Hello everyone. Over the past 2 months, I have lost (died and seen eaten by CUC or disappeared overnight) the below livestock. Please tell me what I can do to troubleshoot, this has become very discouraging! If you need any other info, please let me know...
flame angel
numerous snails
small xenia frag
2x diamond gobies
yellow eye kole tang
saltwater-adapted black molly (intended to use to check for parasites, disappeared today after 2 days in the tank).
Additional info:
all of the above disappearances were visibly healthy. Only exceptions are the kole tang which was barely breathing with a slightly damaged tail fin (otherwise no visible parasites, other damage) when i returned from work and died shortly thereafter, and the Molly, which was not visibly injured but was being chased by my small (~2.5" six line wrasse) the day before it disappeared overnight. The remaining fish (pair of occelaris clowns, six line wrasse) have been in the tank since the tank was fully cycled in April 2023 and are visibly healthy, eating well, etc. I have noticed that larger snails (astrea, turbos) also do not seem to survive in my tank for long.
Water:
1.026 SG, verified with digital meter and refractometer
0 ammonia (all chemistry verified with API and red sea test kits, along with 2nd API test at LFS)
0 nitrites
0-5 nitrates
8.2PH
78 degrees F at all times
Livestock:
~80 lbs of rock (started as dry rock, cycled with fritz turbostart and dr tims liquid ammonia)
caribsea live sand
pair of ocellaris clowns
six-line wrasse
2 cleaner shrimp
3 emerald crabs
small number of astrea snails
nassarius snails
assorted small "reef safe" hermits
sand-sifting star
2x2 inch green star polyps frag (this has not opened since i added it to the tank 2 weeks ago - it may be dead?)
1 head of hammer coral
2 small (1x1 inch) brain coral frags
1 green kryptonite candycane frag with 2 heads
Relevant equipment:
Redsea reefer 350 (350 liters total system, ~72 gal display) tank & sump
reef octopus skimmer
algae scrubber
reefmat mechanical filter
reef octo return pump
2x mp40s on opposite sides of back panel
kessil ap9x LED lighting (previously had on 630am-930 am with slow ramp up and slow ramp down, reduced this to 12 noon to 8pm per LFS advice) running Tuna Blue "full spectrum"
flame angel
numerous snails
small xenia frag
2x diamond gobies
yellow eye kole tang
saltwater-adapted black molly (intended to use to check for parasites, disappeared today after 2 days in the tank).
Additional info:
all of the above disappearances were visibly healthy. Only exceptions are the kole tang which was barely breathing with a slightly damaged tail fin (otherwise no visible parasites, other damage) when i returned from work and died shortly thereafter, and the Molly, which was not visibly injured but was being chased by my small (~2.5" six line wrasse) the day before it disappeared overnight. The remaining fish (pair of occelaris clowns, six line wrasse) have been in the tank since the tank was fully cycled in April 2023 and are visibly healthy, eating well, etc. I have noticed that larger snails (astrea, turbos) also do not seem to survive in my tank for long.
Water:
1.026 SG, verified with digital meter and refractometer
0 ammonia (all chemistry verified with API and red sea test kits, along with 2nd API test at LFS)
0 nitrites
0-5 nitrates
8.2PH
78 degrees F at all times
Livestock:
~80 lbs of rock (started as dry rock, cycled with fritz turbostart and dr tims liquid ammonia)
caribsea live sand
pair of ocellaris clowns
six-line wrasse
2 cleaner shrimp
3 emerald crabs
small number of astrea snails
nassarius snails
assorted small "reef safe" hermits
sand-sifting star
2x2 inch green star polyps frag (this has not opened since i added it to the tank 2 weeks ago - it may be dead?)
1 head of hammer coral
2 small (1x1 inch) brain coral frags
1 green kryptonite candycane frag with 2 heads
Relevant equipment:
Redsea reefer 350 (350 liters total system, ~72 gal display) tank & sump
reef octopus skimmer
algae scrubber
reefmat mechanical filter
reef octo return pump
2x mp40s on opposite sides of back panel
kessil ap9x LED lighting (previously had on 630am-930 am with slow ramp up and slow ramp down, reduced this to 12 noon to 8pm per LFS advice) running Tuna Blue "full spectrum"