Dying Fish

[kristi518]

I have a 150g tank that I have had up and running for almost 2 years. I had 9 fish but I currently lost both of my anthias. I am not sure why??? I came back from being out of town on Sunday and I could not and still not have been able to find one of them and yesterday the other one was acting really strange. I tried to catch him but there are to many hiding places in my tank. This evening I came home to find the other anthias floating at the top of my tank. It is really weird, I purchased these two fish together almost 2 years ago and both of them showed no sign of any disease. My other fish and coral are all fine. I am fighting off some pretty nasty green hair algae but that should not kill my fish. P.S. I don't know why this hair algae has gotten so out of control but I think it is my RO/DI unit and I am currently working on the fix. Anyway here are my water parameters as of Tuesday are: Sal: 1.025 Ph: 8.2 Am: 0 Rite: 0 Rate: 0 Phos: .5 ( a little high but I am working on my hair algae problem) Cal: 400 Kh: 7. Please let me know what you all think because I am really sad to have lost 2 fish that I truly adored and have had for a long time.

 

[1guydude]

maybe its time to change ur filter media in ur RO/DI unit....i dont have one or know how long they last but this is my opinion....

 

[beth]

It never fails that something bad will happen when one leaves their tank. Was anyone watching it while you were gone? I always had to replenish a gal of fresh RO water daily due to evaporation. Was someone checking on salinity and evaporation while you were gone?

 

[kristi518]

I was only gone for the weekend and i have a weekly routine that I have been following since I started my tank, I even keep a journal of everything that I do. I filled the tank with fresh water before I left. I also have filters on order so they should be here any day. I am just truly sad because I really miss my two fish and I have not lost any fish in over a year and a half. I also want to make sure that what ever caused their deaths will not spread to my other fish.

 

[beth]

Animal loss is going to be a part of this hobby, unfortunately. Many times without understanding why. If you have hot reef lighting, it will cause a good deal of evaporation. I was replacing a gal of water daily with my 72 gal.

 

[1guydude]

+1 about fish dying and it being part of the hobby.....is there ANY info on how long a fish thats supposed to be in the ocean is going to live in a tank no matter wat the size?