Re: Perfect Levels...Damsels All Dead!!! I too am having problems without much explanation.
My son had had this tank since January and everything went beautifully.
55 gallon,
Cured live rock
agracrete caves and arches
We decided to go to the next step recommended by GARF and order their GRUNGE which is supposed to be like live mud with lots of good bacteria.
We had had our H20 tested about 8 times and all the parameters and fish had been great! No losses!
It has been 10 days since we added the GRUNGE and
Last Friday-our chromis & Dory started acting funny and quivering in the upper Left hand corner of the tank-Almost like a seizure and skidding on surfaces and bottom of tank.
On Saturday we took a H20 sample to the lfs and the gentleman that did the test said our PH was too low. (He said this can happen after the good bacteria kicks in and is working too well)
We bought a mix of calcium and were told to add 1.5 oz every day x 5 days then ? every other day? don't exactly remember.
Sunday,John did a partial H20 change after mixing the salt. He did not let it sit for 24 hours. I was concerned that it was too strong and would hurt more than help. Plus, maybe unsettle the Ph we were trying to balance.
Dory was covered in white dots and bumps that were actually raised and you could see them under the skin. She started slowing down but still eating. I think he wanted to do something.
I had read that if you keep the water pristine-a fish night overcome ick on it's own.
Monday, she didn't eat much and we moved her to a qt tank and started Coppersafe hopefully to help with what we suspected was ick. I felt we had nothing to lose.
Tuesday morning, Dory seemed to be paralyzed. Moved only her eyes, side fins and tail was stiff took a little food.
1 chromis was dead too. The littlest one.
Today Wednesday, she died late this morning-again appeared paralyzed. We took water from the main tank to the lfs and he said the pH was fine but we had ammonia and something else and we needed to do a partial H20 change.
Now, this PM we have another missing chromis??? The bicolor blenny is eating well but still skidding across the sandy surfaces pretty forcefully.
Where do these fish go if they die???? Why can't we see them in the tank?
This is upsetting because we had been doing so well with our H20 and no deaths that were related to conditions.
Any advise would be appreciated.
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