scared foxface
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I dont understand what your asking? Is something wrong with the fish?
Im going to go out on a limb and say you my be experiencing a tank crash, your fish do not seem to be doing well at all, one already dead and another that may be on its way out. Im sorry to say, but in all honesty I think you have jumped the gun with stocking your tank and I dont think your tank has fully cycled, thus causing problems with the livestock. This is one of the biggest issues in the saltwater community IMO. You absolutly have to wait for the tank to be ready for live stock, and it takes some time, and then slowly add it, otherwise you blow the bio load.
Im going to go out on a limb and say you my be experiencing a tank crash, your fish do not seem to be doing well at all, one already dead and another that may be on its way out. Im sorry to say, but in all honesty I think you have jumped the gun with stocking your tank and I dont think your tank has fully cycled, thus causing problems with the livestock. This is one of the biggest issues in the saltwater community IMO. You absolutly have to wait for the tank to be ready for live stock, and it takes some time, and then slowly add it, otherwise you blow the bio load.
Your going to need to do more than one. I would suggest at least 15% water change today, a 15% water change tomarrow, a 15% water change the next day. Seachem also seels a nice product (cant remember the neame off the top) that will help with speeding up the process of establishing the nessacary bacteria to maintain your bio load, I would highly reccomend grabbing some of this and adding it with your water changes, it will help speed up the cycle.
Do you run a refugium or just a sump?
Do you run a refugium or just a sump?
Thats Cheato and Calurpa. Heres my concern, the container your using to house the fuge. PLASTIC?
Plastics tend to leach harmful chemicals into the water, expecially if there is prolonged exposure, and salt helps speed this process up. Im wondering if this plastic tub is leaching stuff into your water, that may be your issue right there.
A while back I was using 20 gallon rubbermaid trash cans for water changes. My tank started to go downhill and I couldnt figure out why. One day while doing a water change I noticed a strange smell coming off one of the containers, wasnt sure what it was so I immedialty stopped my water change, went out and bout 2 drinking water quality tanks to start using. Within 2 weeks my tank was back to normal. Im pretty sure the tubs I was previously using for water changes were the culprit of the issue.
Plastics tend to leach harmful chemicals into the water, expecially if there is prolonged exposure, and salt helps speed this process up. Im wondering if this plastic tub is leaching stuff into your water, that may be your issue right there.
A while back I was using 20 gallon rubbermaid trash cans for water changes. My tank started to go downhill and I couldnt figure out why. One day while doing a water change I noticed a strange smell coming off one of the containers, wasnt sure what it was so I immedialty stopped my water change, went out and bout 2 drinking water quality tanks to start using. Within 2 weeks my tank was back to normal. Im pretty sure the tubs I was previously using for water changes were the culprit of the issue.
