For full details on the setup of my tank ----> First reef tank of a very paranoid person - Marine Aquariums South Africa
After having shrimp, corals, snails and hermits in the tank for a week I decided it was time for my first fish. I bought two firefish last week friday, a red and a purple, sadly the bug bit me badly, bought a purple dottyback the sunday. I'm goint to be honest I didn't listen to the people smarter than me so I bought two true percs on monday.
Drip aclimated all the fish, few sparringly, everybody seemed to be doing great.
Thinking I was doing a good thing on tuesday evening I fed them thawed food with Aquazole, like I would with new freshwater or brackishfish. (Very stupid I know that now). Everybody loved the food, afterwards the clowns were chasing the dottyback, the firefish were hovering around, all normal.
Next morning before work I went to switch on the lights and found my hermit munching on the one clownfish. All my fish were dead
Yet my all my shrimps were happy, even the cleaner with the massive parasite who molted two days ago was looking chill!
Took water to be tested, pH was a bit low at 8, Ammonia was less than 0.25, otherwise all paramaters were normal. I have been dosing special blend every 3rd day.
Now please tell me. How did I kill my fish without killing my inverts? Did I make the most noobish mistake by adding too many fish within too short a period? What happened? And how can I prevent it from happening again?
Thanks everyone.
After having shrimp, corals, snails and hermits in the tank for a week I decided it was time for my first fish. I bought two firefish last week friday, a red and a purple, sadly the bug bit me badly, bought a purple dottyback the sunday. I'm goint to be honest I didn't listen to the people smarter than me so I bought two true percs on monday.
Drip aclimated all the fish, few sparringly, everybody seemed to be doing great.
Thinking I was doing a good thing on tuesday evening I fed them thawed food with Aquazole, like I would with new freshwater or brackishfish. (Very stupid I know that now). Everybody loved the food, afterwards the clowns were chasing the dottyback, the firefish were hovering around, all normal.
Next morning before work I went to switch on the lights and found my hermit munching on the one clownfish. All my fish were dead
Yet my all my shrimps were happy, even the cleaner with the massive parasite who molted two days ago was looking chill!
Took water to be tested, pH was a bit low at 8, Ammonia was less than 0.25, otherwise all paramaters were normal. I have been dosing special blend every 3rd day.
Now please tell me. How did I kill my fish without killing my inverts? Did I make the most noobish mistake by adding too many fish within too short a period? What happened? And how can I prevent it from happening again?
Thanks everyone.
