I just don't know what is wrong with our 125g tank.
Everything in the water is testing out to be nearly perfect and it looks cleaner than it ever has since we set it up. The red slime is now totally gone since we added some caulerpa racemosa, it has taken hold of the rocks and is doing fine. We recently added a sand-sifting starfish, a Pacific serpent star and a few different species of snails and they are all doing well (except for the one unfortunate snail that was killed by a powerhead
).
Now for the problem. We have another reef tank that is a 55g. There was one Lamarck angel, one Klein's butterfly and one blue-green chromis in that tank. The Lamarck is been so bossy to the other two fish and never leaves them alone so I asked my husband to transfer them both to the 125g so they could be happier. There is only one percula clownfish in the 125g so I knew they should all get along fine in there. He transferred the fish and they promptly hid for the rest of the night. Next day I noticed the butterfly hovering up in one corner but didn't think much of it since the percula pretty much stays in one spot all the time too. I didn't see the chromis at all but I assumed it was still hiding.
I had to run some errands, my husband got home before me and found the butterfly dead in the tank. It was in the 125g tank less than a full day! The chromis is nowhere in sight either, we're sure he's dead, too.
What on Earth is killing my fish and why hasn't it killed the little percula clown, the starfish or the snails? This is making me so mad! I want to add fish to this tank but all the fish I put in there end up dead except the one lonely little percula.
Now I feel like a fish killer for asking my husband to move those fish...they were doing fine in the other tank. I was just tired of seeing them getting pestered all the time by the angel and I thought I was doing them a favor...so much for good intentions.
Everything in the water is testing out to be nearly perfect and it looks cleaner than it ever has since we set it up. The red slime is now totally gone since we added some caulerpa racemosa, it has taken hold of the rocks and is doing fine. We recently added a sand-sifting starfish, a Pacific serpent star and a few different species of snails and they are all doing well (except for the one unfortunate snail that was killed by a powerhead
). Now for the problem. We have another reef tank that is a 55g. There was one Lamarck angel, one Klein's butterfly and one blue-green chromis in that tank. The Lamarck is been so bossy to the other two fish and never leaves them alone so I asked my husband to transfer them both to the 125g so they could be happier. There is only one percula clownfish in the 125g so I knew they should all get along fine in there. He transferred the fish and they promptly hid for the rest of the night. Next day I noticed the butterfly hovering up in one corner but didn't think much of it since the percula pretty much stays in one spot all the time too. I didn't see the chromis at all but I assumed it was still hiding.
I had to run some errands, my husband got home before me and found the butterfly dead in the tank. It was in the 125g tank less than a full day! The chromis is nowhere in sight either, we're sure he's dead, too.
What on Earth is killing my fish and why hasn't it killed the little percula clown, the starfish or the snails? This is making me so mad! I want to add fish to this tank but all the fish I put in there end up dead except the one lonely little percula.
Now I feel like a fish killer for asking my husband to move those fish...they were doing fine in the other tank. I was just tired of seeing them getting pestered all the time by the angel and I thought I was doing them a favor...so much for good intentions.
