carsingtonstaffy
Reefing newb
I have just joined this forum because i am at a loss as what to do with my 6ft marine fish only tant.I did an aquarium clean up around 8 months ago and alot of dirt etc was disturbed when the filters were turned back on.This resulted in a few deaths with my queen angel seeming to get quite ill,stop feeding and then apeared to fight the disease(?) and is now fine,as are all the other fish(including a moorish idol which i have owned for just over 8 months).
The problem is if i add any new live stock they just die within a few days,even the hardiest of fish while the existing ones show no signs of any disease and feed well.I have read a few things on the net and was thinking it may be a bacterial problem but am only guessing.
I was thinking of trying some anti bacterial medication but for years have said i would not use any medication having bad previous problems with them.
Also i do not want to risk my moorish idol with anything even though he seem to be the hardiest fish i have kept.
Water perameters are fine except for slightly high nitrate of abou 40ppm.
I have two external filters,uv,skimmer,live rock.
I am at a loss and do not realy want to strip the tank down and start again,but a 6ft tank with 6 fish in it is just a bit silly.
Any help would be more than greatly recieved....
The problem is if i add any new live stock they just die within a few days,even the hardiest of fish while the existing ones show no signs of any disease and feed well.I have read a few things on the net and was thinking it may be a bacterial problem but am only guessing.
I was thinking of trying some anti bacterial medication but for years have said i would not use any medication having bad previous problems with them.
Also i do not want to risk my moorish idol with anything even though he seem to be the hardiest fish i have kept.
Water perameters are fine except for slightly high nitrate of abou 40ppm.
I have two external filters,uv,skimmer,live rock.
I am at a loss and do not realy want to strip the tank down and start again,but a 6ft tank with 6 fish in it is just a bit silly.
Any help would be more than greatly recieved....