Fish Problems....

DreamCatcher87 · 12-03-2007, 06:48 AM

Okay, i have a 40 gallon saltwater fish tank...i moved my tank yesterday because i was moving from biloxi to gulfport mississippi. I placed the water in large jugs and the fish with water and rocks and my coral frag in a big bin of water. I had the tank back up and running within four hours and everything was perfectly okay. I retested the water and everything, all coming back normal and fine....

I woke up this morning to find my yellow tang dead. He was acting perfectly fine last night, eating and everything.

Now my picasso trigger is acting funny. He is staying at the bottom of the tank and acting really lazy not really wanting to swim and when nudged to the surface, dwindles back to the bottom. He is refusing his food, including live food, and is not as perky as he usually is.

I tested my tank and all the perameters came back fine, ammonia is zero, nitrites zero, nitrates extremely low, temp is 78.4 constant, salinity is 1.025.

could my trigger be depressed? could the stress of the move be doing this? please any help is GREATLY needed...

**TheOldSalt** · 12-03-2007, 08:20 AM

Something didn't like the move, or even make it. My guess is something died or otherwise fouled the tank. Change a bunch of water, and pronto.

Depressed trigger? Maybe. It might miss it's tang buddy. However, it's probably really just reacting to whatever happened to the tang.

DreamCatcher87 · 12-03-2007, 09:45 AM

well, when i found the tang dead i checked the tank and all the other inhabitants were perfectly fine...even my coral was starting to open up...i thought maybe it was oxygen depletion but i noticed the coral and it has me stumped now

**Scuba Kid** · 12-03-2007, 02:28 PM

Water changes can only help the situation right now. I'd change some water before you find anymore losses.

12-03-2007, 06:48 AM	#1
DreamCatcher87 Llewellynn Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Biloxi, Mississippi Age: 21 Posts: 30	Fish Problems.... Okay, i have a 40 gallon saltwater fish tank...i moved my tank yesterday because i was moving from biloxi to gulfport mississippi. I placed the water in large jugs and the fish with water and rocks and my coral frag in a big bin of water. I had the tank back up and running within four hours and everything was perfectly okay. I retested the water and everything, all coming back normal and fine.... I woke up this morning to find my yellow tang dead. He was acting perfectly fine last night, eating and everything. Now my picasso trigger is acting funny. He is staying at the bottom of the tank and acting really lazy not really wanting to swim and when nudged to the surface, dwindles back to the bottom. He is refusing his food, including live food, and is not as perky as he usually is. I tested my tank and all the perameters came back fine, ammonia is zero, nitrites zero, nitrates extremely low, temp is 78.4 constant, salinity is 1.025. could my trigger be depressed? could the stress of the move be doing this? please any help is GREATLY needed...

12-03-2007, 02:28 PM	#4
Scuba Kid Moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: RI Age: 18 Posts: 4,221	Water changes can only help the situation right now. I'd change some water before you find anymore losses. __________________ Current setups: 1800 gallon koi pond, 10 gallon planted, 150 gallon reef, other FOWLR tanks

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12-03-2007, 08:20 AM	#2
TheOldSalt Darth Ichthyos Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,358	Something didn't like the move, or even make it. My guess is something died or otherwise fouled the tank. Change a bunch of water, and pronto. Depressed trigger? Maybe. It might miss it's tang buddy. However, it's probably really just reacting to whatever happened to the tang.

12-03-2007, 09:45 AM	#3
DreamCatcher87 Llewellynn Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Biloxi, Mississippi Age: 21 Posts: 30	well, when i found the tang dead i checked the tank and all the other inhabitants were perfectly fine...even my coral was starting to open up...i thought maybe it was oxygen depletion but i noticed the coral and it has me stumped now

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