Help, yellow wrasse dieing

[mbauma]

Posting this here too as it might be disease related.

I bought 2 yellow wrasses on 6/27. 1 disappeared, not sure if it died or was taken out by an anemone.

Anyway, they were both eating fine(frozen mysis) and params all checked out. Tonight, the 2nd fish was lying on it's side and breathing heavily. It's eyes were also bugged out. See pic attached. I just tested and here are the results using Red Sea test kit:

Salinity - 1.028
PH - 8.18
Temp - 82
Ammonia - zero
Nitrites - .05
Nitrates - not sure, it is at least 50, but the kit has you diluting and not sure if I did it right.

140 gallon DT
sump
eshopps 200 skimmer
sicce 5 main pump
2 koralia heads
apex gold controller

I have a glass cover for each side, could it be oxygen? No idea.

The only things in the tank are 1 hammer coral and the cleanup crew from TBS.

My QT was not setup yet and the local fish store said they had it in QT for a month and it was eating fine with no issues.

Thanks,

Michael.

 

[Newsmyrna80]

First, the LFS quarantine is more than likely not a true quarantine. Too many variables, cross contamination, etc.
it possibly could be the oxygen or lack thereof. Your salinity is a little high. Most people keep theirs at 1.025 for a reef tank and lower for FOWLR.
Since the fish is not showing any spots or flashing I would do a water change, bring down the salinity, remove the glass cover and point a power head towards the water surface.
How did you acclimate the fish? Do you know what the salinity is of the LFS water?

 

[mbauma]

Thanks, will that be a problem?

I've talked to a lot of people and said as long as it's stable, it should be fine. The gulf of mexico where my rock and sand came from even has a pretty wide ranging salinity. I'll to the change later tonight after work.

I removed the glass last night and actually have the DIY screen kit coming from BRS today. I have 2 Koralias running, one on each side and plenty of flow. The sicce 5 pushes out 1390 or more gph.

 

[mbauma]

Ok, new update, the one that died overnight was actually the fish that I thought was eaten by an anemone. The other one that has been swimming and eating fine just popped up out of the sand and seems ok.

 

[Newsmyrna80]

They will do that when they're stressed like when they are first put into the tank. As far as the salinity it's more to what the fish is used to not the rocks. How did you acclimate them?

 

[mbauma]

They will do that when they're stressed like when they are first put into the tank. As far as the salinity it's more to what the fish is used to not the rocks. How did you acclimate them?

I did a drip acclimation for 60 minutes. I now have my QT up and running with my new lyretail anthias trio from DD. Fed them a little mysis and they seem to be doing fine.

Should I treat them with Prazi right away, or just observe them?

 

[mbauma]

First, the LFS quarantine is more than likely not a true quarantine. Too many variables, cross contamination, etc.
it possibly could be the oxygen or lack thereof. Your salinity is a little high. Most people keep theirs at 1.025 for a reef tank and lower for FOWLR.
Since the fish is not showing any spots or flashing I would do a water change, bring down the salinity, remove the glass cover and point a power head towards the water surface.
How did you acclimate the fish? Do you know what the salinity is of the LFS water?

I did a 20 gallon change and salinity is now 1.025. I drip acclimated the fish. I also removed the cover yesterday and received the DIY screen kit from BRS that I will put together tomorrow.

My Lyretail trio from DD is now in my new QT and seem to be doing great.

 

[Newsmyrna80]

I did a drip acclimation for 60 minutes. I now have my QT up and running with my new lyretail anthias trio from DD. Fed them a little mysis and they seem to be doing fine.

Should I treat them with Prazi right away, or just observe them?

Well...depending on what the salinity is of the LFS water that could have been what the problem was. Most keep their salinity at 1.025 or lower so the difference of .003 in a one hour period is too much for a fish to handle.
While Prazi is a gentle med IME in can be harsh on wrasses if not properly dosed. Be very careful not to overdose and keep up with water changes in between doses. If the wrasse starts lying on the bottom or hiding do a water change and put in some carbon.

 

[mbauma]

What about using Prazi on the anthias?

 

[Newsmyrna80]

I have not heard of any negative effects on anthias.