meschaefer
Premium Member
Tragedy has struck, as I have lost the larger of the two Lammarcks Angels. This happened the night before last, but the smaller of the two is doing great. He is active and eagerly eats when fed.
I am a bit concerned about why I lost the larger one. Although I had less than 48 hours when he passed, he seemed to be doing much better than the smaller one and if one of them was not going to make it I thought it would have been the smaller.
Both fish where in quarantine, I have always had trouble QT fish so any help would be appreciated.
I used a a 20 gallon long glass tank, with a tunze nanostream for circulation and a small heater that I had lying around (I don't know the size). Also in the tank where three lengths of PVC (2 x 2" and 1 x 1.5") that where bundled together to give them a place to hide.
I filled the tank with water from my display tank. Before using the water I tested it for Ammonia and Nitrite both of which tested zero on two little fishes test kits. Salinity was 1.021. I acclimated both fish over an approximate three hour period, by placing each into a large container with the water from the LFS. Approximately every 15-20 minutes I added some water from my diplay tank. The fish then went into the QT along with the water that I acclimated them in. When all was done, the QT had about 15 gallons of water in it.
Fish seemed to be doing very well, so I tried feeding them a little mysis shrimp later that night and while they both chased down the food they promptly spit it back out. I then took a small net and scooped out most if not all of the food I had fed them.
When I went to bed that night the smaller of the two seemed a little sluggish, but the larger was actively swimming around the QT tank, same thing when I woke up the next morning. I checked on them early afternoon, the smaller fish still seemed sluggish but the larger one was "breathing" very heavily and appeared to be "panting". I once again tested the water. Ammonia was now at .25 and Nitrite was 0. I changed out 1/3 of the water in the QT. When I checked back 1/2 hour later, the larger of the two was laying on its side, there was no change in the smaller.
At this point I kind of freaked out and decided that the best thing to do was to place both fish into the display tank. As I said above I have always had problems with QT and in the past had abandoned them all together. I was trying to turn a new leaf with this tank, but when tragedy struck I fell back to a comfortable position.
About an hour later they both appeared to be doing better. The smaller was more active and the larger was no longer lying on its side, but it still appeared to be breathing heavy. I checked on them multiple time throughout the day, without any improvement. When I checked on them before going to bed the though, the large one had died but the smaller one seemed no worse for wear. The next morning (yeasterday) and last night he was out and about in the display tank and eagerly eating mysis and cyclopeze.
As stated above I completely forgot to check PH throughout this event. Otherwise I am not sure what it is that I did wrong. As I said, I have always had problems with QT. Since I am just starting to stock a fairly large tank I wanted to "do it right" and QT everything that went into the tank.
Any thought would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
I am a bit concerned about why I lost the larger one. Although I had less than 48 hours when he passed, he seemed to be doing much better than the smaller one and if one of them was not going to make it I thought it would have been the smaller.
Both fish where in quarantine, I have always had trouble QT fish so any help would be appreciated.
I used a a 20 gallon long glass tank, with a tunze nanostream for circulation and a small heater that I had lying around (I don't know the size). Also in the tank where three lengths of PVC (2 x 2" and 1 x 1.5") that where bundled together to give them a place to hide.
I filled the tank with water from my display tank. Before using the water I tested it for Ammonia and Nitrite both of which tested zero on two little fishes test kits. Salinity was 1.021. I acclimated both fish over an approximate three hour period, by placing each into a large container with the water from the LFS. Approximately every 15-20 minutes I added some water from my diplay tank. The fish then went into the QT along with the water that I acclimated them in. When all was done, the QT had about 15 gallons of water in it.
Fish seemed to be doing very well, so I tried feeding them a little mysis shrimp later that night and while they both chased down the food they promptly spit it back out. I then took a small net and scooped out most if not all of the food I had fed them.
When I went to bed that night the smaller of the two seemed a little sluggish, but the larger was actively swimming around the QT tank, same thing when I woke up the next morning. I checked on them early afternoon, the smaller fish still seemed sluggish but the larger one was "breathing" very heavily and appeared to be "panting". I once again tested the water. Ammonia was now at .25 and Nitrite was 0. I changed out 1/3 of the water in the QT. When I checked back 1/2 hour later, the larger of the two was laying on its side, there was no change in the smaller.
At this point I kind of freaked out and decided that the best thing to do was to place both fish into the display tank. As I said above I have always had problems with QT and in the past had abandoned them all together. I was trying to turn a new leaf with this tank, but when tragedy struck I fell back to a comfortable position.
About an hour later they both appeared to be doing better. The smaller was more active and the larger was no longer lying on its side, but it still appeared to be breathing heavy. I checked on them multiple time throughout the day, without any improvement. When I checked on them before going to bed the though, the large one had died but the smaller one seemed no worse for wear. The next morning (yeasterday) and last night he was out and about in the display tank and eagerly eating mysis and cyclopeze.
As stated above I completely forgot to check PH throughout this event. Otherwise I am not sure what it is that I did wrong. As I said, I have always had problems with QT. Since I am just starting to stock a fairly large tank I wanted to "do it right" and QT everything that went into the tank.
Any thought would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
