JE50769
Wed, 14th Apr 2010, 06:12 PM
Hey guys!
Just a bit about my current setup - got a 75g tank, about 60lbs of live rock, bout 2 inches of live sand/crushed coral - a nemo, rainbow dartfish, lawnmower blennie, three damsel's, and bunches of cleaner type snails and stuff. I have had this around 4 months now, had some interesting things happen which confused me and seein what the general thought is.
Bought the tank from someone who had it setup and running for around 3 years. When I got it there were no live fish, just the live sand and rocks. I got it home kept around 50% of the old water and topped it off. Let it cycle for about a month then added the Dartfish and two blue damsels. Two days later the damsels were dead. All through this time I was checking all the chems etc in the water and everything was within acceptable limits. The only difference was the damsels were from the stores tanks, and the dartfish was from a bag (not introduced to the stores tanks). Used a drip method of about two hours in a seperate tank to get aclimated. Now this has happened two other times with other fish. All the same and usually keeping one of the three or so I buy. Do yall think its something to do with the store's tanks? (since the only ones that have made it this far were never in thier stock) or could it be something like my tank doesn't have enough water flow? The waterflow is a bit on the low side, but can that kill fish? Dont have corals and stuff yet, but want to start when I figure out whats wrong with my setup...
Just a bit about my current setup - got a 75g tank, about 60lbs of live rock, bout 2 inches of live sand/crushed coral - a nemo, rainbow dartfish, lawnmower blennie, three damsel's, and bunches of cleaner type snails and stuff. I have had this around 4 months now, had some interesting things happen which confused me and seein what the general thought is.
Bought the tank from someone who had it setup and running for around 3 years. When I got it there were no live fish, just the live sand and rocks. I got it home kept around 50% of the old water and topped it off. Let it cycle for about a month then added the Dartfish and two blue damsels. Two days later the damsels were dead. All through this time I was checking all the chems etc in the water and everything was within acceptable limits. The only difference was the damsels were from the stores tanks, and the dartfish was from a bag (not introduced to the stores tanks). Used a drip method of about two hours in a seperate tank to get aclimated. Now this has happened two other times with other fish. All the same and usually keeping one of the three or so I buy. Do yall think its something to do with the store's tanks? (since the only ones that have made it this far were never in thier stock) or could it be something like my tank doesn't have enough water flow? The waterflow is a bit on the low side, but can that kill fish? Dont have corals and stuff yet, but want to start when I figure out whats wrong with my setup...