Clowns dying

[Bigdaddy05]

New to saltwater have a mix of mushrooms zoas a couple lps gsp leathers Xenia and snails hermits and conch along with a new bta anenome first clownfish lived 2 weeks died over night next died first day after lights out added purple firefish alive for a week decided to add clowns they looked fine that night after lights out dead what could cause only clowns to die I'm extremely new doing all the reading I can but I'm puzzled any help would be appreciated

 

[Brandon Smith]

That seems very odd. #reefsquad might be able to help out here.

 

[redfishbluefish]

How old is the tank? Ammonia and nitrate readings?

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[Raege]

@Bigdaddy05 For reefsquad folks any other tank info lay help them.
What you use fir water ridinstore bought parameters of your water temp salinity ammonia etc size of tank and how long set up

 

[Idoc]

Clowns are super hardy fish, so this is very odd. Please list all your tank parameters to help to see if there is something going on there. Also test for ammonia since this is such a new tank...that can kill pretty quickly.

 

[Bigdaddy05]

It's a 20 long been up 3 months instant ocean reef crystals with store bought ro/di uv water tested with api master kit ammonia 0 pH 8 alk 400 nitrate 0-10 nitrite 0 165 watt viparspectra led 30%blues 9-9 whites 10-8 15% looks to have Coraline started on glass 20-22 pounds live rock 20 pounds live sand temp set to 76-78 1 wave maker and a canister filter with ceramic rings bacteria balls and filter floss cleaned every 2 weeks there's was a rough start but I think it's good now I just do t understand all the inverts are alive the bta anenome is great and the purple fire goby is fine I have a couple 10 gals set up plain with air and cheap hob and the clowns do fine in them sorry so long!

 

[Bigdaddy05]

 

[4FordFamily]

Brooklynella will kill clowns. Sorry for your losses.

Brooklynella

Brooklynella hostilis What You Need To Know: * This is most often seen in clownfish, but it can afflict any fish. The fish’s skin will appear to be peeling or sloughing off, oftentimes causing excessive white mucous to form around the affected area(s). * Treatment of choice is a 45 minute...

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[lmm1967]

what is that rack on the top? Are you confident it's not dripping anything into the tank?

Disease will kill clowns but those diseases are usually easy to spot and you can typically tell the fish are sick.

as @Idoc stated - clowns are REALLY hardy and tough fish.

 

[Bigdaddy05]

what is that rack on the top? Are you confident it's not dripping anything into the tank?

Disease will kill clowns but those diseases are usually easy to spot and you can typically tell the fish are sick.

as @Idoc stated - clowns are REALLY hardy and tough fish.

Not sure what u mean dripping there's live rock and then there's a chunk of gsp on one side and the other side is a zoa cluster

 

[Bigdaddy05]

Not sure what u mean dripping there's live rock and then there's a chunk of gsp on one side and the other side is a zoa cluster

Oops I see u said rack lol it's a top I bought so the goby doesn't jump out based off what the lfs said it's powder coated non corrosive

 

[Bigdaddy05]

what is that rack on the top? Are you confident it's not dripping anything into the tank?

Disease will kill clowns but those diseases are usually easy to spot and you can typically tell the fish are sick.

as @Idoc stated - clowns are REALLY hardy and tough fish.

I wondered that but the purple fire gobys been just under 2 weeks with no visual issue