Another healthy fish dies.

mckaax

mckaax

Member
Well two weeks in the qt, one week into hypo and the fish is on his side when I woke up. It was a Flame hawkfish. The fish was one of a kind, eating out of my hand the way he acted when you went to feed him. There is no excuse, he ate great twice a day. and showed no signs of sickness. Water was great and everything read 0's, ph was 7.89. Qting is starting to really get to me. Anything that you can think of that I should check?
 
perfectdark

perfectdark

Active Member
Originally Posted by mckaax
http:///forum/post/2597479
Well two weeks in the qt, one week into hypo and the fish is on his side when I woke up. It was a Flame hawkfish. The fish was one of a kind, eating out of my hand the way he acted when you went to feed him. There is no excuse, he ate great twice a day. and showed no signs of sickness. Water was great and everything read 0's, ph was 7.89. Qting is starting to really get to me. Anything that you can think of that I should check?
What were you feeding it?
 
florida joe

florida joe

Well-Known Member
Originally Posted by mckaax
http:///forum/post/2597661
6 days
Where you just doing hypo profalaticly? I am assuming you were. Let me tell you from experience sometimes fish just die. If it is any consolation I hade many royal grammas die while in QT. But trust me it is still the only way to go
 
richieexd

richieexd

Member
Just a quick question, Were you QT'ing the fish because it sick or because it was a new addition? I'm also QT a few fish before I add it to my DT. I'm in my 2nd week of QT and the fish show no signs of disease. I'm skeptical whether I should put it through hypo or not.
 
sepulatian

sepulatian

Moderator
Originally Posted by Richieexd
http:///forum/post/2598024
Just a quick question, Were you QT'ing the fish because it sick or because it was a new addition? I'm also QT a few fish before I add it to my DT. I'm in my 2nd week of QT and the fish show no signs of disease. I'm skeptical whether I should put it through hypo or not.
Please start your own thread, we will be more than happy to help you.
 
richieexd

richieexd

Member
I had a thread about it 2 weeks ago. I was just curious to see why she had her hawkfish in hypo. My intentions were not to hijack her thread...
 
mckaax

mckaax

Member
Sep,
Everything was monitored. Ph was stable, it did drop from 8.0 to 7.89 I dropped the sal over a 2 1/2 days. The fish was a new addition thats why it was in hypo. It was the only fish in the QT.
 
perfectdark

perfectdark

Active Member
How long was it at your LFS before you purchased it? I am thinking this was just a very stressed fish. I think we take for granted that just because they look good and are eating that these fish are healthy and shouldnt have anything bad happen to them. This is often not the case, most fish are very stressed have basically shut down their entire immune system and any other resource they can to give them energy for escape. This is not only very stressful but also makes them extremly suseptable to disease and parasites. If this fish was new to your LFS, you bought it acclimated to your QT let him sit for 2 weeks then started Hypo, IMO that is a lot for a fish to handle no matter how hardy a species they are. Again JMO..
 
sepulatian

sepulatian

Moderator
Originally Posted by mckaax
http:///forum/post/2598165
Sep,
Everything was monitored. Ph was stable, it did drop from 8.0 to 7.89 I dropped the sal over a 2 1/2 days. The fish was a new addition thats why it was in hypo. It was the only fish in the QT.
It sounds as though you did everything correctly. Sometimes fish just die. It is hard to tell what the health of this fish was when you bought it. I am very sorry for your loss.
 
florida joe

florida joe

Well-Known Member
Originally Posted by sepulatian
http:///forum/post/2598431
It sounds as though you did everything correctly. Sometimes fish just die. It is hard to tell what the health of this fish was when you bought it. I am very sorry for your loss.
"Sometimes fish just die" now where did I hear that before ??????
 
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