SarahSmile
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I have had my tank up for 5 weeks now. 5 Looooong weeks. :) At about 2 and a half weeks (and after cycle) my water params were consistently great (used cured live rock) and I added a fish, a blue/green chromis. He was happy for 4 days. The morning of the 5th day I was rushing out the door, late for work, and he was on the bottom of the tank, breathing heavily. My husband came home early and found him dead. I was heartbroken, re-tested the water and everything was fine. Took water sample to LFS and they concurred, no ammonia, everything else great. I waited a week and seeing as my tests were still great, tried another fish, this time a firetail goby. The exact same thing occured. Happy for 4 days. Panting on 5th day, dead within a few hours. Now, I have been scouring sites and forums for possibilities and found an odd comment, someone wrote, make sure you have the flow pointed at the surface, so there are ripples on the surface. I had no idea you had to do this. Something about gas exchange? I have a tight fitting top and someone else had written something about the gas exchange. I went and moved my powerhead so that it is rippling the surface, could this fix my problem? I just did another waterchange, 20%(r/o water of course) Should I try another fish? I don't want to keep killing fish, it's heartbreaking. I have since learned the chromis isn't a great idea and while at LFS some other shoppers told me they have never had luck with gobies (and they have a professional maintaining their 120 and 80!) what should I try? Or should I just let it sit for more time and keep doing water changes? Thank you for any help.
