im having problems with 2 black ocellaris clowns

Temperature: 79
PH: 8.1
Ammonia:0
Nitrite:0
Nitrate: .5
Salinity: .1025
dKH/KH/Alkalinity: ?
Magnesium:?
Calcium: 550ppm
Phosphate:?
Test kits you own: tetra dip strips and api reef master test kit
Liquid or Strips: both
Brand Name: tetra and api
Are they Expired?: no


Tank size? 15 column
Estimated total system? ??

Reef, fish only or, freshwater? Reef nano

Current inhabitants? What and how many? Few very small carpet corals a nice set of green and red button polyps 2 black ocellaris a cleaner shrimp and a sebae anemone
Clean up crew? Cleaner shrimp

How long has your tank been set-up? 3 months

Substrate.
Type? Sand
Depth? 1.75 inches

Live rock? Yes
How much? Bout 20 pounds
Did you recently add some? Last time was 12/29/12

Filtration.
Type? Liverock and a zoomed 511 nano filter
Protein skimmer? no
Do you wet or dry skim? no
Maintenance schedule for filtration? Once a month
Drilled tank/hang on back overflow? yes
Sump/refugium. What's in it and how much? no
Macro? What kind? ??

Lighting.
Lighting type? Zoo med atonic light and reef light
Age of bulbs? Brand new

Feeding
What? Flakes or mysis alternating on a 2 to 1 day ratio in that order as well as kent food for coral every other day
How much? Pinch with flakes one tbps for kent


Water change schedule.
How much? 25%
How often? Evry 3 to 4 weeks
What salt brand? Instant ocean reef crystals
Water source? Out of tap for 24 hours
ok so ive finaly introduced these 2 fish into my tank and within 5 minutes they have stoped swimming and started to breathe heavily while leaning on the sand bottom or the live rock. :-/ they didnt touch anything that i could see but im open to the possibilities that its beyond my vision.
any reecomendations would be great
thank you

 

How did you acclimate them to the tank? Where did you get them from?

 

Did you add tap water treatment to the water? If not then the chlorine/chloramines are doing them in. Also for a tank that small without a skimmer, in my honest opinion I would do weekly water changes to remove DOCs out of the water.

 

i aclimated them for 20 min from my hospital tank which is 29 gallons i had them there for 3 weeks and the were doing great.
and i leave the water out for 24 hours to remove the chlorine and such and ill put a bit of tetra aqua balance.
as for the water changes ill try them every week but the numbers i just gave you are from last nights test b4 i released the clowns and the last water change was 2 weeks ago.
thanks again guys

 

Do you have enough flow?

Reefbruh makes a very good point, tap water?

 

So you just put them in the tank last night? If that's the case they're probably just getting acclimated. Otherwose you may want to test for chlorine in the water. You're best off using RO/DI water either from a setup you install at your house or by getting it from the grocery store or your local fish store. It's $1 a gallon and added insurance that you're not adding harmful chemicals to your tank.

I agree with the above though that your water changes should be smaller and more frequent.

 

Yes I put them in but they passed on I tested for the chlorine there isn't any and the flow of the tank is a low in some areas and moderate in others.

 

Hmm tap water strikes again. You should get your hands on an Ro/DI system or get some water from your LFS

 

Yes I put them in but they passed on I tested for the chlorine there isn't any and the flow of the tank is a low in some areas and moderate in others.

 

Ro/di??