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It's really not that hard tho -- there's an unfavorable condition in the tank the long-timers have adapted to over time, but newly introduced fish cannot. Like the story I posted about the broken thermometer leading the owner to turn the heat up too high over time.Im fascinated the current lot doesnt die. that's neat/challenge to decipher
So the fish are healthy and normal (they eat, explore, etc) then after like 4-5 days, they suddenly start to fall to the bottom and look distressed. Then the next morning they are dead. Not all eat so stress is obviously a factor but I have sturdy, healthy clowns for example that move for a week and then overnight, go from 100 to zero.What type of anemones? Do you have any pictures of the dead fish? How are they acting before they die? Do you qt? If you don't have you thought about getting 2 of the same type of fish from the fish store and putting one in a qt tank and one in the display?
Oh believe me, it's not freak deaths. I KNOW there is an issue. But we test everything and it looks good so I try it and no luck. I DON'T want to kill anymore fish. I want a solution so we can avoid it. That's why all of you are so awesome to help me solve the problem. I'll check out the disease forum now.Stop telling yourself these deaths are freak accidents! what the heck man, you put 29 fish in a tank one after the other and they all die and you seriously think number 30 will be better?
You might as well flush them down the toilet. Like Brandon said, the most likely culprit is fish disease. Stop throwing fish needlessly to their death.
My point is your logic makes no sense.Oh believe me, it's not freak deaths. I KNOW there is an issue. But we test everything and it looks good so I try it and no luck. I DON'T want to kill anymore fish. I want a solution so we can avoid it. That's why all of you are so awesome to help me solve the problem. I'll check out the disease forum now.
What exactly do you have in the way of powerheads or wavemakers? The surface of your tank's water doesn't look turbulent at all. And do you have a sump in that cabinet?Oh believe me, it's not freak deaths. I KNOW there is an issue. But we test everything and it looks good so I try it and no luck. I DON'T want to kill anymore fish. I want a solution so we can avoid it. That's why all of you are so awesome to help me solve the problem. I'll check out the disease forum now.
Dude, I'm asking for solutions. I understand your point which is the reason I'm here.My point is your logic makes no sense.
1. Add new fish
2. Fish dies
3. Hypothesize bad water chemistry
4. Water chemistry is fine
5. Return to step 1
Obviously if your water chemistry is good, but your fish keep dying that is not the problem. So why do you keep checking your water, finding out it's fine, and then keep adding fish only to see them die?
I'd rather solve the mystery. It's maddening.Im fascinated the current lot doesnt die. that's neat/challenge to decipher
Yes, I have a sump. I have two powerheads that create a good flow. When I feed them the food flows all around so of the hundreds of issue it could be, I don't think circulation is one of them. But keep helping, I want to solve the issue.What exactly do you have in the way of powerheads or wavemakers? The surface of your tank's water doesn't look turbulent at all. And do you have a sump in that cabinet?
the issue is disease take all fish out medicate them let DT sit without anything in for 76 days add fish back inYes, I have a sump. I have two powerheads that create a good flow. When I feed them the food flows all around so of the hundreds of issue it could be, I don't think circulation is one of them. But keep helping, I want to solve the issue.
What type of anemones? Do you have any pictures of the dead fish? How are they acting before they die? Do you qt? If you don't have you thought about getting 2 of the same type of fish from the fish store and putting one in a qt tank and one in the display?
the issue is disease take all fish out medicate them let DT sit without anything in for 76 days add fish back in
I would put your current fish in QT and treat per Jay Hemdal's outline. Let your DT go fallow. Then, I would try a different fish store and QT them also.Truly your current fish look healthy and balanced, possibly the bosses of the aquascape ~ the disease offer isn’t pinpointed it comes from the % rate of problems in systems nowadays if active prevention means aren’t in place. I watch Jay do troubleshoots and he always remarks that loss challenges where inverts and corals remain unaffected and only fish are lost is nearly always a disease issue, and in this case it honestly seems to extend out similarly where only new fish die and current inhabitants look happy and healthy.
unfortunately the going recommend from the disease forum would be to fallow the current system and treat preemptively the current fish in quarantine for the expected/ most likely maladies they present or share in the system as hosts (but seem to be not overcome by here) per species.
since necropsies aren’t available this is nearly certain your required fix path.