clown fish

[Terry DeMott]

say I have lost 6 clown fish in the past month alk 10.8 cal 667 mag 11 sal 1.026 any ideas

 

[ieatbugman]

Have you seen any white spots on them?

 

[ieatbugman]

Ick was a big killer for my clownfish

 

[ieatbugman]

Also do you have any other fish and how long have you been in the hobby?

 

[Lavey29]

Clownfish are prone to disease and once the disease gets in your tank every fish you add after typically dies also

 

[ieatbugman]

He is asking now, and that is all that is important.

 

[crazyfishmom]

say I have lost 6 clown fish in the past month alk 10.8 cal 667 mag 11 sal 1.026 any ideas

There are lots of questions to answer here. Are the numbers you listed accurate? If so, makes me wonder whether your water is okay altogether. Also, how long as your tank been up and how did you cycle? Do you know whether your cycle is complete? Water volume and other bioload would also be helpful to understand. Sorry about your clowns. Maybe wait a bit before adding more until you figure out what’s happening. Lots of people here that can help.

 

[ieatbugman]

Everyone has killed fish before, its a part of the hobby. Fish can and will die

 

[ieatbugman]

It’s especially not a reason to beat him up

 

[ieatbugman]

Everyone has made mistakes in this hobby, when they come for help is not the time to beat them up over those mistakes

 

[Lavey29]

How many have you killed?

There is a difference between killing fish and having a fish die under your care. We have all had fish losses for various reasons but as reefers we have a moral duty to provide the best environment we can for the animals under our care. If you have repeated fish deaths over a short period of time and you keep adding more fish rather then addressing the underlying problem that is negligence and a failure of your moral duty as a hobbyist.

 

[Terry DeMott]

the tank is 15 yr old no white spots the clown fish are 8 yrs old

 

[Lavey29]

the tank is 15 yr old no white spots the clown fish are 8 yrs old

Looking at your posting history may make it difficult to determine what is occurring currently in your tank.

You post history states that the tank was completely restarted several years ago with new rock and sand. 180g is 140g with rocks. You post about having as many as 50 clownfish in this tank over the years. You post about continual problems with water chemistry parameters . Since clownfish are not schooling fish and live in pairs or small hierarchy groups in the wild we can speculate a few theories.

Fish maturing and over crowded conditions led to aggression.

Water chemistry and tank environment causing stress and harming fish.

Disease is always a consideration if you added any fish recently that were not properly QT.

Perhaps some of your 50 clownfish are just getting old and aging out.

It may be difficult to determine an exact cause of the recent fish deaths. You observed no observable signs of disease though.