Jenny_RS
Member
Hi everyone, I'm new to this site but not so new to the hobby. I just want to apologize now for the long post coming. I've had previous saltwater tanks with success in the past but had to shut my last one down due to me having to move homes and took a break from the hobby. On September 30th I setup a 5g tall fowlr with a fish cycle (I was very careful as not to harm the fish). It's a tank bred percula clown, around 1.5 inches. On December 10th I went to the Dominican for a week vacation (my first ever), and left my fish feeding to my dad with very specific instructions as to not over feed. I tested all levels and everything came back all within the normal levels. Unfortunately when I got home on the 17th, as I walked into my room to look at my tank I was horrified to say the least that there was a ton of food sitting on the bottom of the tank and algae galore. I immediately tested the water and there was a higher than normal presence of ammonia. Fish seemed ok so I continued to keep an eye on him. The day before yesterday I noticed he was having a hard time breathing so I increased the flow on the ph and pointed it upwards to get surface agitation which did help, he seems to be okay now as far as breathing goes. I retested the water, my nitrate is 20 ppm but I can't test for nitrite or ammonia because my tests ran out. My water is no longer cloudy. But my problem is even tho the fish seems ok and looks ok he refuses to eat and only swims in the top right back corner of the tank ( I know perculas can host a certain area of the tank). Anyone have any ideas as to why he won't eat? Any help is greatly appreciated!
