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Before you buy fish you really need to read as much as possible about them. Liveaquaria.com has info on what size tank is best for what fish. It's never going to be 100% perfect info, because most tank recommendations are debatable, but it's good info anyways.
 
I stopped the filter when i put in the meds :)
I was thinking of picking up some of the premade water at the LFS. U can buy it by the gallon there, maybe doing a few gallon swap that way. HTeir breathing is calming down some, I did research all the fish i have before purchasing, they all were doing great, eating, lively... just 2 days ago... this is crazy... Im just worried about losing my trigger, hawkfish, and shark... the others arent that expensive.. but those guys are the life of the tank.

so buy water good idea?
 
Do you have also a power head to give some more surface movement in your tank than just the canister filter? Important to have the surface moving, will provide more oxygen than pumping air into the water is what I am told.

You mentioned you didn't think six fish were too many but if I count the dead ones and live ones you mentioned there is 9.
which I think would be OK if all small , but they grow so I am not sure what size fish you have. But also a no no to have that many fish in the new tank. At 2 months there shouldn't be more than a couple fish. I know , I know you have been told otherwise but now you know, this is what happens.
 
well they were all really small.. no bigger than 2 inches except for the shark. I have 2 powerheads. One small one, and one that used to be used in an outdoor pond that we no longer use, prolly a good 200gph pump.. so there is definitly current. I am going to try and swap out about 15 gallons of water today with some premade from my LFS, the fish seem to be breathing a little easier than earlier... Also going to add some of that Nitrite reducer to the canister, see if that helps... I would be ok if i didnt lose n e more fishies...
 
All right I hate to be the one to say this but you REALLY need to slow down and learn about what fish are compatible and what aren't in your size tank. I can guarentee you that trigger in the near future will kill the Shark and both Scooter Blennies, and would have killed the Dwarf Lion and the filefish. Treating a main tank is a no no, and agree with everyone else that when you add carbon there is no more meds. So I think you learned a major lesson and I would suggest if they all survive either returning the Trigger and Shark, or the Shark and the Scooters. IMO keeping a shark in a 55g tank is cruel. They may not be very active but they are active enough to not work in a 55. Plus you are lucky because Sharks, Rays, and Eels can not handle medicines so be thankful you put carbon in the tank and DO NOT retreat with the Shark in there. It will kill him. Anyway, hope this helps.
 
From what I have been told, the trigger will not be aggressive to the other fish considering their size. The shark will not stay in the 55 for more than a few months. It will be upgraded to a good size 100+ tank. I dont plan to keep the trigger for its full life cycle, my LFS does fish credit on them so I am going to try to keep their size within reason. I would agree that its a learning experience. The premixed water change of 13 gallons seemed to knock the Nitrite levels down to right around 3ppm which is still high but considerably lower than the 8-9 i woke up to this morning. What does kinda tickle my brain is the LT anenome in the tank has suffered no adverse affects to the spike in nitrites. Usually they are extrememly sensitive to that sort of thing. I believe the tank will have a few weeks to get back on track.
I contacted my freind who does this for a living, he said the change in the 10 gallon was due to the live rock addition, just threw it out of wack. So it too will be left alone, just cleaned. Should straighten out with the new filter etc.

In either event, the fish breathing patterns have calmed significantly and activity is rising in the tank. Thanks for all the help! :D
 
On a related note. I am cautious of feeding the fish. I usually feed once to twice daily of 10-15 feeder guppies total. Of course the lion isnt going to be eatin em, just the trigger, shark, and oddly enough the clownfish. Food raises Nitrites... what would u suggest?
 
prior experience and alot of research after i had the same reaction from my fish in a QT led me to find that melafix sucks the oxygen out of the water and an air stone is a must if used. It will also kill the anenome, any snail, or star fish you have. even though it says it won't on the bottle. even a tupperware bowl would work for a QT just put in an air stone and a power head and you should be able to treat in that. I just found this out on here about two weeks ago. And it works. now i have an old ten gallon QT. but the melafix works but it just has some really bad side effects that the bottle don't tell you about. I had three fish die of lack of oxygen cause i medicated and then left for a few hours. hope this helps.

Shane
 
Well Melafix was the one recommended to do the least damage to any inverts. Like i said, i did use less than recommended, only 1 treatment, but i think it did suck the oxygen out of the water, the air stone has been going nonstop since morning as well as the powerheads.. water change seems to be helping a lot... still worried about feeding, I kno the fish can prolly stand a day or two without feeding... i hear sharky can go up to a week... maybe i should hold off a day or two??
 
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