dying fish

[ga8233]

I still have the hair algae problem and now one of my fish is in distress. I came home tonight and found my Blond Nasso Tang in the bottom corner of my tank It's obviously in distress. I'm not sure it's gonna make it til tomorrow.. Everyone else in the tank is happy and healthy looking. I didn't see any lesions or anything out of the ordinary on the tang. Could it be old age? I've had it about 6 months and yesterday it seemed fine. Every once in a while it moves around and then fals back into the corner almost floating on it's side. Gina

 

[wrassecal]

Gina - you should post this in the disease forum so Beth or TerryB will see it. It could be anything. I don't know anything about your tank or how long you've had the tang.

 

[krowleey]

she said she had it for 6 months. its not old age i wouldnt think. they live a long time

 

[wrassecal]

duh, sorry I missed that somehow. No that wouldn't be it unless it was full grown and no way to know how old.

 

[ga8233]

thanks you 2 but too late. HE died sometime during the night. I have o idea why. It wasn't bloated, didn't have ick or bulging eyes or anything. Seemed totally normal. I had my water tested today and everything was exactly as it should be except that the ph was just a tad off. Not much though because it's been worse and I never had any problems. So far everything else seems ok but I will do a partial water change tomorrow anyway and keep an eye on things. Gina

 

[wrassecal]

Sorry for your loss. You may never know what happened. Sometimes fish will get a bacterial infecton or some other type of disease that we don't recognize.

 

[ga8233]

Thanks, i did a partial water change today. I hope everythings ok. I also had a lawnmower blenny and will be adding more to my clean-up crew. No one ever did answer my question before. I asked if anyone knew if fish sucked crabs out of their shells. I thought I saw my red emperor do that. gina