rinconmike
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I have a 6" Bluethroat Trigger for around 8 months in my 150 FOWLR tank.
Around a week ago during feeding, he did not come out and just hid in the rocks. He does swim around, but not during feeding for the last week. I am hoping he is still getting some scraps lying around, but not sure. I have fed extra this week. I feed Mysis, silversides, prawns, clams, and squid and soaked in garlic guard and vita-chem. I typically feed every other day, but this week been feeding every day. My concern is if he does not eat soon, he will wind up dying due to not eating.
I am not sure what started this. I have not seen aggression by the other fish. My first inclination is stress from the others is causing this, but I have no proof.
Other Fish in tank currently include:
30" Snowflake Eel in tank for 2 years 8 months
7" Porcupine Puffer in tank for 2 years 6 months
7" Red Breasted Wrasse in tank for 1 year 7 Months
6" Banana Wrasse in tank for 1 year
4" Blue Hippo Tang in tank for 10 months (had it in a smaller tank for 2 years before)
My parameters are:
Salinity 1.0235
PH: 8.3 to 8.5
Ammonia: 0
Nitrate over 80 with a Hach Test.
Temp 78-79
I think the PH is a bit high but it is not a sudden jump. My Apex probe says 8.5, but it is around 2 years old and I have never cleaned it so that can be false. With a hack test the PH is 8.3 to 8.5. With an Instant Ocean Test it was 8.2. With a Salifert it was dark green so I think it is 8.3 to 8.5 there too.
I have been using Instant Ocean Salt for around 6 months. I was using Coralife salt before that and plan on switching to Instant Ocean Reef Crystals (I have a 29 biocube so easier to do the same salt).
I see no signs of any ich, flukes, or anything else. The Tang does look a little beat up with frayed fins and the start of what I think is HLLE, but I have thought that was due to aggression by others. All fish were QTed and treated with cupramine or Quinine Sulfate as well as prazopro in QT. I have even treated the display with three back to back doses of prazipro back in July out of concern that the tang's frayed fins were due to flukes or something, but the prazi did not change anything so I concluded the tang is just getting picked on and the HLLE is probably diet or some other reason.
I change around 15% to 20% of water every week.
I have around 80 pounds of pukani LR (around 60 in display, 25 in sump in smaller pieces) and 20 Liters of Seachem Pond Matrix (in sump). I do use a filter pad in the sump on top of the rock that I change every week with water changes.
I have an Octopus XP2000sss skimmer. It never performed great. More crud on the sides of the walls than going into the cup.
I typically run a Jumbo Reactor mixed with GFO and ROX carbon and change every two weeks.
Any comments are appreciated.
thanks,
Mike
Around a week ago during feeding, he did not come out and just hid in the rocks. He does swim around, but not during feeding for the last week. I am hoping he is still getting some scraps lying around, but not sure. I have fed extra this week. I feed Mysis, silversides, prawns, clams, and squid and soaked in garlic guard and vita-chem. I typically feed every other day, but this week been feeding every day. My concern is if he does not eat soon, he will wind up dying due to not eating.
I am not sure what started this. I have not seen aggression by the other fish. My first inclination is stress from the others is causing this, but I have no proof.
Other Fish in tank currently include:
30" Snowflake Eel in tank for 2 years 8 months
7" Porcupine Puffer in tank for 2 years 6 months
7" Red Breasted Wrasse in tank for 1 year 7 Months
6" Banana Wrasse in tank for 1 year
4" Blue Hippo Tang in tank for 10 months (had it in a smaller tank for 2 years before)
My parameters are:
Salinity 1.0235
PH: 8.3 to 8.5
Ammonia: 0
Nitrate over 80 with a Hach Test.
Temp 78-79
I think the PH is a bit high but it is not a sudden jump. My Apex probe says 8.5, but it is around 2 years old and I have never cleaned it so that can be false. With a hack test the PH is 8.3 to 8.5. With an Instant Ocean Test it was 8.2. With a Salifert it was dark green so I think it is 8.3 to 8.5 there too.
I have been using Instant Ocean Salt for around 6 months. I was using Coralife salt before that and plan on switching to Instant Ocean Reef Crystals (I have a 29 biocube so easier to do the same salt).
I see no signs of any ich, flukes, or anything else. The Tang does look a little beat up with frayed fins and the start of what I think is HLLE, but I have thought that was due to aggression by others. All fish were QTed and treated with cupramine or Quinine Sulfate as well as prazopro in QT. I have even treated the display with three back to back doses of prazipro back in July out of concern that the tang's frayed fins were due to flukes or something, but the prazi did not change anything so I concluded the tang is just getting picked on and the HLLE is probably diet or some other reason.
I change around 15% to 20% of water every week.
I have around 80 pounds of pukani LR (around 60 in display, 25 in sump in smaller pieces) and 20 Liters of Seachem Pond Matrix (in sump). I do use a filter pad in the sump on top of the rock that I change every week with water changes.
I have an Octopus XP2000sss skimmer. It never performed great. More crud on the sides of the walls than going into the cup.
I typically run a Jumbo Reactor mixed with GFO and ROX carbon and change every two weeks.
Any comments are appreciated.
thanks,
Mike
