help clownfish

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  1. Corailline

    Corailline Super Moderator

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    Please post your Ammonia and Nitrite levels. A 4 week old tank is too young to put livestock into unless you've seed the tank a very specific way or are an experienced hobbyist. In your group of clowns you had two dominate females, that is not going to work in a 65 gallon tank just newly set up.

    Approximately how old are they?
     
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  3. 99tmsmith

    99tmsmith Astrea Snail

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    Thank you guys for all the help. I woke this morning and turn on the moon light , as so as I turned they all start fighting with it. So I took it out and put it in my 20 gallon. I bought 3 at the pet store,and I had one that's about a year old but he hasnt grow he small but he was in the 20 gallon tank. And I introduced into the 65 gallon tank all at the same time. 2 new fish and my older fish is picking on one new fish.
     
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    99tmsmith Astrea Snail

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    Ph 8.0, ammonia is 0ppm, nitrite 0.25ppm, nitrate 5.0 ppm. And that was yesterday at 1:00 pm. And I just check my salt levels and it's between 1.021 and 1.022
     
  5. Kevin88

    Kevin88 Astrea Snail

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    I would raise your SG. I keep mine around 1.024-.025.
     
  6. Corailline

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    You have nitrites therefore your tank is still cycling. If the 20 gallon is still up and running stick the fish in their until the 65 gallon has cycled for a couple more weeks.
    If you do not have the 20 up, do a water change.

    Eventually let evaporation bring up the SG. You do not need to bring it up now with no corals in the tank. Bringing up SG suddenly is very stressful on the fish.

    Consider adding some bacteria in a bottle type product.

    Good Luck
     
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    I used Continuum Bacter Gen-M and really liked the results from it.

    Just my 2 cents
     
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    +1 yerp
     
  10. 99tmsmith

    99tmsmith Astrea Snail

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    99tmsmith Astrea Snail

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    Oh and I bought the 8.45oz bottle of bacteria
     
  12. Corailline

    Corailline Super Moderator

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    Go get some Mr.Tim's One and Only.

    Stop adding the kent marine products, you do not need to be adding Iodine, Strontium or even Calcium at this point. If you do not test for the element do not add it. Strontium and Iodine can become toxic. This is a new set up so you do not need these yet if ever. A salt mix like IO will replenish those elements via water change.

    Are you getting all your products at Petco? Do you have access to a regular SW store?