I'm the grim reeper of the fish world???

[predator]

I can not keep fish alive?My water quality is and has been good.I feed regulary with good food.They all get sick and they all die.My reef tank is a death trap for fish.I'v just set up a hospital and I need some advice as well as some consoling(lol).I'v had a yellow tang,flame angel,coral beauty,and a powder blue die.Should I use copper in my hospital tank?Help me please.

 

[ebeckels]

it really depends on what is wrong with your fish? Are they dying of ich? A bacterial infection? Do you think you might be overfeeding? Let the tank sit fishless for a month or so.

 

[beth]

Yes, give complete specs on your tank, organisms, water readings and why you think your fish are dying, and what you think they are dying from.
Grim reeper of the fish world....That's a good one!

 

[predator]

For the most part they do get ich.But some get other stuff as weel.And up until recently I have never showed any interest in sicknesses.My coral beauty's gills looked red and inflamed.My powder blue was pale and got dark sploches on it's body.Before it died it was sticking his whole head,more like half his body out of the water.My yellow tang died cause of a lionfish,I think.I let someone put it in my tank for a about a week and about three or four days after it was gone the tang died.I had that tang for 3 months before that and he was fine.I think the clowns did die from ich.The flame angel I can't explain.I still got one fish in there and I think it's starting to get sick.I'v got the means for a hospital tank.Should I use copper?

 

[kris walker]

Predator, from what I have read on this board, hyposalinity seems to be the best treatment. In hospital tank, bring salinity down to 1.009 over 2 days. Then keep it there for a month. If parasites are gone after one month, put fish back in main tank. I have read that it must be "exactly" 1.009 and cannot be 1.010.
I must admit though, I have once used copper successfully in the past over a 48-hour period in quarantine to kill gill parasites in a scooter blenny (and it fully recovered a few days later!).
Good luck fellow reeper,
sam

 

[kris walker]

Oops, forgot to mention that you should probably also use Saltwater Maracyn-Two to treat any bacterial infections that may also be contributing to the problems your fish are having (and to prevent secondary infections from parasites).
sam

 

[beth]

Sounds like you have some bad fish husbandry practices...for instance, no QT or allowing others to "put" fish in your tank.
Have you read TerryB's articles on Stress in our Article Forum?? Its a lot of reading, but for you it might be extremely helpful! I would highly recommend that you take some time read it.
The one fish you have left, its hard to help you out with it, cause you don't say exactly what the problem is. Do you have a QT-hospital tank?? If not, this is first priority!
Again, you didn't give tank specs, etc.