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So it sounds like the consensus is the fish were probably not doing that great when I bought them huh? Yeah I was definately pissed that they were more than happy to help me when I wanted to buy something but then when I went back when the fish died and they were assholes... I suspected they were probably doing bad when we brought them home. But I wanted to get some local folks advice. Well live and learn. I will try the places you suggested. Thanks for your help!!

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We moved the rocks wet. We did take all the sand out of the tank and then put it back in. We thought it was done cycling though since the water was testing good.

 

We got the fish from 2 places: Wally's in Alexandria and SuperPets in Annandale. I was going to go to a place in Vienna and The Marine Scene in Herndon tonight to see if maybe they have any ideas.

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We moved the live rock, sand, and fish from denver. The fish from Denver are doing great though. The purchases we made here are the ones we are having trouble with.

 

We put the tank back together as soon as we got here and put in the fish and corals from Denver. We brought about 65 gallons of water from our old tank with us so we wouldn't lose all the microorganisms. We added more water that was treated with a water conditioner.

 

We waited about a week and started getting more fish (we had several casualties in the move). So far we lost a half-black angel, a flame angel, and a red sea sailfin. Left in the tank is a coral beauty, 2 watchman gobies, a fire goby, a pseudochromis, and a lawnmover blennie. We haven't seen any spots, everybody was super active, and eating. Their bodies don't have any scars on them as if they have been fighting...

 

I think thats answers all the questions. Thanks again for all your help.

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So we moved here from Denver, CO with our 135 gallon tank about a month ago. It sucked.

 

Anyway we have reset the tank and according to all tests the water is perfect with all chemicals: ammonia, nitrites, nitrates, calcium, pH, dKH, and salinity. We have 250lbs of live tonga and fiji rock and 200lbs of live sand.

 

We have a 55 gallon refugium w/ caulerpa, mangroves and live sand that is chilled to 80degrees.

 

We never had many problems in Denver. But since we moved here we have had a fish die every week. We don't know what to do. The only thing different about the tank setup is we moved the live rock so there would be more open space in the middle.

 

Does anyone have any ideas? We've been to every local fish store that we know of in NoVa and they all couldn't care less. Thanks for any help anyone might have to offer.