Hi guys,
I made sure to quarantine my yellow tang for over a month before introducing him in my DT. He seemed fine and ate well so I didnt treat him with copper or any other drugs while I was suspecting him to fall sick with ich. Hes actually my first fish for my DT. Yeah I know its a MAJOR mistake. I should have bought him last instead.
So I transferred him into my display tank and he seemed ok for about a week.
I noticed that he had a tendency to hide in my live rock and come out to eat the nori attached to my clip. I think this behavior is normal since hes just trying to know his surroundings and hes the only fish around. BTW this tank is a 75 gallon tank. I know...I know too small for him. I dont want to get into that debate in this thread.
Currently all he does all day is swim right in front of my Ecotech Vortech pump as if hes trying to surf the flow and has refused to eat anything. It looks funny to see but I think it has something to do with trying to relieve himself of something with the hard flow in front of him. This morning his end tail had rot, well two tiny pieces came off. Ive been reading Randy Holmes Farley article and decided to check my ammonia levels. Im using the Seachem Ammonia tester with these small yellow capsules that float and change to another color when you apply the reagent. A small green strain appeared on the capsule to my surprise. I think I might have some ammonia in my water. I did a water change yesterday and replaced the carbon as well. Now im wondering if he wasnt poisoned by the ammonia. This tank has been cycled for over two months and All of my readings were good so I didnt even bother to check my ammonia and nitrite again. I did monitor my nitrates which were below 5.
I had a ground probe also in my sump which I removed immediately. Im also suspecting stray voltage affecting him like Randy Holmes wrote in his article. He would suddenly move and stop while eating as if paralyzed by something and then suddenly run into his cave as if something bit him. Really weird behavior as if he was being shocked or electrocuted. Or maybe the Ammonia was affecting him.
Now Im trying desperately to make him eat. Ive dipped the Sea vegigies into Garlic Guard to draw his attention but he just ignores it. All he wants to do is swim in front of flow. I think hes swimming to his death since he wont have energy anymore if he continues like that without eating.
Another sign why I didnt bother looking at ammonia levels were my snails behavior. They all seemed to be doing fine and grazing at my LR. I thought they would die if ammonia levels were detected. I was wrong....
Im planning to do another big water change in a few hours. Is it too late for my YT? LFS and online stores write that YT are easy to care for. They are wrong...from reading alot of articles on them they should be re-classified as hard to maintain and not for beginners like me.
I have filmed him today. Here is how he looks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaMP89UkKW4&feature=youtu.be
I made sure to quarantine my yellow tang for over a month before introducing him in my DT. He seemed fine and ate well so I didnt treat him with copper or any other drugs while I was suspecting him to fall sick with ich. Hes actually my first fish for my DT. Yeah I know its a MAJOR mistake. I should have bought him last instead.
So I transferred him into my display tank and he seemed ok for about a week.
I noticed that he had a tendency to hide in my live rock and come out to eat the nori attached to my clip. I think this behavior is normal since hes just trying to know his surroundings and hes the only fish around. BTW this tank is a 75 gallon tank. I know...I know too small for him. I dont want to get into that debate in this thread.
Currently all he does all day is swim right in front of my Ecotech Vortech pump as if hes trying to surf the flow and has refused to eat anything. It looks funny to see but I think it has something to do with trying to relieve himself of something with the hard flow in front of him. This morning his end tail had rot, well two tiny pieces came off. Ive been reading Randy Holmes Farley article and decided to check my ammonia levels. Im using the Seachem Ammonia tester with these small yellow capsules that float and change to another color when you apply the reagent. A small green strain appeared on the capsule to my surprise. I think I might have some ammonia in my water. I did a water change yesterday and replaced the carbon as well. Now im wondering if he wasnt poisoned by the ammonia. This tank has been cycled for over two months and All of my readings were good so I didnt even bother to check my ammonia and nitrite again. I did monitor my nitrates which were below 5.
I had a ground probe also in my sump which I removed immediately. Im also suspecting stray voltage affecting him like Randy Holmes wrote in his article. He would suddenly move and stop while eating as if paralyzed by something and then suddenly run into his cave as if something bit him. Really weird behavior as if he was being shocked or electrocuted. Or maybe the Ammonia was affecting him.
Now Im trying desperately to make him eat. Ive dipped the Sea vegigies into Garlic Guard to draw his attention but he just ignores it. All he wants to do is swim in front of flow. I think hes swimming to his death since he wont have energy anymore if he continues like that without eating.
Another sign why I didnt bother looking at ammonia levels were my snails behavior. They all seemed to be doing fine and grazing at my LR. I thought they would die if ammonia levels were detected. I was wrong....
Im planning to do another big water change in a few hours. Is it too late for my YT? LFS and online stores write that YT are easy to care for. They are wrong...from reading alot of articles on them they should be re-classified as hard to maintain and not for beginners like me.
I have filmed him today. Here is how he looks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaMP89UkKW4&feature=youtu.be
