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Originally Posted by FWC
There have been two in the last week.
First was a female anthias who was badly beat up by my male ,and she soon developed a cloudy layer over he eyes ,followed by clowing over by her whole body ,loss of balance ,stopped eating and died.
I replaced her with another female last night ,and she looks to be pretty healthy so far.
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Originally Posted by FWC
I picked up a little cleaner wrasse toight to help ease the fishes itching, all my fish are molesting him to clean them :P
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Originally Posted by FWC
O.k ,more info.
I just tested the water ,it came back the following. It probably also explains the coral not looking so hot.
Nitate = 3
Nitrite = 0.05
Ammonia = 0.7
pH = 7.3 (I believe the low ammonia is why the coral is un-happy)
Tank has been up for about 2 months 
Also the anthias wasnt ill looking when I added her ,however after a few days eyes ,and then body clouded over and she died.
Also something is coming over the filefish. I'll let the pictures do the talking. |
too many added at too soon i believe you maxed out your bio load, there are 6 fish in the picture above and the tank is only 2 mths old.....minus cycling and its alot of fish in a couple short weeks.
the tests say so them selves there should be no amonia present in a healthy tank.
fish will always go to the cleaner because there is nothing else they can do the cleaner will always accept a free meal.
first i would get rid of the amonia by a hefty water change and feed the fish with garlic soaked foods.i wouldnt add anything else to the tank for a few weeks, they really need to mature. the way to a successful tank from scratch is one with a low bio load added over time.
good luck
