Worst Month Yet.

[sphelps]

Both powder blues and clown tangs are pretty hard to keep, lots of people have gone through the same thing. I'd avoid those fish and go with something a little easier until you're a little more experienced.

The solution isn't a bigger tank, just start out with some easier fish rather than the super finicky ones. Also when you're starting out a decent size UV sterilizer can help avoid problems with ich, for example if you had one the ich MAY not have come back.

[Milad]

im tempted to buy a powder blue even though everyone is telling me not too

dont listen to shelps, bigger is always better, thats why my gf says (wait i dont have one). hehehe. I have a 180g and im already thinking of upgrading to a 600g so i can have a sohal and a powder blue and 3 pairs of clowns.

everyone is right about "decide on what fish you want first" problem with that statement is I didnt know what I wanted until I had the tank running for 3 months. Thats when I started finding all these other cool fish such as the powder blue, sohal, Achilles.

so if you can find me a great deal on a 600g peninsula, ill sell you my 180g for a decent price

[sphelps]

Originally Posted by Milad

dont listen to shelps, bigger is always better

Yeah you're right, instead of investing in better equipment and avoiding finicky fish until the experience and equipment match the fish requirements it would be better to throw all your money into a larger tank. That would have saved him

Bigger is not always better, in fact if your tank was larger you would have likely had more fish and lost a bigger investment.