Lost 7 fish, discouraged and about ready to give it up.

[CoryDude]

Nothing new to add here that hasn't already been said. My 60 gallon killed every fish I put in there and my tank parameters were the same as yours. In order, I lost a clown pair, a lemonpeel angel, a flame angel, another ocellaris clown, and finally a purple firefish. Then, after waiting a month or so, I tried a 4th clownfish and he made it, then a flameback angel, then a watchman goby, yada yada yada. Point is I did nothing different between my failures and successes.

Also, and this may not be the case, but try a fish from a different lfs. Sometimes, even a good store can get a bad batch of fish.

[DarkHorseMBA]

Wow.

OK, I'm going to sum up some GREAT advice given above:

TAKE A ZIPLOCK BAG OF WATER, NO AIR, TO YOUR LFS AND HAVE THEM TEST IT. This could be as simple as a poorly calibrated refractometer. I can't tell you how many thousands of fish a refractometer has killed. In any case have them do a complete test of your water.

That may NOT get everything. Something as simple as a penny in the water, stray current, soap, a beer, etc. could also play a role.

Would that be me drinking the beer, or it in my water. I could be guilty of the former. :-)


DarkHorseMBA
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