My first tank.
Tank set up on 4/26/22, used Dr. Tims & Ammonia. Added 2 Clownfish on day 38 (had been reading 0 Ammonia & Nitrite for 2 weeks). Did my big water change before adding the fish. Probably 4-5 days of the clowns in the tank I noticed 1 had a small bump on his gil/side of face. Fast forward a week or 2 the clown dies then my other one ends up dying. I did not have a QT set up so I used Rally & PraziPro to try to treat fish. My tests never were out of wack except for my Ph being around 7.8. So I and my LFS assumed the fish were just sick when I got them from ordering them online. My LFS recommended me to use "eight.four" to raise my Ph so now my Ph is in check. I am not adding any fish into my tank for 4-5 more weeks just incase something is in the water. My LFS said I could put corals in the tank in the mean time if I wanted too. So currently in my tank a have 2 Frogspawns and a zoa frag, emerald crab, and a few snails. One thing that is worrying me is that I have not done a WC in 3 weeks & I am still reading 0 Nitrates. I have been of course doing top offs. Also have been feeding my corals and feeding the tank pellets/flakes since I have no fish. Also I have removed my purigen from my HOB thinking it might be suppressing the Nitrates. Makes me think maybe something is wrong with my cycle & that could be why the clowns ended up dying.
Any input is welcome!
Tank set up on 4/26/22, used Dr. Tims & Ammonia. Added 2 Clownfish on day 38 (had been reading 0 Ammonia & Nitrite for 2 weeks). Did my big water change before adding the fish. Probably 4-5 days of the clowns in the tank I noticed 1 had a small bump on his gil/side of face. Fast forward a week or 2 the clown dies then my other one ends up dying. I did not have a QT set up so I used Rally & PraziPro to try to treat fish. My tests never were out of wack except for my Ph being around 7.8. So I and my LFS assumed the fish were just sick when I got them from ordering them online. My LFS recommended me to use "eight.four" to raise my Ph so now my Ph is in check. I am not adding any fish into my tank for 4-5 more weeks just incase something is in the water. My LFS said I could put corals in the tank in the mean time if I wanted too. So currently in my tank a have 2 Frogspawns and a zoa frag, emerald crab, and a few snails. One thing that is worrying me is that I have not done a WC in 3 weeks & I am still reading 0 Nitrates. I have been of course doing top offs. Also have been feeding my corals and feeding the tank pellets/flakes since I have no fish. Also I have removed my purigen from my HOB thinking it might be suppressing the Nitrates. Makes me think maybe something is wrong with my cycle & that could be why the clowns ended up dying.
Any input is welcome!