HELP: 3 clownfish dead and sad corals

[Mason D]

I am stumped when it comes to problems with my 10 gallon AIO reef tank. Someone PLEASE help me.

I bought the tank used just over a month ago. It came cycled with two snails and two hermit crabs.

After two weeks of it running it, I bought an emerald crab and two easy SPS corals. The corals immediately became floppy, never showed its polyps and slowly withered away/fell off its frag until it died. I took a water sample to my LFS and they said it was fine, therefore it must have been my lighting.

I dimmed my lighting and waited two more weeks. All of my inverts seemed fine so I decided to try some more coral and buy two clownfish. I properly drip acclimated both my new coral and fish. They looked great and were swimming fine.

I came back six hours to find one of the clowns dead. It had some white stuff on it so I figured it was just sickly. The LFS gave me a new one.

I woke up the next morning to the other original one dead.

Now, a day later, my third clown has some white stuff on it and it is having trouble swimming. I lowered the flow a bit but I fear it is too late.

On top of all of this my coral is floppy again and looking sad!

My water parameters are:

T: 78F
SG: 1.025
PH: 8.1
Ammonia: 0
Nitrite: 0
Nitrate: 0
Alkalinity: 8 dKH

I'm going to be out more than $300 bucks in live stock. I've had several freshwater tanks that ran successfully. I feel like a fish murderer and am about ready to give up the hobby.

My water is fine and my inverts are doing great, it is just my fish and coral which die fast.

Any input is very, very much appreciated.

The photos are:
pic 1 - freshly put in my tank
pic 2 - sick clown
pic 3,4,5 - sad SPS corals

-Mason

 

[KyRo]

I gotta be honest, I suck at fish issues, so I will let someone chime in on what ailment they may have.

As for the corals, I would try and bump your Nitrates up a bit. You're going to need some nutrients in the water.

 

[Hugh Mann]

Hard to tell by the pictures, but it could be brooklynella. I'm not overly familiar with it, but I know it is one of the main diseases clownfish get. Seems like it may fit your description. I'd give this a read, Humblefish is an excellent source for information on Parasites and other infections. Unfortunately a lot of his mentioned treatments are unavailable in Canada due to our silly laws, so if it is, I'm not sure what you can do about it.

Brooklynella

Brooklynella hostilis What You Need To Know: * This is most often seen in clownfish, but it can afflict any fish. The fish’s skin will appear to be peeling or sloughing off, oftentimes causing excessive white mucous to form around the affected area(s). * Treatment of choice is a 45 minute...

www.reef2reef.com

 

[Conchman]

Again I do not claim to be an expert, 1) "It came cycled", any tank disturbed, like sand dumped into a bucket, then back into the tank will re-cycle. 2) Hard to believe with all of the bio die-offs, you are showing zero ammonium, Nitrite or Nitrate. The temp and salinity are ok, but again are they accurate? When things are dying this fast, look for high stress, way to much flow etc. I also urge people to try and slow down, see if there is an outside contamination source, close to a bathroom, hairspray, cleaners being used etc. Slow down, deep breath and keep asking questions. Good luck...