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	Death in my tank
tibba Small Fry Posts: 3 Kudos: 4 Votes: 1 Registered: 07-Mar-2005	I've setup a marine tank, the tank is 4 months old and currently has a skunk clownfish, blue tang, banana wrasse, hermit crab, 3 turbo snails, a red starfish, and a caramel sea cucumber. It also housed a green manderin and a cromis (spelling), over the weekend these two fish died! The chemical levels in the tank are fine, ammonia almost no-existant, no nitrite, saltinity's fine. I'm looking for help as to what could have killed my fish!
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:40
lil_mikey69 Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 3180 Kudos: 2380 Votes: 1 Registered: 22-Jan-2003	What size tank is it? One likely possibilty for the Mandarin death is starvation, as they often cannot get the food they need in tanks without 120-150 pounds of live rock. They are incredibly hardy fish, and nearly resistant to most parasites and diseases due to their unique slime coat, they cannot survive if they do not have nutrients though.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:40
dthurs Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 4340 Kudos: 4170 Votes: 529 Registered: 18-Feb-2003	I'm in aggrement, the manderin died of starvation. That sifh should have only been put in a well established tank. I would also keep a very close eye on the blue tang. They do not do well in new tanks and should be only kept in tanks that are around a year old. Dan Dan
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:40


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