New comer to marine aquarium

Hi,

I have hard time to keep my new fish alive for the last two attemps. I hope my new clown fish and Demoiselle will survive this time!

 

Welcome, why don't you explain your setup, how old is it, equipment etc.

 

Welcome to 3 reef Jboutin

Steve

 

http://www.3reef.com/forums/new-hobby/ultimate-newbie-guide-86462.html

http://www.3reef.com/forums/new-hobby/how-setup-saltwater-aquarium-89044.html

http://www.3reef.com/forums/reef-aquarium-articles-how-tos/all-about-sumps-filters-fuges-79852.html

http://www.3reef.com/forums/protein-skimmers/all-about-skimmers-skimmers-skimmer-85389.html






For those of you joining us that are new to the hobby - the best piece of advice you'll get around here as a saltwater newbie is 3Reef's slogan
"Go slow, let it grow."
And for those experianced hobbyists joining us - it's still good advice
good luck and post pics soon

 

Hello and welcome to 3reef

 

Welcome to 3reef, please tell us about your setup including how long it has been operating and we will be able to help you.

 

Me setup

Me aquarium is running since May 4 2010. It's a 31g. I have a fluval 205 canister, a Coralife 65g protein skimmer, a power head + heater.

To set the biological cycle, I have put 40 pounds of live rocks, then wait for about a week before introducing me first clown fish. Unfortunately they died after only 3 days. I brought water to test it at the pet shop, and the employee tell me that the KH was to high, I didn't knew about that value.

So I took the stuff to slowly adjust the KH. Then bought two other Clowns fishs, one of them died again. I hadn't thrown the towel though, I bought another clown fish, a Blue demoisel, some snail and a "Bernard l'hermitte". Since then everybody it still alive.

I had trouble to setin properly the skimmer but yesterday it finally worked as expected.

I keep you inform if I have other troubles.

 

The first thing I suggest is getting your own test kits. I have a feeling that you haven't finished your cycle yet which is causing your fish to die. The dKH shouldn't affect the fish health much if at all. That is a parameter best tested when you have some hard corals. I would stop adding anything new to the tank for a while, let things settle in and test the water for ammonia, nitrite, nitrate and ph, at least to begin with.

 

I had me own test kits, but I wasn't aware of KH value before. I had done PH test (around 8.2) Amonia,nitrite (around 0), salinity (1024) and KH (more than 31 drops). I still not able to lower the KH value.

 

Cyano problem and Snail dying

Hi,

I have a cyano problem and me snails keep dying. Here is me values:

KH (37 drops), PH 8.4, Nitrite 0, Alk 3.6, Density 1021, 30G tank running since almost 2 mounts.

I have 40 pounds of live rocks, 2 Clown fishs, 1 Demoiselle, 1 yellow wrasse and around 10 Mexican Red legs crabs.

What can I do to get rid of the cyano and keep me snail in life?

Thanks