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Sorry to hear you are having such problems. What about water? What is your source water for evaporation top-off and water changes? Tap water, water from LFS, grocery store etc; ro/di water?
You're adding a real slew of chemicals there and if you aren't testing for them, your tank water could be seriously out of whack. If the tests come back negative for copper, quit adding anything to the tank right now-there's really no need for all those expensive additives- and start on a water change campaign with RO/DI water and a good salt mix.
What is your salinity, alk, pH, ammonia, nitrites and nitrates? And have you had your Local Fish Store (LFS) run these tests for you also to determine if your test kits are giving you valid readings.? If the kits are old leftovers from starting up your previous tank, they're probably worthless.
Sorry for so many questions; let's try to cover all the bases here.
Alice
You're adding a real slew of chemicals there and if you aren't testing for them, your tank water could be seriously out of whack. If the tests come back negative for copper, quit adding anything to the tank right now-there's really no need for all those expensive additives- and start on a water change campaign with RO/DI water and a good salt mix.
What is your salinity, alk, pH, ammonia, nitrites and nitrates? And have you had your Local Fish Store (LFS) run these tests for you also to determine if your test kits are giving you valid readings.? If the kits are old leftovers from starting up your previous tank, they're probably worthless.
Sorry for so many questions; let's try to cover all the bases here.
Alice
