8 Gallon Nano Journal

[shift_9k]

Just because you use RO doesnt mean you wont have phosphates. I would try to run some carbon and maybe a phosphate remover to see if it helps.

What do your params look like now?

Could be a bacteria bloom also.

Hope it works out keep us posted!

 

[Helena21]

well i only have the basic tests right now...and they are all good.
I think i will get some different tests like phosphate and alkalinity tests

 

[Helena21]

Ok so today my clownfish died i was really upset.
So now im gonna give up SW. Hasnt worked out very well for me. So im gonna stick to freshwater.

 

[RoxnSox]

sorry to hear about your clownfish

 

[Helena21]

Thanks roxy

 

[alter40]

Sorry to hear about your clown and your poor luck with SW.

 

[Helena21]

lol thanks alter. I guess sw wasnt for me

 

[Katie217]

sucky

lately my corals havnt been doin good, i got this freakin impossible algae to get rid of. ah well. still everything alive

 

[Helena21]

Yeah u told me about that Katie.
Well you've done better than me, i couldnt even keep corals alive lol

 

[crpnteron320]

you should keep clowns as a pair ive heard

 

[supra1997]

Clowns in a pair

Thats not true. You can keep clowns by themselves, or in a pair. But usually more than 2 gets tough because two of them get aggressive towards the third. Sorry to hear about all the troubles you have had. I had troubles at first but it was good old Chicago tap water that killed everything in my tank. Now I use R/O with the salt pre-mixed and it is doing great....

 

[Helena21]

I changed my water to RO too, but that didnt help.
Clowns are fine on their own.
Im not sure what happened to mine but a few days before she died she wasnt eating and staying in the same place. I tried a w/c but that didnt help

Thanks everyone

 

[supra1997]

I hate to see you give up. You had such a good thing going....

I have been in freshwater my whole life until recently. I wont go back....

I love Salt Water.

 

[Helena21]

Yeah well it just really wasnt working lol. I will never give up freshwater, but maybe in the future i will try again with sw and do a much bigger tank