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Hello there.
New to the reef world. Did a bunch of research before jumping into this, yet still something terrible happened and I don't know why....
Tank had finished cycling after 4 weeks. So, I added 6 hermit crabs, 3 bangaii cardinals, and a skunk cleaner shrimp to the tank. The only thing I had in there prior was a yellow tail damsel that cycled with the tank. Waitied a few days, they all got settled in nicely. About a week later, I added a royal gramma, and a yellowhead jawfish. They both settled in, the gramma took a bit longer to settle. They were all happy in there for about 2 weeks, then...BOOM!
One night, I noticed that my fish were all breathing fast and hiding in the tank. I had done a water change about 5 days prior to this, using ROand salt. I thought, maybe they had an ammonia spike, so I quickly changed the water again, and added more bacteria to the tank, like i do after each water change.
It seemed to help for a little bit, but they were still being shy amd breathing fast. A few hours later, my damsel was basically white, floating at the top for air, then died.
The next day after work, I found a dead jawfish.
I went to get my water tested at LFS,..nothing.
No ammonia, no nitrite, PH at 8.3, salinity at 1.023, my water temp is at 78F.
My shrimp is still happy as can be running around the tank.
A couple days later, all 3 bangaii cardinals died.... I'm thinking the shrimp is a serial killer....not really...anyway..
For my setup, it's a 36gal bowfront, i have an aquaclear 70 HOB filter, a 660 circ pump, live sand, and shelf rock...
Any thoughts as to why all of the sudden my fish all died....? It's really discouraging and I'm debating on just going back to freshwater...
Thanks.
New to the reef world. Did a bunch of research before jumping into this, yet still something terrible happened and I don't know why....
Tank had finished cycling after 4 weeks. So, I added 6 hermit crabs, 3 bangaii cardinals, and a skunk cleaner shrimp to the tank. The only thing I had in there prior was a yellow tail damsel that cycled with the tank. Waitied a few days, they all got settled in nicely. About a week later, I added a royal gramma, and a yellowhead jawfish. They both settled in, the gramma took a bit longer to settle. They were all happy in there for about 2 weeks, then...BOOM!
One night, I noticed that my fish were all breathing fast and hiding in the tank. I had done a water change about 5 days prior to this, using ROand salt. I thought, maybe they had an ammonia spike, so I quickly changed the water again, and added more bacteria to the tank, like i do after each water change.
It seemed to help for a little bit, but they were still being shy amd breathing fast. A few hours later, my damsel was basically white, floating at the top for air, then died.
The next day after work, I found a dead jawfish.
I went to get my water tested at LFS,..nothing.
No ammonia, no nitrite, PH at 8.3, salinity at 1.023, my water temp is at 78F.
My shrimp is still happy as can be running around the tank.
A couple days later, all 3 bangaii cardinals died.... I'm thinking the shrimp is a serial killer....not really...anyway..
For my setup, it's a 36gal bowfront, i have an aquaclear 70 HOB filter, a 660 circ pump, live sand, and shelf rock...
Any thoughts as to why all of the sudden my fish all died....? It's really discouraging and I'm debating on just going back to freshwater...
Thanks.