: 0ppm
Nitrite: 0ppm
Nitrate: 0ppm
SG: 0.25
PH: 8.3
Calcium: 380 ppm - 450 ppm
In addition, note that this tank is in a high traffic area of the home and has a bit a surrounding movement, this is as extensive as to slightly jiggle the water level when someone is walking by the tank. In addition there is moderate sound throughout the day near and around the tank, could this be the soul cause?