One Spot Foxface and turbos keep dying

[Jyetman]

Over five years I haven't had a fish die except for my Kole tang of 7 years he recently past away. I decided to try a foxface to help combat lots of grape caulerpa. Local fish store had some 3 inch foxfaces on sale and I bought one he died a week later. Figure I buy another same size see if it was a coincidence he lived for two weeks then died. Started thinking could it be the grape caulerpa is it poisonous or maybe cyanide poisoning not sure can't find much info. The LFS had another sale and yes I tried again so far he seems ok hes eating and swimming with the other fish (large percula, large coral beauty, one spot blenny and a med size black wrasse. Today is a different story he's showing signs of stress swimming back and forth. My parameters are good, 80 Gallon reef, salinity at 1.024, PH 8.22, ALK 10 DKH and tank is mature 7 years old. I live in Phoenix, AZ where the summer time gets really hot. My AC only cools so much 83-85 F in my apartment and the tank chiller both are costing me a lot to run. I set it to run 82 on 80 off could this be the reason tank is too warm for him and turbos? I researched and some sellers say foxface temp 74 to 78 and others say 78 - 82 which is it? The turbos live longer in the winter so I realized I better run the chiller longer. Right now my tank is set for 79 - 80 F degrees.

Any recommendations?

 

[Jyetman]

I just now fed some frozen mysis and plankton he went crazy eating. So maybe he was just hungry.

 

[Jyetman]

bump

 

[Jyetman]

Its been nearly 2 months and my foxface and 2nd yellow tang are both fat, eating and healthy as the rest of my fish. This heightens my theory that the people who catch these fish are being dishonest in there catching methods not only to the LFS but to the overall health of the coral reefs!! Why isn't anything done to prevent them from using cyanide?

 

[Dmorty217]

Its been nearly 2 months and my foxface and 2nd yellow tang are both fat, eating and healthy as the rest of my fish. This heightens my theory that the people who catch these fish are being dishonest in there catching methods not only to the LFS but to the overall health of the coral reefs!! Why isn't anything done to prevent them from using cyanide?

Places where cyanide are used there aren't things in place to prevent this from happening. It's physically impossible for that to happen. IF a fish was caught with cyanide, it will perish eventually anyway and there is nothing you can do about it. If you buy your fish from quality fish stores that use quality wholesalers, you won't have to worry about cyanide.

 

[Jyetman]

Update foxface now six months old has completely eaten every strand of grape caulerpa in my display tank. The yellow tang died at 4 months which now ends any more tangs. I still say they are catching a great deal of these fish illegally with cyanide! There is just no reason for these losses. I'm now debating should I add some caulerpa for food?

 

[HBtank]

Are you concerned it isn't eating? Never seen a Foxface turn down almost anything, bottomless pit!