I need some help.
I have a 500 liter reef tank, mixed reef with basic corals and fish. No anemones.
The inhabitants are:
2 x clownfish
2 x bangai cardinal
2 x pyjama cardinal
1 x halloween hermit crab
1 x green emerald mithrax crab
1 x blood shrimp
various snails
Or rather.. that were my inhabitants. It started when I left for a 1 week ski trip and put on an auto feeder. When I returned I had algae starting, and my acropora was almost dead. I lost 1 Bangai. Couldn't find the body. Checked in tank (didn't remove rock though), overflow box, sump and behind the aquarium stand on the floor.
Then over the next few weeks/month, I lost my second Bangai. All of a sudden he's gone.
Now today I can't seem to find my second pyjama cardinal.
After my ski trip I started doing regular water changes of +- 15%.
My water values are, according to the last ICP test on the 13th of April:
I started with dry dead rock so predators shouldn't be an issue, but can't rule it out since I did buy some frags with a plug/stone attached (very small pieces, dipped everything).
Besides continuous algae (growing worse it seems), my corals have started to do better again. I just need to find out what is killing my fish.
Hope someone here can help!
I have a 500 liter reef tank, mixed reef with basic corals and fish. No anemones.
The inhabitants are:
2 x clownfish
2 x bangai cardinal
2 x pyjama cardinal
1 x halloween hermit crab
1 x green emerald mithrax crab
1 x blood shrimp
various snails
Or rather.. that were my inhabitants. It started when I left for a 1 week ski trip and put on an auto feeder. When I returned I had algae starting, and my acropora was almost dead. I lost 1 Bangai. Couldn't find the body. Checked in tank (didn't remove rock though), overflow box, sump and behind the aquarium stand on the floor.
Then over the next few weeks/month, I lost my second Bangai. All of a sudden he's gone.
Now today I can't seem to find my second pyjama cardinal.
After my ski trip I started doing regular water changes of +- 15%.
My water values are, according to the last ICP test on the 13th of April:
I started with dry dead rock so predators shouldn't be an issue, but can't rule it out since I did buy some frags with a plug/stone attached (very small pieces, dipped everything).
Besides continuous algae (growing worse it seems), my corals have started to do better again. I just need to find out what is killing my fish.
Hope someone here can help!