Today, my blue eye kole tang died. I have perfect parameters, well perfect aside from my dkh/calcium troubles, but those are still in the safe range. My corals and inverts are all growing and doing great, but I have fish die waayyy more often than I should.
I've noticed my fairy wrasse is starting to breathe heavily, which seems to be
happening before my fish kick the bucket. So could it be an oxygen issue? I've got about 3000 gph of flow in a 55 with lots of it breaking surface tension. Could it have something to do with the atmospheric pressure of my town being on a giant mountain? Is there a way to measure dissolved oxygen levels that's not crazy expensive? I just don't get it :frustrat:
I've also considered stray voltage, and I plan on grabbing a voltmeter, but I would think that would effect everything in the tank. Which everything but fish are thriving and doing really well.
Anybody have an idea on this one? It's stumping me completely. Just for fun, my params are:
Ammonia/Nitrite/Nitrate: 0/unreadable
Phosphate: 0/Unreadable
PH: 8.3
Alkalinity: 9
Calcium: 400
Magnesium: 1350
Salinity: 1.025 (just calibrated refractor yesterday, has only been off by .001)
Again, the only thing that makes sense to me would be my DO levels. Which I don't know how to measure, but I have so much flow and rippling at the surface that it's rediculous. None of my fish that have stayed alive are even mildly aggressive.
Before anyone throws up the mantis alert, it always seems like they slowly degrade and die over a course of a few weeks. Also my cleaner shrimp would have been a goner a long time ago.
I've noticed my fairy wrasse is starting to breathe heavily, which seems to be
happening before my fish kick the bucket. So could it be an oxygen issue? I've got about 3000 gph of flow in a 55 with lots of it breaking surface tension. Could it have something to do with the atmospheric pressure of my town being on a giant mountain? Is there a way to measure dissolved oxygen levels that's not crazy expensive? I just don't get it :frustrat:
I've also considered stray voltage, and I plan on grabbing a voltmeter, but I would think that would effect everything in the tank. Which everything but fish are thriving and doing really well.
Anybody have an idea on this one? It's stumping me completely. Just for fun, my params are:
Ammonia/Nitrite/Nitrate: 0/unreadable
Phosphate: 0/Unreadable
PH: 8.3
Alkalinity: 9
Calcium: 400
Magnesium: 1350
Salinity: 1.025 (just calibrated refractor yesterday, has only been off by .001)
Again, the only thing that makes sense to me would be my DO levels. Which I don't know how to measure, but I have so much flow and rippling at the surface that it's rediculous. None of my fish that have stayed alive are even mildly aggressive.
Before anyone throws up the mantis alert, it always seems like they slowly degrade and die over a course of a few weeks. Also my cleaner shrimp would have been a goner a long time ago.