This is how I think of my tank. I'm so frustrated right now. I don't know what I'm missing. I have a IM Nuvo 20. In a week it will be 6 months old since start of cycle. Parameters have been solid for a long time. Ammonia - 0 , Nitrates - 20ppm, Nitrites - 0 ppm, PH - 8.4. Been that way for 2 months. The only thing I have problems with is keeping my salinity up, haven't figured that out yet, it's generally 1.014 or so. I have a clown and an oyster crested goby as well as snails and blue tip crabs that have been in there for up to 3 months, no problem. Any time I introduce a Soft coral, it goes belly up within days. I run a Aquagadget Reactor with Charcoal, filter floss as well as purigen in the media racks.
I went to the LFS the other day and spent time with a knowledgable person, talked a lot about my challenges and got some suggestions from him on placement, flow, etc. 5 days later they are all demonstrably dead or appear to be dying. What gives? What am I missing?
I went to the LFS the other day and spent time with a knowledgable person, talked a lot about my challenges and got some suggestions from him on placement, flow, etc. 5 days later they are all demonstrably dead or appear to be dying. What gives? What am I missing?