Why my Fish keep Dieing...

[Skywrx]

Do any brother know why? My tank fish keep dying, no matter how many new fish i add in it keep dying. And i have try to keep 6 blue tank for the pass but all die.... Can and bro help!

[raydiative]

Do any brother know why? My tank fish keep dying, no matter how many new fish i add in it keep dying. And i have try to keep 6 blue tank for the pass but all die.... Can and bro help!

Hi Bro,

Care to share your water parameters first??

[onizukaa]

pls stop adding fishes for the time being and take a step back to see what you had gone wrong.

check:

1) Salinity

2) ammonia

3) nitrite

first as you might not have cycle your tank properly.

get those salifert test kit from LFS and do a test.

Is your tank cycled too? read up more before causing more life stock to die off like this..

[TayHongSiang]

Do any brother know why? My tank fish keep dying, no matter how many new fish i add in it keep dying. And i have try to keep 6 blue tank for the pass but all die.... Can and bro help!

give more details...did you check yr water parameters..nitrite, ammonia levels? did you top up with tap water? is yr salinity level ok? temp?

[jackywongto]

more details will be good.

tank size?

inhabitats? livestock?

eqpt?

water params?

fish died of? white spots, starvation, etc etc

was it feeding?

how old is your tank?

[teebs]

End of the day, without any additional information, we won't know the cause of the deaths of your livestock in your tank.

[Skywrx]

Tank Size: 2ft cube tank. Fish died of white spots, Using a Skimz Fr with pump 1000l/h, Weipro 2012 Skimmer with pump 2000l/h, redsun cl650. This tank from the water being add in till now is about 2 month. No cycle problem cause i call iwarna come down and fill up the whole tank.... I check already all my coral in tank is ok my trigger & maroon is ok only all the tank die and not due to fighting cause i don"t see them chasing each other. But everytime when they are dying that time the body will have a lot of white spot.

[TayHongSiang]

Tank Size: 2ft cube tank. Fish died of white spots, Using a Skimz Fr with pump 1000l/h, Weipro 2012 Skimmer with pump 2000l/h, redsun cl650. This tank from the water being add in till now is about 2 month. No cycle problem cause i call iwarna come down and fill up the whole tank.... I check already all my coral in tank is ok my trigger & maroon is ok only all the tank die and not due to fighting cause i don"t see them chasing each other. But everytime when they are dying that time the body will have a lot of white spot.

too crowded liao...wat trigger are you keeping?...trigger is known to nip at our fishes and can be quite territorial.

[arcanehacker]

... No cycle problem cause i call iwarna come down and fill up the whole tank.......

??.. care to elaborate more? I presume your tank went through the ANN cycle with test?

BTW white spots on Tangs can be due to stress. most species occasionaly have white spots (esp if they are new additions) but if tank conditions are good, it shouldn't die from it..

[teebs]

Tank Size: 2ft cube tank. Fish died of white spots, Using a Skimz Fr with pump 1000l/h, Weipro 2012 Skimmer with pump 2000l/h, redsun cl650. This tank from the water being add in till now is about 2 month. No cycle problem cause i call iwarna come down and fill up the whole tank.... I check already all my coral in tank is ok my trigger & maroon is ok only all the tank die and not due to fighting cause i don"t see them chasing each other. But everytime when they are dying that time the body will have a lot of white spot.

2 ft cube and u keep 8 tangs???

My guess is the tangs got stressed out and died.

[arcanehacker]

2 ft cube and u keep 8 tangs???

My guess is the tangs got stressed out and died.

Come to think of it.. 2 months old tank. cycling process is about >3 weeks - 1 month+. Lets take it that all very matured rocks and using seawater and ANN cycle takes only 3 weeks.. which now only gives 5 weeks to kill off 6 Blue Tangs.. Every week buy one to replace the other? Or bought 1 shot 6 Blue Tangs?

[raydiative]

bro,

did you test your water?? if yes do provide us with the readings..

if not, you'll probably know once you've tested...

also, the survival of some fishes or corals does not determine that all the other fishes and corals can do as well... do note that some fishes and corals are more tolerant of certain "undesirable" water parameters..

one last point to note... thats actually alot of tangs for a 2ft cube... i'm quite sure your nitrate is high...

[onizukaa]

1) Salinity

2) ammonia

3) nitrite

pls

[teebs]

Do note that tangs are poop machines. If you added all 6 tangs at once, you are really going to overload your skimmer and your nitrates are going to shoot up very quickly.

Anyway, how large were the tangs you bought and put in your tank? And frankly the weipro 2012 skimmer is not really that good a skimmer. It probably can't skim out all the dissolved waste in your tank.

[Solo77]

moving forward, you may wish to stop adding any fish for 2 to 3 weeks. Go get some bacteria to dose your tank(i presume you are using live rocks, sands and seawater). Even after cycling, you may encounter new tank sydrome which is hard to explain. Run UV if possible. Let your tank cycle longer. If your tank is cycled for 2 months in proper way, you may wish to invest in bacteria rather than test kit but if you vitamin M and T, go for test kit to confirm result.

For tang, they generally will develop white spot due to stress. Hence, before buying, if possible, get those eating one so that they will continue to feed and develop immunity to fight off those parasites and white spot, etc. May wish to add garlic juice in their food. New fish is likely to be "fragile" to water parameter(nitrate, nitrite, etc). Once they are stable, they can tolerate certain level.

[TayHongSiang]

Do note that tangs are poop machines. If you added all 6 tangs at once, you are really going to overload your skimmer and your nitrates are going to shoot up very quickly.

Anyway, how large were the tangs you bought and put in your tank? And frankly the weipro 2012 skimmer is not really that good a skimmer. It probably can't skim out all the dissolved waste in your tank.

Weipro can't skim anything...from wat i sense...its a case of overload + ammonia spike + high nitrate level + high stress level of blue tangs vs trigger and maroon clown.

[iskay]

Simple equation: Too many + too soon = money wasted & unnecessary loss of life.

[Underwater]

Hi bro, it's 'tang', not 'tank', so we dun get confused reading your posts. Blue tangs are quite proned to white spots. The source of your fish is also important. Buy from more reputable LFS, or as suggested by Bro Solo, get those feeding ones. If you buy unhealthy stock in the first place, the fishes will have to struggle more in your tank, presuming water parameters are ok. And yah, don't add anymore fishes as suggested till you are sure of your water parameters.