Hey guys i have a waterbox 20g thats been going on for about 4 months now and my fish seem to keep dying. I've sourced everything from World Wide Corals, from my water to my live rock and filtration. I've taken my water for multiple tests before even adding anything and they said the water was good enough to add fish. The acclimation process i was informed to use was to temperature acclimate the fish before putting them straight in. I've asked if drip acclimation is necessary but i was told no. So for all the fish i have used the same process. The only surviving fish i have right now is 1 lone green chromis that i have believed to beaten the odds and survived. Im getting a little stressed out here from waking up to dead fish only a day or so after putting them in and my LFS keeps telling me my parameters are good. All my coral are doing well, vibrant colors and great response to feeding but i just can't seem to get it right with the fish.
Death Toll Count:
2 - Royal Gramma (the one i most recently purchased died not even 48 hours after purchase),( each added individually)
5 - Green Chromis (they hid in the rock overnight and the next morning they would be floating around or swimming very weird and then die)
> as far as these go i added them in groups of 3 at a time, each with no livestock except snails and crabs.
1 - Anthias ( as far as this one goes i was misinformed on the care regimen of the fish initially)
My most recent royal gramma that i put in this week i monitored severely as i was scared for him to die as well. He seemed fine for the first 36 hours just hiding in the rock and staying out of sight, but breathing normally and showing no signs of sickness. I go to sleep and wake up to find him stuck in a rock not moving or breathing. I gave him a little nudge just to see if there was any reaction and there was nothing. Mind you my lone survivor green chromis is still swimming happily away so im assuming its not the water parameters as he is still alive to this day.
Im just looking for some outside insight as to what could be my issue because i really cannot figure it out. Im trying to not look at as if i just have had bad luck with all the fish i've gotten, but that seems to be the only answer right now due to having one survivor.
As far as the water parameters that i can give you reading on based off of my home test kits:
Nitrite - 0
Nitrate - 0
Carbonate hardness - 80
Salinity - 1.025
Water Temp - 78 F
Death Toll Count:
2 - Royal Gramma (the one i most recently purchased died not even 48 hours after purchase),( each added individually)
5 - Green Chromis (they hid in the rock overnight and the next morning they would be floating around or swimming very weird and then die)
> as far as these go i added them in groups of 3 at a time, each with no livestock except snails and crabs.
1 - Anthias ( as far as this one goes i was misinformed on the care regimen of the fish initially)
My most recent royal gramma that i put in this week i monitored severely as i was scared for him to die as well. He seemed fine for the first 36 hours just hiding in the rock and staying out of sight, but breathing normally and showing no signs of sickness. I go to sleep and wake up to find him stuck in a rock not moving or breathing. I gave him a little nudge just to see if there was any reaction and there was nothing. Mind you my lone survivor green chromis is still swimming happily away so im assuming its not the water parameters as he is still alive to this day.
Im just looking for some outside insight as to what could be my issue because i really cannot figure it out. Im trying to not look at as if i just have had bad luck with all the fish i've gotten, but that seems to be the only answer right now due to having one survivor.
As far as the water parameters that i can give you reading on based off of my home test kits:
Nitrite - 0
Nitrate - 0
Carbonate hardness - 80
Salinity - 1.025
Water Temp - 78 F