So I have had a hard time with my aquarium so far and I need advice. I have lost almost 22 fish and over $500 on fish but I still have 5 left that have lasted the whole time. I am scared to buy more fish because every time I do they die within a week. I right now have 2 blue green chromis, 2 firefly gobies and a rabbit fish. In my DT I am have cupermine and garlic in the fish food. What else can I do to keep these fish and to get other healthy fish and hopefully inverts back into my DT tank. Quick note I do not have a quarantine tank. I am thinking it might be nice but Idk what size tanks I would need. I do have a free 10 gallon one available but my partner is concerned that it would be a waste of money and that the fish will get sick anyways. Any advice would help!
Fish won't stop dying!
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You can treat the fish in a QT before they go in to your DT so they don't spread any parasites like ich onto your other fish and most treatment is copper based which corals won't tolerate. You need to test your water if not already. How longs your tank been running for and what water do you use?
Cameron
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How long have your fish been lasting after you put them into the tank? What acclimation process do you use? I think that getting a QT set up would be a good idea, and that 10 gallon should work fairly well. The main problem is that if there is a disease, then it is likely already in your DT, so the QT would only be there to stop new diseases from coming in. Hopefully a more experienced member can chime in about how you would go about solving that issue.
melypr1985
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Do you have any pictures of the fish while they are showing spots? Do the spots look like salt sprinkles?
Yeah you can but drip acclimatising should bring the temp up slow enough it shouldn't be a problem.I'm going to put this down to two things parasite or contaminants in the water. If you do have some pics of the fish it would be useful.
