Fed Up

[Stevesault]

I'm so fed up with this I do everything the way I have to and I keep losing fish!!!!!! I can keep a healthy reef but my FISH!!!!!!! I just lost one of my blacker ice clowns and I'm really thinking about shutting down now my female is going to die due to heart brake or something ERRRRRR!!!!!

 

[Sewerat]

Maybe she wants to come visit uncle sewerat. Lol

 

[reeferkeeper420]

Whats killing them?? Ick?Velvet?

 

[heath]

we should switch tanks or knowledge, I have trouble with corals, the fish are fine..

 

[MrHermit85]

It really sucks losing a fish, I have lost two...hopfully no more! How long did you have your clown?

 

[Stevesault]

Iv had the pair 6 months I think it's a long time for me I always end up trading them off but iv always kept these guys

 

[Stevesault]

we should switch tanks or knowledge, I have trouble with corals, the fish are fine..

Ya can't seem to keep the fish alive

 

[Stevesault]

Whats killing them?? Ick?Velvet?

Seems like ick

 

[Stevesault]

Maybe she wants to come visit uncle sewerat. Lol

Lol the wife is upset at the lose of the male so I don't think she will let go of the female

 

[theyangman]

Wow, is there anything that could be messing with the fish otherwise? Like other fish?

 

[reefgeek]

Seems like ick

So lets investigate what could be causing the ick; a normal, healthy unstressed fish is typically resistant to ick, to a degree.

How is your temp, pH and salinity (do you trend and monitor the parameters)?
Any major recent changes to the tank?
You mentioned that you trade your fish often in your post above, could it be the constant introduction of new fish that keeps them stressed? Constantly defending territory is a major stressor.
Do you always buy your fish at the same LFS, do you quarantine new acquisitions?

Feel free to add more details, maybe it's something we can work together to smooth out.

 

[Stevesault]

Temp-77 salt 1.023-1.024 ph 8.0-8.4 nitrate 0-5.0 ppm ammonia 0-0.25 ppm I put fish in once in a while but enough to keep them fighting my clowns never fight the only fish I have is a flame angle the clown and a to mini tang and 60-75 diff crabs and snails and 4 shrimp as I just lost two shrimp

 

[reef keeper]

It looks like your tank is cycling with ammonia? Try raising salinity slowly to 1.026

 

[Stevesault]

Ok I'll try that how slow should I do it

 

[TORX]

Your parameters are just fine for fish. They can handle some ammonia and the other levels are fine as well. I am assuming that you are using an API test kit with those results, but either way, the water parameters are not an issue. Fish are a lot more tolerant to tanks then corals are, if your corals are doing good, then fish can survive. You would loose your CUC before loosing a fish if it was your water. Are you noticing signs of ICH? It does not just kill a fish over night, you would see signs over days. Same as velvet. Is there any physical damage to the fish? Any stings or bites? Has to be something else other then water quality IMHO.

 

[Stevesault]

He had ich spots for a few days but was eating like a pig so I paid no mind to it then one day he looked beat and was not eating blotchy skin not hours later died

 

[Poseidon]

Predator killing them?

 

[Stevesault]

Other then flame there's no threat. him and the flame had a what looked like to me an understanding.on a side note my phone crashed and I lost all contacts Brandon so if you still want that dead coral for your fowler text me again so I have your number 226-920-3143 anyone else can also take my number and shoot me a text anytime always have time for info and shit shooting lol

 

[Neopimp]

Freshwater dip /dunk te other clown. Look for things being shed off the fish.

Look into gill flukes parasite, brooklynella, marine velvet.


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[TORX]

He had ich spots for a few days but was eating like a pig so I paid no mind to it then one day he looked beat and was not eating blotchy skin not hours later died

If it was just a few spots, it should be okay. @AdInfinitum would know more, but unless the ICH is bad on their gills or around mouth, they should still be okay. I am still pushing for something else killing them.