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Travis · 02-07-2008, 07:29 AM

I am still reading The conscientious marine aquarist and it says anything below 40 gallons isn't recommended for new hobbiests. It seems like the smaller the tank the more water changes need to be done. The tank has been running for almost two months with four snail, four crabs, and I lost two clown fish within 24 hours 5 days ago. I have 50lbs of base rock that I bought plus 20lbs of live rock from the LFS when I set the tank up two months ago. I cycled the tank with raw shrimp and did a 30 percent water change prior to adding the two fish. I added the fish with the drip method. The fish looked healthy. I had the light on when I added them to the tank(problem?) All my readings are fine. I am using a ro/di unit. The cleanup guys are fine. I don't want to fail at this so any ideas or solutions would be appreciated.