Help.

[jdhab19]

Ok I have not been on here in so long, everything has been running so smooth. I have a 75gal FOWLR tank which has been set up now for about a year and half maybe more

Specs are Fish= 2 Clowns, 1 Longhorn Cowfish, 1 Hippo Tang, 1 Naso Tang, 1 Lawnmower Blenny and a cleaner shrimp. They have all been great. I recently brought back my Asfur Angel I had for about 4 months back to the LFS because he was a little to agressive and I knew with time and size it would probley only get worse, so I got the Naso Tang in his place. Over the past few days my Nitrate & Nitrite went up and I have no idea why, Ive done water changes over the past few days sense Sunday and today I did a half water change, my levels are now Nitrate 20ppm, Nitrite 0.5ppm, Alkalinity 180, and PH was low but I got a buffer and its just now about 7.8

Problem is that my cowfish and hippo tang have been breathing so hard sense yesterday, it's freaking me out. Last night I hooked the tube up to the powerhead to add some bubbles hoping to add some oxygen or something, and it seemed like they were a little better this morning but now after I did another water change there back at breathing hard again. What's the problem, what can I do, I don't wanna loose anyone and never have in the two years Ive had the tank running.

Also my new Naso seems to not eating that much, I fed brine and mysis last night he didn't really bug out on it but nit picked, I also put some seaweed in there and it kinda picked at it but not crazy. This morning same thing didn't go to crazy.

So two problems, someone please help.

 

[jdhab19]

Anybody???????? Please?

 

[paulpp187]

ammonia?

 

[paulpp187]

ph seems alittle low with that said ammonia is gonna be up

 

[paulpp187]

i think its the combo of the trite's ammonia,and ph

 

[jdhab19]

I don't have a test for that right now, I ran out, but I use Ammo Lock so I can't hardly believe that it would be the problem all of a sudden. I don't get it.

 

[jdhab19]

So what do I do?

 

[jdhab19]

Wow im overwhelmed by the responses ive gotten its crazy. Thank you all so much for your help, I'll be sure to come back if I wanna sit here for an hour, 23 views and got no answers.

 

[PuffersKick]

First of all welcome to the forums.

Second of all RELAX! You can't expect to get 20 responses in 15 mintues.

Now to your question. I would not worry too much. Anytime you take a fish out or add a new fish (in your case both), your fish will get stressed out a little bit, and it make take them a few days to adjust. Especially in your case since you haven't touched your tank in over a year. All the fish were happy and established and then everything changed on them. Give it a few days and I bet everyone will settle down.

And if you are really concered about the feeding why don't you go get some Kent "Garlic Extreme" and drop that on their food. It will entice them to eat and boost their immune if they are stressed out.

Good luck!

 

[jdhab19]

It was over an hour, im just a little stressed out. Before I took out my angel I tested all 5 tests and noticed a little high of Nitrate so I did a water change, I then swapped the Angel for a Tang the following day, and also did a water change that day, I just don't get how it's not the new fish stressed, he seems to be doing ok, not breathing rapid like my Hippo and my Cowfish and not doing much of anything.

Ive added fish within the year, a few months ago I got my lawnmower so it's not that I haven't touched the tank, my point was that Ive never lost any fish. I just don't wanna wake up tomorrow and see half my fish dead.

I did my last feeding and the hippo and cowfish ate, my cowfish was acctually eatting it all up like a pig, (which before my angel would have it gone before his little fat body could get to it) the hippo ate some too but not too much, my new tang doesn't touch it. Ive tried adding Garlic Elixor and normally use that here and there anyway but didn't seem overwhelmingly interesting in that either.

Oh why do the problems start now, when im fully stocked with the fish I want in there and have been happy with how everything has been going.