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Hello everyone, i am new to this, have a 75 gallon tank for 5 months, started with 2 ocellaris after 2 weeks and brown algae bloom, 4 weeks later i added a neon dotty and coral beauty, 2 weeks later they got ich, put them in quarantine, 2 weeks later reintroduced and they died overnight as well as 1 ocellaris?! 1 week later i added 1 firefish goby, 2 sharknose goby and a blue head wrasse, all died overnight. I have a chocolate chip and brittle star, and 1 green crab and 1 sally.
Levels are 8.2 ph, 1.026 salinity, .25 ammonia(is this it?), 0 all else. Thanks
Pelly,
Welcome to Reef 2 Reef
That ammonia does stand out, you need to take things nice a slow when it comes to reefing. Take the time to research and learn to be successful.
Testing is your guide:
Just as a starter for test kits:
Calcium - API will do the job.
Alkalinity - Salifert or the Hanna dKH checker
Magnesium - Salifert
Nitrates - Salifert or NYOS
Phosphates - Hanna ULR phosphorus ppb checker or their ULR ppm checker.
If I had to go with one brand of test kits, it would be Salifert.
Some helpful links:
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Beginners Guide to Acclimation and Quarantine
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Good Luck!!