help with saltwater?

Question

my inverts keep dying so far that died was 1 turbo 1 coral banded shrimp and one tiger snail

Answer 1

It would help to have info about your tank/water parameters.

Do you test your water regularly (or have your store do this for you)? That's one of the first things to look at. You should have ammonia and nitrite = 0 (ideally in a matured tank, or less than 0.5 ppm in a tank that's still cycling). Nitrate should be less than 20 ppm (even lower is better). Your pH should be 8.2-8.4, salinity 1.024-1.026 (for inverts), and temperature should be less than 84o (under 80o would be better).

If you meet all these, what other animals do you have in the tank? You may have fish or sea stars (starfish) that aren't reef safe that are making meals of these. Do you have live rock in the tank? Any chance of a mantis shrimp hiding in there?

What's your filtration/circulation system like? Do you use a strong enough filter and/or powerheads to circulate oxygenated water throughout the tank? As water gets warmer, it holds less oxygen, so did you notice if these were spending more time around the top of the tank (where the oxygen content would be greater) before they died?

Just some possibilities of what may have happened.

Answer 2

well bud i need to know whats in the tank and what kind of filtration is used do you have a base rock/ live rock set up? do you have other fish in the tank? what types of inverts do you have besides the ones that are having problems? what kind of water treatments are you using? this sort of thing would help be better able to root out and diagnose the problem... thanks and i hope you can help.

Answer 3

Check parameters, whats your lighting and filtration system?

Answer 4

How long have you had the tank set up?

Answer 5

well do you have a high powered light and a good fillter???