So i feel like this hobby, well anything in life really, is about lessons learned.
So i upgraded my 35 FOWLR to a 55 FOWLR. Everything was great and established in the 35 that been up and running for probably 18 months, no issues.
Once i upgraded to the 55, i lost my valentine puffer, 2 clowns, a new flame angel and fairy wrasse, all fish dying mysteriously. All looked fine after death, besides the marks from the emerald crab eating on them, so i had NO clue what was going on.
But i thing i figured it out after killing off a few hundred dollars worth of fish, which i am ticked OFF at my self for doing.
I had a wave maker, but it was not directed towards the surface. The water i filled up almost to the brim, so the HOB filter did not really create much surface agitation....
I think i may have suffocated my fish. They were dropping one by one, all at night. During the day before, all swimming around totally fine. Next morning we wake up and one is dead.
I feel like such an idiot.... I directed the wave make towards the surface now, added a bubbler, and dropped the water level some so the HOB filter can help as well.
So i upgraded my 35 FOWLR to a 55 FOWLR. Everything was great and established in the 35 that been up and running for probably 18 months, no issues.
Once i upgraded to the 55, i lost my valentine puffer, 2 clowns, a new flame angel and fairy wrasse, all fish dying mysteriously. All looked fine after death, besides the marks from the emerald crab eating on them, so i had NO clue what was going on.
But i thing i figured it out after killing off a few hundred dollars worth of fish, which i am ticked OFF at my self for doing.
I had a wave maker, but it was not directed towards the surface. The water i filled up almost to the brim, so the HOB filter did not really create much surface agitation....
I think i may have suffocated my fish. They were dropping one by one, all at night. During the day before, all swimming around totally fine. Next morning we wake up and one is dead.
I feel like such an idiot.... I directed the wave make towards the surface now, added a bubbler, and dropped the water level some so the HOB filter can help as well.