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Originally Posted by Aquattro

Mindy, ya, I would guess another 3 - 6 months. However, I've now lost all my fish and am considering not doing this anymore

that sucks man , its frustrating when you work hard on something and it doesnt go well. what happened to the fish?


sometimes it just helps to walk away for a bit , maybe doing to much even if intentions are good isnt good for the new tank.

if your in a place now where the tank isnt enjoyable and results arnt going good then id take a breather and put the tank on auto mode.

dont buy new fish for a good while and let the system mature and just focus on the corals in there for a bit.

theres a few hard lessons to this rock , one is its filthy and filled with all kinds of dried up organics (crab claws/urchins/sponges etc) , adding any kind of bioload to this rock (pukani/fiji) when its first introduced creates big problems and the minute saltwater hits this rock the chemical reactions start , you can stay on top of it but it def becomes an issue wth the more fish you have.

good luck buddy and chin up my bonsai had to be shut down for similiar reasons i had a mass ich outbreak that wiped out half the pop and rebuilt the tank two times from hydroid infestations ....that tank got shut down at the end of the summer and i went for the last year and a bit with no display just tanks for the corals.

feeling better these days so started a display and frustrations are minimal this time around so far