Sorry for the long post but some opinions would be helpful in figuring this out. The past 2 weeks my fish have unexpectedly died. I have 2 ideas why but information online is conflicting.
My aquarium; 90 gallons, 20 Gallon sump, its about 4 months old. I had a 75 gallon and upgraded to this one, moved my old Rock and sand over, same skimmer. Most of the rock and sand is a year old.
What was inside of my Tank; 1 young Hippo Tang 6 months, Dwarf Bi color butterfly 4 months, 2 Clowns 1 year, yellow watchman Goby 1 year , Pistol Shrimp 1 year, purple serpent star 7 years old have had 3 months, 5 green Chromis mixed ages, 2 emerald crabs, a few hermits, 2 turbo snails, 5 pepermint shrimp
Whats in my Tank now; Pistol Shrimp, 2 clowns, Dwarf Bi color Butterfly, serpent star, 2 emerald crabs, a few little hermits, my snails, 5 pepermint shrimp.
Tang; Kind of killed her self. Since we first got her she always got stuck inside of things. Examples; between the heater, between anything...She tried to swim in between a small opening in between 2 Rocks. I removed her (VERY carefully) by picking up on rock, and put her into QT she died about 3 hours later. I tried CPR for 10 minutes but she cut her head up pretty bad. The Chromis and Goby are the big mystery.
Chromis- I went to feed and noticed the smallest 1 swimming with my clowns no others in sight. Chromis #2 found on top of my lid, #3 found dead in the bottom of the tank, 4 &5 never found...its really odd the smallest one was the one alive? I moved all my rock work around and even removed it! Never found the other 2. Whatever happened 1 of them decided to jump all the way out of the tank.
Goby- NO clue I have had him since I got the clowns. I did notice some strange behavior. I usually only see him twice a month not to far from his tunnel. His shrimp was spotted days before swimming like super man across the top of the tank all over the place. 2 Days later the Goby was spotted doing the same. He never does that. The next day he was found dead on the sand bed.
I can only think of two possible killers but I cant find anything online to support it. #1 would be aiptasia. I am currently handling an aiptasia issue. Its starting to get under control. I have removed Rock slowly and left them out in the sun for 2 weeks one rock at a time along with, injecting with boiling water then siphoning out, and my peppermint shrimp. I bought some nudi branch but they are so tinny...who knows if I still have them. After the goby died I freaked out and went and bought an aiptasia eating file fish.
#2 would be the star fish... the star fish I have is about 7 years old. I have only had him for 3 months now. The day I got him he ate my entire bubble tip anemone and sexy shrimp. Since then I have been keeping him well fed with clams, oysters, and sliders. I have watched the clown fish tease him but nobody in my tank messes with the clown fish. I know this is probably ridiculously long and I apologize for being all over the place. I would just like a little input or opinions. I have tested my salinity, calcium, phosphate, KH , Magnesium, PH Manually and via my apex, ammonia, nitrate, nitrite, everything is ideal. My salinity is currently 1.022 and temp is 78. I used a multi meter and I have no voltage leaking into the water. I love my fish and I am so torn up about it. I want to fix whatever is causing this
My aquarium; 90 gallons, 20 Gallon sump, its about 4 months old. I had a 75 gallon and upgraded to this one, moved my old Rock and sand over, same skimmer. Most of the rock and sand is a year old.
What was inside of my Tank; 1 young Hippo Tang 6 months, Dwarf Bi color butterfly 4 months, 2 Clowns 1 year, yellow watchman Goby 1 year , Pistol Shrimp 1 year, purple serpent star 7 years old have had 3 months, 5 green Chromis mixed ages, 2 emerald crabs, a few hermits, 2 turbo snails, 5 pepermint shrimp
Whats in my Tank now; Pistol Shrimp, 2 clowns, Dwarf Bi color Butterfly, serpent star, 2 emerald crabs, a few little hermits, my snails, 5 pepermint shrimp.
Tang; Kind of killed her self. Since we first got her she always got stuck inside of things. Examples; between the heater, between anything...She tried to swim in between a small opening in between 2 Rocks. I removed her (VERY carefully) by picking up on rock, and put her into QT she died about 3 hours later. I tried CPR for 10 minutes but she cut her head up pretty bad. The Chromis and Goby are the big mystery.
Chromis- I went to feed and noticed the smallest 1 swimming with my clowns no others in sight. Chromis #2 found on top of my lid, #3 found dead in the bottom of the tank, 4 &5 never found...its really odd the smallest one was the one alive? I moved all my rock work around and even removed it! Never found the other 2. Whatever happened 1 of them decided to jump all the way out of the tank.
Goby- NO clue I have had him since I got the clowns. I did notice some strange behavior. I usually only see him twice a month not to far from his tunnel. His shrimp was spotted days before swimming like super man across the top of the tank all over the place. 2 Days later the Goby was spotted doing the same. He never does that. The next day he was found dead on the sand bed.
I can only think of two possible killers but I cant find anything online to support it. #1 would be aiptasia. I am currently handling an aiptasia issue. Its starting to get under control. I have removed Rock slowly and left them out in the sun for 2 weeks one rock at a time along with, injecting with boiling water then siphoning out, and my peppermint shrimp. I bought some nudi branch but they are so tinny...who knows if I still have them. After the goby died I freaked out and went and bought an aiptasia eating file fish.
#2 would be the star fish... the star fish I have is about 7 years old. I have only had him for 3 months now. The day I got him he ate my entire bubble tip anemone and sexy shrimp. Since then I have been keeping him well fed with clams, oysters, and sliders. I have watched the clown fish tease him but nobody in my tank messes with the clown fish. I know this is probably ridiculously long and I apologize for being all over the place. I would just like a little input or opinions. I have tested my salinity, calcium, phosphate, KH , Magnesium, PH Manually and via my apex, ammonia, nitrate, nitrite, everything is ideal. My salinity is currently 1.022 and temp is 78. I used a multi meter and I have no voltage leaking into the water. I love my fish and I am so torn up about it. I want to fix whatever is causing this