Why is everything dying?

[rockstarta78]

Ah, you should get some solution! I didn't use this approach til recently. It's actually super helpful. I was having terrible luck with acclimating shrimp for my tank and then I used my refractometer to check the water they came in this last time. They were 1.024, my water was 1.025, I floated them, added a squirt of water and gave them ten minutes. Both are doing great from this last purchase

Call it dumb luck or whatever you want, my very first cleaner shrimp and I made the mistake of not acclimating him to my tank water. I just opened the bag and tossed him in my tank. Now we both look at each other and wonder how we made it through.

 

[KMench]

Sorry to blow you up @Austin B . Did the two starfish come in separate bags? Did you acclimate them separately, or combine them?

 

[Austin B]

Sorry to blow you up @Austin B . Did the two starfish come in separate bags? Did you acclimate them separately, or combine them?

Yes separate bags, separate days most a week apart. Thank you for all the input!

 

[thaitopher]

I can't remember the name of the coral (sorry) but it looked like an anemone but was mounted on a frag plug.
and It was 2 pink star fish. One died and the store replaced it, then the replacement died as well.

You really arent supposed to place starfish until tank has matured - meaning 6-9 montha. Sounds like you simply rushed the entire process. Be a bit more patient and wait a few months before adding anything other than the most hard corals like green star polyps, etc...

 

[thaitopher]

Since we are talking starfish here, how long did you acclimate them for? They are super sensitive to salinity changes and can die from osmotic shock days to weeks after introduction.

I second this. They should be drip acclimated for a long period of time before adding them to your tank