DomD
New Member
Hello, I am new to saltwater tanks and despite following my local shop's instructions to the letter I cannot keep a clown fish for more than 1 or 2 days at most. The 2 Gobies in tis tank are just fine. My specs:
55 gallon
30 lbs Live Rock
2 lbs fine sand (not live)
Marineland canister filter
UV sterilized
8.4 pH
0 NO2
0 NO3
0.25 NH4
1.024 salt concerns
Tank set up by the local shop owner
Cycled 3.5 weeks prior to adding 1 Bullet Gobie who is doing great.
Added 5 snails and 5 very small crabs at the same time as the Gobie; these are all fine.
1 week later added 1 Watchman Gobie and 2 Clown fish. The clown fish didn't last 2 days. One clown simply died the same day wile the other was ok for 2 days when I noticed it gasping and developing white patches all over. This did has now died.
What am I doing wrong?
55 gallon
30 lbs Live Rock
2 lbs fine sand (not live)
Marineland canister filter
UV sterilized
8.4 pH
0 NO2
0 NO3
0.25 NH4
1.024 salt concerns
Tank set up by the local shop owner
Cycled 3.5 weeks prior to adding 1 Bullet Gobie who is doing great.
Added 5 snails and 5 very small crabs at the same time as the Gobie; these are all fine.
1 week later added 1 Watchman Gobie and 2 Clown fish. The clown fish didn't last 2 days. One clown simply died the same day wile the other was ok for 2 days when I noticed it gasping and developing white patches all over. This did has now died.
What am I doing wrong?