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Do u have any pix of tank showing the rocks and sand? At this point, if it was me I'd siphon out the sand and rinse it clean and leave tank alone to allow the 75% dry rock that was added to tank stabilize/establish & build up the beneficial bacteria prior to adding more fish. All fish that had come w tank had acclimated to the pre-existing tank condition so r surviving while any new additions cannot. Which leads me to believe the unrinsed sand plus dry rock are resulting in tank instability that any new additions cannot adapt to IMO. The Gobies disturbing a dirty sand probably didn't help either. Rinsing sand and waiting for rocks to mature is very boring but would be painless and less expensive then adding more livestock to watch them die. Also very important, please get a PO4 test kit and let us know the PO4 level.I tried a mix of sinking pellets, flakes, mysis, and brine shrimp. I would feed during my normal afternoon time for my other fishes, and then do the other mix about an hour after lights out.
The fish had arrived 4 days before I picked up the initial 3, and the last one had been there for 10 days before I brought it home. The guy also dropped flakes in the tank for the last one to prove it would eat, it didn't seem interested and scarfed down a ton of fresh hatched brine shrimp when I brought it home in the bag.
There are lots of good folks here in R2R. Sometimes replies can come across harsher then intended esp in social media. However one thing I've learned from this hobby is that nothing good happens quickly and what works for others may not necessarily work for you. Figure out what works for ur tank and if ur having success, bravo. FYI - u can always block unfriendly users by clicking their name and selecting the "ignore" button, afterwards u'll never see their posts again... life is too short
GL