FishTruck
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The story. 2.5 mo. old 300 gallon tank established with seed stock from 60 gallon reef.
Deaths so far:
1. Mystery Wrasse. Totally disappeared. No signs of distress. Presumed dead, jumped, or buried in sand.
2. Pink Tail Trigger. Parasitic isopod noted on eye. Placed in QT and treated with praziquantil. Parasite gone. Fish apparently healthy day 5 of treatment. Dies overnight unexpectedly and suddenly in QT.
3. Three yellow tangs, two wrasses and one goby at this point healthy and eating in DT. Observed for about a week.
4. Added a naso tang, purple tang, and copperband. All observed at LFS for two weeks. NED. Added simultaneously to DT to diffuse tang aggression and thus without QT. Foolish, perhaps.
4. AFter one week, Naso tang dies suddenly with no signs of distress before expiration except slight blanching on one side near tail the night before. Carcass picked clean by cleanup crew...
5. Purple tang now has small white spots looking like crypt. No distress. Eating and bossing the other three tangs. Remaining fish all NED.
6. Cannot catch any fish in trap for QT.
7. 114 watt UV sterilizer running 24/7 activated two days ago. Vacuuming gravel each evening. Feeding fish heavily. Nitrates remain zero.
Currently, the plan is to vacuum the tank, run all return water through UV sterilizer, feed the fish. If I can catch that Purple Tang I will QT and treat with copper. Four cleaner shrimp in tank are servicing fish regularly.
Copperband is looking great. He is the fish I thought would die... if anyone!
Wish me luck.
Deaths so far:
1. Mystery Wrasse. Totally disappeared. No signs of distress. Presumed dead, jumped, or buried in sand.
2. Pink Tail Trigger. Parasitic isopod noted on eye. Placed in QT and treated with praziquantil. Parasite gone. Fish apparently healthy day 5 of treatment. Dies overnight unexpectedly and suddenly in QT.
3. Three yellow tangs, two wrasses and one goby at this point healthy and eating in DT. Observed for about a week.
4. Added a naso tang, purple tang, and copperband. All observed at LFS for two weeks. NED. Added simultaneously to DT to diffuse tang aggression and thus without QT. Foolish, perhaps.
4. AFter one week, Naso tang dies suddenly with no signs of distress before expiration except slight blanching on one side near tail the night before. Carcass picked clean by cleanup crew...
5. Purple tang now has small white spots looking like crypt. No distress. Eating and bossing the other three tangs. Remaining fish all NED.
6. Cannot catch any fish in trap for QT.
7. 114 watt UV sterilizer running 24/7 activated two days ago. Vacuuming gravel each evening. Feeding fish heavily. Nitrates remain zero.
Currently, the plan is to vacuum the tank, run all return water through UV sterilizer, feed the fish. If I can catch that Purple Tang I will QT and treat with copper. Four cleaner shrimp in tank are servicing fish regularly.
Copperband is looking great. He is the fish I thought would die... if anyone!
Wish me luck.
