Cliff notes: all my fish died, how do i assure this wont happen again?
Let me start by saying i was introduced to this hobby by a guy at a local fish store who claimed it was very low maint. and so easy. after having the Lion fish i became attached to die slowly and him not being able to help me a bit, i must say it is not all he said it was.
I do however enjoy it and need to kn ow where i need to go from here.
I have a 55G tank with 1-2 inches of live sand plenty of live rock and other shells and ornaments. I initially had only the lion fish and i slowly over 2 months added fish and annenomes. i had a small yellow tamg that died in it's fist week after being bullied to death by a viscous tomato clown who also bullied another tomato clown to death. the same fish store guy said the clowns would be fine together and would share an annenome. so after all that i had the clown the lionfish and a keyhole angel. i was having problems with nitrates and nitrites but as soon as i got all that into control the angel started losing color and had what looked to be ick.
i treated the ick and after it all went away they all got cloudy eyes and died within 3 days. again, at the time i didnt have the internet and the fish store guy just shrugs his shoulders. so i was forced to just sit and watch my fish die.
my question now, is what do i do next? i have a carbon canister filter for a 75 gallon tank and a bio wheel for a 100 gallon tank. i have the tank aerated with an air rock as well as the bio wheel breaking the surface. I have noticed white salt-grain sized things attatched to the glass, which looks like what was attatched to the fish. I was buying my water from the fish store already prepared which he assured me was the best way.
Let me start by saying i was introduced to this hobby by a guy at a local fish store who claimed it was very low maint. and so easy. after having the Lion fish i became attached to die slowly and him not being able to help me a bit, i must say it is not all he said it was.
I do however enjoy it and need to kn ow where i need to go from here.
I have a 55G tank with 1-2 inches of live sand plenty of live rock and other shells and ornaments. I initially had only the lion fish and i slowly over 2 months added fish and annenomes. i had a small yellow tamg that died in it's fist week after being bullied to death by a viscous tomato clown who also bullied another tomato clown to death. the same fish store guy said the clowns would be fine together and would share an annenome. so after all that i had the clown the lionfish and a keyhole angel. i was having problems with nitrates and nitrites but as soon as i got all that into control the angel started losing color and had what looked to be ick.
i treated the ick and after it all went away they all got cloudy eyes and died within 3 days. again, at the time i didnt have the internet and the fish store guy just shrugs his shoulders. so i was forced to just sit and watch my fish die.
my question now, is what do i do next? i have a carbon canister filter for a 75 gallon tank and a bio wheel for a 100 gallon tank. i have the tank aerated with an air rock as well as the bio wheel breaking the surface. I have noticed white salt-grain sized things attatched to the glass, which looks like what was attatched to the fish. I was buying my water from the fish store already prepared which he assured me was the best way.