Drewcipher
Premium Member
We put several fish in QT on Aug 21st. There were 2 fish in the already, a copperband and a YWG. The copperband had been in there for several weeks prior to this, and the goby for several years. The copperband had wiped out all the aiptasia in the tank and was eating frozen mysis like a pig.
When we got some small wrasses and anthias, the first to die was a leopard wrasse. All the other fish were eating and swimming. Then one morning a female male anthia was up and dead. A day or 2 passed and the male anthia, who ate every day 2-4 times was dead. At night he was swimming around tending his females and eating anything we put in the tank. The next morning, dead. The next day we lost a male filamented wrasse. The next day, the female went.
Since then all has been fine. The remaining 2 anthias have been eating and swimming, one even seems to be changing already as it has a growing pink spot on the top of the head. The exquisite and solarensis wrasses, the copperband, and goby have all been swimming, eating, and looking really good and healthy for a couple of weeks.
Last night, everyone ate and was swimming before lights out, and wham, this morning, the copperband is dead.
We can see no outward signs of any fungus or disease of any kind, and the fish are eating right up until the bitter end. We are at our wits end as to what to do.
We are testing the water and getting 0 for nitrites and nitrates, and up until this morning ammonia. This morning it was about .25ppm, before I removed the copperband. Salinity is 1.026. The tank has been in operation for about 7 years, though we moved from CA to CO 3.5 years ago. We haven't had any problems since then though.
I don't really want to randomly treat for something, but I just have no idea. Anyone with an idea, please share. I am sick over the losses and I want to stop them now.
Thanks
When we got some small wrasses and anthias, the first to die was a leopard wrasse. All the other fish were eating and swimming. Then one morning a female male anthia was up and dead. A day or 2 passed and the male anthia, who ate every day 2-4 times was dead. At night he was swimming around tending his females and eating anything we put in the tank. The next morning, dead. The next day we lost a male filamented wrasse. The next day, the female went.
Since then all has been fine. The remaining 2 anthias have been eating and swimming, one even seems to be changing already as it has a growing pink spot on the top of the head. The exquisite and solarensis wrasses, the copperband, and goby have all been swimming, eating, and looking really good and healthy for a couple of weeks.
Last night, everyone ate and was swimming before lights out, and wham, this morning, the copperband is dead.
We can see no outward signs of any fungus or disease of any kind, and the fish are eating right up until the bitter end. We are at our wits end as to what to do.
We are testing the water and getting 0 for nitrites and nitrates, and up until this morning ammonia. This morning it was about .25ppm, before I removed the copperband. Salinity is 1.026. The tank has been in operation for about 7 years, though we moved from CA to CO 3.5 years ago. We haven't had any problems since then though.
I don't really want to randomly treat for something, but I just have no idea. Anyone with an idea, please share. I am sick over the losses and I want to stop them now.
Thanks
