My Scopa Tang almost died.

[speddlysmitt]

A couple of days ago I had to switch out a new filter since my old one died. Well my tang got really stressed out. He would float around and not eat, breath really fast.

Last night my tang was face down in the sand exhaling every 10 seconds. He lost all his color and looked dead. We thought about taking him out but I saw him flick his tail so I left him be.

Woke up this morning, stressed that I would find him dead but he was back to normal swimming around and he even ate his favorite seaweed.

I am so releaved. i never seen such a drastic change in a fish before. I am glad I left him alone.

Thought I would share.

 

[limitdown]

If you're using a canister filter, try not to disturb other trays when changing parts of the filters. And for the part that you're changing out, rinse that tray to remove any debris/detritus.
If you're putting in new carbon, make sure you rinse out the carbon dust before putting it into your system.

 

[speddlysmitt]

Yea,
My old filter was a hang on the back, Thing just siezed up. so I bought a fluval 305 canister. The LPS said I lost alot of bacteria when I switched them out.

 

[stingythingy45]

Get rid of the canister and get a good skimmer.
Tangs require a lot of oxygen.

 

[Recty]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13274368#post13274368 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by speddlysmitt
Yea,
My old filter was a hang on the back, Thing just siezed up. so I bought a fluval 305 canister. The LPS said I lost alot of bacteria when I switched them out.

Or the filter had some remnant of chemicals/toxins on it from the manufacturing process and you introduced those to the tank.

 

[speddlysmitt]

Recty, That is proubly what happened. I had my wife clean the bio media out and she just quicly ran the whole stack under water instead of individually washing them.

Which makes sense, since I had to turn off my skimmer because of the bubbles not breaking up.

 

[limitdown]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13275636#post13275636 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by speddlysmitt
Recty, That is proubly what happened. I had my wife clean the bio media out and she just quicly ran the whole stack under water instead of individually washing them.

Which makes sense, since I had to turn off my skimmer because of the bubbles not breaking up.

You shouldn't be washing the bio media (ie bioballs or ceramic rings). You're washing away the good nitrifying bacteria that help convert toxic ammonia to less toxic nitrite and nitrate. And especially not under tap water since it's chlorinated.

 

[speddlysmitt]

Even when it is brand new?

 

[limitdown]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13282286#post13282286 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by speddlysmitt
Even when it is brand new?

I would rinse them in water that is at least filtered through carbon (dechlorinated). The problem with rinsing with tap water is that chlorine could hide in the crevices of bioballs (pores of ceramic rings)

 

[speddlysmitt]

Make sense