AcanLord

Here's the poor clown.

If I could figure out how to post a photo from my phone I'd love to share my tanks with you guys.

I spoke with Jody from TEC in depth and he said its most likely ammonia poisoning from the lfs not letting the fish acclimate. There are no aggresive fish in the tank and he's been totally chill for the past few days. Eating just fine and swimming normally, then this morning he's struggling to live. At my lfs I've personally watched the owner open his box of new fish, tear open the bag and dump it into his tanks. His corals all are about 70% healthy. Some are bleached. I'm new to the hobby but all the red flags are starting to stand out with this guy. The worst part is he's trying to take credit for the succes of my nano tank. I'm going to be going to Jody from now on.

Is got my 5 gallon nano from my lfs, already cycled. When I bought it, the owner gave me a small clownfish and a bicolor dottyback. After getting home I noticed the bicolor was a territorial jerk and this little tank wasn't enough. I got a second clownfish to have a pair that was a little bigger than the first clown. The dottyback chased the small one to no end and ended up causing it to get white spots and breathe very heavily and ended up dying. A few days later the bigger one got the same symptoms and I moved him to my bigger 75 gallon tank and he made it about a week but unfortunately also died. I got rid of the DB and told my lfs he needs to do my research before sticking any two fish in a tank. Now, there are two tiny clowns in the tank, been in for a 8 days and they're lovin it. I got a pair of clowns for my big tank and they've also been very happy and not getting chased or bothered at all. This morning I came out and the smaller one in the big tank is sitting on the bottom with labored breathing. Looks like the same signs. I just did a water test and the only thing that's even close to being out of a safe range was Ph at 8.4 the only thing I can think of is the water is only 70 degrees because my house has been getting very hot during the day so I turned the tank heater down so it could cool off at night. I just treated the tank with SulfaPlex and going to keep tabs on it. Does anyone have any ideas? The big tank also has a Foxface lo and a coral beauty and a second clownfish with an arrow crab and 2 emerald crabs plus snails and hermits which are all doing fine. Not sure what to do? Any ideas?

I actually set up a trade with the Jodi from Exotic Corals in Medford.

Has anyone here had any trouble keeping a coral beauty in a reef tank. I don't want to worry about my coral at all.

Thank you!

I actually just set up a meeting with him for this Thursday. He's ordering me a Scopas Tang and a Yellow Tang. I know they're not anything special, but I really like the way a couple of tangs look in a reef tank. Once I figure out how to, I'll post some photos. I'm very computer illiterate so once things require me to set up new accounts and upload and what not I usually just back away slowly haha id love to share photos of my nano tank "Shoebox" it's a 5 gallon with live rock filtration only. 2 clownfish, a peppermint shrimp, 3 blue legs hermits, 4 Astrea snails, a feather duster and 1 Nasarius snail. It also has 18 different types of coral, and a green bta. Zoas, hammer, frog spawn, candy canes, birdsnest..... My favorite part is that a frag looks like a colony in there so it looks aged and it's only on week 13. And week 13 has lived up to the hype and been a total nightmare. Mostly user error. Accidentally had the salinity at 1.030 and needles to say things weren't happy the next morning. Then, I put a heater in and the thermostat wasn't under the water so it heated the water to 92 degrees, and I lost my smallest clown :( I took the heater out, put an in opened otter pop in and it cooled it down. Now everything is doing great. I'm learning that sometimes less is more, and "if it works, don't fix it" my tank runs beautifully with just a weekly water change of 1/2 gallon and live rock filtration. So that's how I'm leaving it.

If you ever have any coral or fish or any equipment for sale or trade let me know. I really want to get my 72 bowfront filled in!

This is my goal for this winter. I plan to build a frag tank like this in my shed. Gonna be awesome.

Hi, I'm new to the community but I've loved reef tanks my whole life. My parents brought home a blue tang 25 years ago (it's still alive) and I've been hooked ever since. Looking for more people in the area to share ideas and frags with. I have a 5 gallon nano reef with mostly lps and just purchased a 72 gallon bow front that I plan to have a mixed reef in, and hopefully a giant anemone.

So awesome. I'm glad they got this figured out. We should be raising all aquarium fish captive. It's better for the earth, and produces a hardier fish.