Need Help Please...

viperloe · 05/18/2009, 07:07 PM

not really new to the hobby but my tank is acting really strange. I have a corner reef tank with flower pot, elegance, long tentacle plate, candy cane, bubble anemone with anemone crab, several polyps and mushrooms. Have some snails, coral banded shrimp, pistol shrimp and a purple fire fish. Strange thing is this...I can't add any new fish. Keep trying to add new fish and they keep dieing. Went through 9 clowns, 2 yellow tangs, 2 blue hippo tangs, and several others. Why do the new fish die within a day but the fire fish is fine? My water tests out fine. I don't understand. Got another blue tang and yellow tang tonight. Floated the bag for 30 mins. Poured a cup of my tank water in the bag, waited 15 mins and poured in another cup and the yellow tang died in the bag. Blue tang might make it but it's not looking good. Any suggestions?

Sisterlimonpot · 05/18/2009, 07:14 PM

hmmm..... Can you post your parameters? Specifically ph and salinity.

KDDG · 05/18/2009, 07:19 PM

Is the tank really a nano?

Aquarist007 · 05/18/2009, 07:41 PM

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Originally posted by KDDG
Is the tank really a nano?

I hope not--but you never know

Have you tried quarantining new fish for about 4 weeks and acclimatizing/observing them that way

I agree with sister l---some water parameters would help here

EverettReef · 05/18/2009, 08:39 PM

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Originally posted by viperloe
Got another blue tang and yellow tang tonight. Floated the bag for 30 mins. Poured a cup of my tank water in the bag, waited 15 mins and poured in another cup and the yellow tang died in the bag. Blue tang might make it but it's not looking good. Any suggestions?

I think you may want to be a bit more careful and not pour a cup of tank water in the bag. Get some airline tubing and an air control valve and drip the tank water in more slowly. Take some tank water into a resivor and place the resivor above the bag and drip it into the bag.

Also, if you are getting the livestock from the same place, you may want to find another source. First get a QT tank setup and running. Try a single fish for 4 weeks in the QT tank after the tank has cycled.

marioensf · 05/18/2009, 10:09 PM

Well, if you poured some water in the bag and it died means something's wrong, VERY wrong.
If you have some fish and coral there they might be surviving rather than living, check all parameters.
On the other hand is the place where you buy the fish a well cared aquarium or is the kind that makes a living out of selling fish to whoever buys them no matter what...

Whys · 05/18/2009, 10:37 PM

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Originally posted by viperloe
...Went through 9 clowns, 2 yellow tangs, 2 blue hippo tangs, and several others... Got another blue tang and yellow tang tonight... yellow tang died in the bag.

Quote:

Originally posted by marioensf
is the place where you buy the fish a well cared aquarium or is the kind that makes a living out of selling fish to whoever buys them no matter what...

Is that rhetorical question?

Something is very "fishy". Multiple tangs in a nano? I'm guessing troll. If I'm wrong about that, then the question in my mind is... why are the fish dying but not the inverts? Surely it isn't for claustrophobia.

PRDubois · 05/18/2009, 10:56 PM

Stop shaking the bag to mix the water!

martinhal · 05/18/2009, 11:45 PM

Hi,

What are the actual numbers of your paramaters ?

Whys · 05/19/2009, 12:21 AM

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Originally posted by PRDubois
Stop shaking the bag to mix the water!

Poor little fishy...

HornetMech242 · 05/21/2009, 08:48 PM

Im suprised no one has asked this guy where he gets his top off/mix water from. I think its something in the top off water that built up slowly allowing the existing animals to acclimate but is too toxic to new comers.

Whys · 05/21/2009, 09:25 PM

Not a bad insight there Hornet, but I'm pretty sure this thread is the work of a troll.

spleify · 05/21/2009, 09:43 PM

To Reef Central

Aquarist007 · 05/21/2009, 09:50 PM

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Originally posted by Whys
Not a bad insight there Hornet, but I'm pretty sure this thread is the work of a troll.

or you have scared him away

PRDubois · 05/21/2009, 10:22 PM

Well he registered 8 months ago and only has one post.
We may have to wait another 8 months till he answers our questions.

Whys · 05/22/2009, 12:04 AM

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Originally posted by capn_hylinur
or you have scared him away

What did I do? The colors in my fish were separating; needed a good shake.

If he has had an account for 8 months, then why go thru 14 fish before asking a single question?

It boggles the mind.

PRDubois · 05/22/2009, 12:10 AM

Keep your mind out of the shaker and it wont be Boggled!

Whys · 05/22/2009, 12:16 AM

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Originally posted by PRDubois
Keep your mind out of the shaker and it wont be Boggled!

The thoughts in my mind were separating; needed a good shake.

Viperloe, if you are not a troll, then pay no attention to my own foolishness. All that matters is your eventual success in this hobby. RC is exactly where you need to be.

Hope this help.

rort · 05/27/2009, 01:56 AM

pretty sure this was someone just messing around...

05/18/2009, 07:07 PM	#1
viperloe Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 1	Need Help Please... not really new to the hobby but my tank is acting really strange. I have a corner reef tank with flower pot, elegance, long tentacle plate, candy cane, bubble anemone with anemone crab, several polyps and mushrooms. Have some snails, coral banded shrimp, pistol shrimp and a purple fire fish. Strange thing is this...I can't add any new fish. Keep trying to add new fish and they keep dieing. Went through 9 clowns, 2 yellow tangs, 2 blue hippo tangs, and several others. Why do the new fish die within a day but the fire fish is fine? My water tests out fine. I don't understand. Got another blue tang and yellow tang tonight. Floated the bag for 30 mins. Poured a cup of my tank water in the bag, waited 15 mins and poured in another cup and the yellow tang died in the bag. Blue tang might make it but it's not looking good. Any suggestions?

05/18/2009, 07:14 PM	#2
Sisterlimonpot R.C. Fraternity President Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Litchfeild Park AZ Posts: 11,490 Blog Entries: 2	hmmm..... Can you post your parameters? Specifically ph and salinity. __________________ Jimmy MASVC President Dishes are done man! Current Tank Info: 300 in progress

05/18/2009, 07:19 PM	#3
KDDG Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Memphis, TN Posts: 208	Is the tank really a nano? __________________ Kelly Current Tank Info: In wall, bar: Approx. 310 Gal

05/18/2009, 10:56 PM	#8
PRDubois Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Chester, VA Posts: 3,626	Stop shaking the bag to mix the water! __________________ http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2534403 Current Tank Info: 225 gal Reef, 60 gal reef & 40b frag tank

05/21/2009, 08:48 PM	#11
HornetMech242 Premium Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Amarillo, TX Posts: 786	Im suprised no one has asked this guy where he gets his top off/mix water from. I think its something in the top off water that built up slowly allowing the existing animals to acclimate but is too toxic to new comers. __________________ I didin't know, it's my first day... Current Tank Info: 120g AGA, 150 #'s fiji rock, DIY stand & canopy, 2 250 watt MH's 14000k on Ice Cap ballast's in Lumenbright reflectors, Mag 9.5 return pump, Dart pump with Oceans Motions closed loop, octopus DNW200 skimmer, GEO 618 Calcium reactor

05/18/2009, 10:09 PM	#6
marioensf Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: San Francisco, CA Posts: 2,502	Well, if you poured some water in the bag and it died means something's wrong, VERY wrong. If you have some fish and coral there they might be surviving rather than living, check all parameters. On the other hand is the place where you buy the fish a well cared aquarium or is the kind that makes a living out of selling fish to whoever buys them no matter what...

05/18/2009, 11:45 PM	#9
martinhal Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Johannesburg Posts: 107	Hi, What are the actual numbers of your paramaters ?

05/21/2009, 09:25 PM	#12
Whys Moved On Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Spokane, WA Posts: 3,263	Not a bad insight there Hornet, but I'm pretty sure this thread is the work of a troll.

05/21/2009, 09:43 PM	#13
spleify Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Denver, Colorado Posts: 9,579	*To Reef Central* __________________ Make it a Great Day!!!! Current Tank Info: 60 gal SPS cube, with 25 gal refugium, 400W MH, DIY Lumenarc III, DIY skimmer, DIY stand and canopy. 40 breeder LPS with 40 gallon sump, DIY stand, 250W MH

05/21/2009, 10:22 PM	#15
PRDubois Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Chester, VA Posts: 3,626	Well he registered 8 months ago and only has one post. We may have to wait another 8 months till he answers our questions. __________________ http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2534403 Current Tank Info: 225 gal Reef, 60 gal reef & 40b frag tank

05/22/2009, 12:10 AM	#17
PRDubois Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Chester, VA Posts: 3,626	Keep your mind out of the shaker and it wont be Boggled! __________________ http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2534403 Current Tank Info: 225 gal Reef, 60 gal reef & 40b frag tank

05/27/2009, 01:56 AM	#19
rort Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Dublin, Ireland Posts: 1,934	pretty sure this was someone just messing around... __________________ Bobby Current Tank Info: Aquanano 60