Recent content by excrider121

I have a carbon filter. We have been using tap water for years and no problems. Thanks for the concern though. Yes, the newly bought fish started to swim drunk-ishly, then died several hours later. Not all of the new fish that we've put in the tank recently have been dying off, but most have...

Pictures brought to you by iPhone...4 Whole Tank Black Clown Plentiful Mushrooms Regular Clown Anenemy(sp) The picture takes some of his color out. I's more red/orange than light orange/white, like picture makes it look Picture Shy Blenny

Ammonia = 0 Salinity = 1.025 Thanks for all the ideas, but most of the diseases and problems with the tank that I'm reading about would wipe the whole tank, including the fish that we've already had. The issue is with new fish. Since all the test parameters come back fine when we do the...

Alright, I've got more tank information... KH is 13 pH is 8.4 Nitrates/Nitrates = 0 Temp is 78.5*F Current Occupants: Flame Tail Blenny, Black Clown, Rose Bubble Tip Anemone, TONS of blue mushrooms, a Sand Sifting Starfish and too much Hair Algae. The bubble tip anemone has been growing...

The I guess you would call our tank a reef tank since it did have some brain coral at one point, but when we did the tank move, it died off, that, and we didn't have the right kind of lights. We now have a 4' LED that the mushrooms and anenomy(sp) loves. We usually buy a pound or two when we...

We use a titration style tester, not the strips. Tank has been set up for 3+ years, I've just recently cared more about the tank since I've been putting money into it as well. Originally it was simply something pretty to look at. Only have about 25-45lb of rock, but we haven't had a fish...

I'm not sure of the actual numbers. I know that everything was where it was supposed to be aside from nitrates, they were a little high from possibly not having enough live rock? (only 35-40lbs in a 75gal tank). Water temp was 79.x this morning Acclimation: Take the bag that the fish were...

First off, Hello everyone after lurking on many sites since I started this hobby with my Fiancee a few years I figured I'd finally register!! We have a problem. Fish keep dying, and we have no idea why. For about the past 6 months putting a new fish in the tank has been a 50/50 chance that...