This has nothing to do with the OP problem.I believe your biggest problem is a tank that is biologically overloaded and too young to sustain its inhabitants biology. IMHO 2 clowns in 10g is bad life for them and hard time for you
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This has nothing to do with the OP problem.I believe your biggest problem is a tank that is biologically overloaded and too young to sustain its inhabitants biology. IMHO 2 clowns in 10g is bad life for them and hard time for you
Hey DeniseAndy,What water are you using? RO/DI or RO or tap, etc?
Okay, not sure I have this correct, but you said you were adding the AB+ on schedule? Is that a trace element replacement dosing method? If so, you should not be doing that yet. Without corals to absorb them, you do not need to replace them and could be throwing values off. I never dose anything without actually measuring its usage (if it is new to me).
Get the salinity up to the target of 35ppt or 1.026 specific gravity. This will help keep the inverts happier. What snails are you buying? Some just do not handle change well and some do dormant during travel and some just do not work well in new systems.
Zoas can be touchy. A good starter test is gsp or palys. These can give you some help stabalizing and you can always remove them when you decide on the type of system you want. Just keep them confined to a rock away from other rocks (a bit more difficult in a 10g).
If I misunderstood what you were saying, please let me know. I want to give you accurate information.
Cuc are very sensitive to water parameters more so then most fish, they also need a very slow acclimation, also, some think high magnesium above 1400 is not good for snails, so if your lvls are correct, (which they may not be) then that is probably why they keep dieing.Hey DeniseAndy,
yea sorry I should have been more clear. The AB+ is the lighting schedule I am running for my AI prime light. Will start increasing the salinity slightly to get to 35ppt. The snails I got and died were turbos. I also got 2 nassarius by my lfs recommendation which have disappeared but I am assuming/hoping they’re just deeper in the sand.
Thanks for the tips!!
Calcium: 518ppm
Magnesium: 1593ppm
Potassium: 558ppm
Chlorine: 26298ppm
Sodium: 14334ppm