Lost 7 fish, discouraged and about ready to give it up.

The two sets of fish are from different stores, but they may have the same supplier.

If I can't keep fish, I'd hate kill some expensive corals.


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Without doing a full blown necropsy on your dead fish, then no.

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I would discontinue the purple up
Let the tank sit fallow for 60 days
Buy fish from a different source
Only introduce one fish at a time over weeks

Just my 2 cents, and seeing my current tank issue it is not worth much.

 

A little over 3 months, already cycled.


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Corals are much easier to keep, it you go soft corals and some cheap LPS.

 

Thanks, there is one fish left I'll just leave him, and wait.


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7.5 ml daily, going to stop now since the Coraline is growing already.


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It also has iodine in it and you may have toxic levels if you dose too much.

 

i really believe in uv sterilizers . they save you so much in fish losses. if you want to shut it down after the tank is running and you have most your fish in than ok. but when starting (after the tank has cycled) they kill so much bad bacteria and pathogens that you introduce by not quarantining fish. they are worth every penny. dont give up add a uv. you can get one on ebay cheap. its what i did. than bought a new bulb for it.

this is not my first tank i had a reef tank a few years ago. i shut the uv off after it was going and i wasn't adding things. not sure if i will do that this time or not. i might just leave the uv going.

 

im thinking illness here. all the fish showed sings od illness.

change you LFS or just buy online. i also think your moving a little too fast, slow down add about 1 fish every 3 weeks, but you must QT to treat illness. i think its a combination of too many fish and illness

 

2in10 makes an excellent point here. I would have the LFS check the iodine level as well to rule that out.

And if it continues a UV filter sounds like a good idea as well per pink4miss.