pchromis
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Hello all.
Been exactly 8 weeks since I upgraded from a 37 to 95 reef tank.
Followed all the best advice here and it went well. My existing fish were a Hippo tang, Scopas tang, mating pair of Percula clowns, Mandarin goby, all around 4 years old. There were mushrooms, zoos, polyps and anemones.
The first thing I noticed was the Scopas tang stopped eating after about two weeks. It stayed alive for about 4 weeks then died with no visible problems. After about 6 weeks, the Goby died with no visible signs. I attribute that to the lack of pods and other food source possibly.
Today is exactly 8 weeks since upgrade and only the Hippo tang has survived as the two perc clowns died the other day. The clowns visible signs were some faded/white areas. They ate heartily til I found them dead.
The hippo tang still eats like crazy. Its only visible signs are what appears to be cloudy eyes. I expect he too will eventually die.
All water parameters are ideal. Had water tested also at LFS.
PH 8.3
Nitrates justt about .1 ppm (almost near zero according to test kit chart)
Ammonia 0
Nitrites 0
Phosphates a tad above 0.
I do run a sump with fuge and upgraded from PC to T5 lighting.
I have also added a Colt coral, Torch Coral and some yellow polyps. They are thriving. Also are a cleanup crew with various snails. The anemones have all but died off.
Now I'd like to ask what some of you think. I believe they became stressed with the upgrade, although it took a couple of weeks for first fish to be affected.
I know stress does cause some disease. If this is the case where I truly don't know what caused this devasting problem, what can I do with the remaining Hippo tang?
If the tang dies and and left with the corals and invertabrates, what treatment or procdeure should I undertake before adding fish again.
Like I stated, the corals and snails are thriving. And there were no visible signs of disease except for the clownfish which possibly looked like brooklynella.
Thanks in advance for any help and suggestions.
Been exactly 8 weeks since I upgraded from a 37 to 95 reef tank.
Followed all the best advice here and it went well. My existing fish were a Hippo tang, Scopas tang, mating pair of Percula clowns, Mandarin goby, all around 4 years old. There were mushrooms, zoos, polyps and anemones.
The first thing I noticed was the Scopas tang stopped eating after about two weeks. It stayed alive for about 4 weeks then died with no visible problems. After about 6 weeks, the Goby died with no visible signs. I attribute that to the lack of pods and other food source possibly.
Today is exactly 8 weeks since upgrade and only the Hippo tang has survived as the two perc clowns died the other day. The clowns visible signs were some faded/white areas. They ate heartily til I found them dead.
The hippo tang still eats like crazy. Its only visible signs are what appears to be cloudy eyes. I expect he too will eventually die.
All water parameters are ideal. Had water tested also at LFS.
PH 8.3
Nitrates justt about .1 ppm (almost near zero according to test kit chart)
Ammonia 0
Nitrites 0
Phosphates a tad above 0.
I do run a sump with fuge and upgraded from PC to T5 lighting.
I have also added a Colt coral, Torch Coral and some yellow polyps. They are thriving. Also are a cleanup crew with various snails. The anemones have all but died off.
Now I'd like to ask what some of you think. I believe they became stressed with the upgrade, although it took a couple of weeks for first fish to be affected.
I know stress does cause some disease. If this is the case where I truly don't know what caused this devasting problem, what can I do with the remaining Hippo tang?
If the tang dies and and left with the corals and invertabrates, what treatment or procdeure should I undertake before adding fish again.
Like I stated, the corals and snails are thriving. And there were no visible signs of disease except for the clownfish which possibly looked like brooklynella.
Thanks in advance for any help and suggestions.
from existing tank, used new sand with a couple of cups of existing sand. Started moving live rock from tank to new tank. After a couple of days put fish in a 10g tank and moved the rest of the live rock and some water into new tank. After water settled and cleared up somewhat maybe an hour or so....I acclimated the fish in the 10g with "new" tank water. The fish all did well and next day were swimming and eating as always. After the first 4 weeks the scopas wasnt eating and evenetually died.
