LMB looks really thin and bad

[sh2000]

I just upgraded from my 55 to 120 there's no algae at all in this new tank yet and the LMB looks to be getting thinner it's been 1 day can it be possible that he can get that thin in 1 day ? or maybe he looks smaller cuz of the bigger tank.
heres some pictures but i doubt that say a 1000 words since my real camera broke.
Thanks for the help.

 

[sh2000]

bump.

 

[beth]

These fish do present feeding problems. Has the fish been eating other things, such as algae sheets, algae pellets?? If not, offer this to him.

 

[sh2000]

Could be at night but not that I noticed. I offer algae sheets tied to a rock everynight for all the members of the CC I can only put the food in I can force him to eat .

 

[sepulatian]

Does his stomach actually look emaciated? It doesn't look that way in the first picture, but it is hard to tell.

 

[sh2000]

not emaciated..he just isn't as happy as before where there was some algae growth on the back wall and sides he used to sorta jump and engulf all the algae in the new tank no algae..I guess it might come in time ? I offer algae sheets but only notice the tangs eating it perhaps he goes for it at night perhaps he's adjusting to the new tank and it will take him some time to adapt. Any info would help.

 

[sepulatian]

He will take some time to adjust. Watch him to be sure that he is eating. You may have to add a little more food than usual being that there is not a natural food source in the new tank.

 

[reef_dart21]

im worried about your urchin more!!! check you parameters and plz post em.................your urchin looks like its losing a plentiful amount of spines

 

[beth]

Originally Posted by Reef_Dart21
http:///forum/post/2471791
im worried about your urchin more!!! check you parameters and plz post em.................your urchin looks like its losing a plentiful amount of spines

Excellent catch on that one.

 

[sh2000]

Originally Posted by Reef_Dart21
http:///forum/post/2471791
im worried about your urchin more!!! check you parameters and plz post em.................your urchin looks like its losing a plentiful amount of spines
I just removed it today the params are nearly perfect so maybe a rock fell on it or something else happend I have 3 other urchins the same kind..pincusion urchin and they are fine..so how this one passed is a mystery to me.
PH-8.2
Sal.-1.026
Temp-79F
Ammonia-0
Nitrite-0
Nitrate- 2.5
ALK-10.5 DKH
Calcium-450
Manesium-1280
Phosephates-0.5 I have a phos. reacotr with phosban but have not hooked it up yet I want some algae to grow in the new DT.

 

[reef_dart21]

have you added any medications recently? done any thing different? change your salinity at all recently?Any huge changes in any of th eparameters latley?

 

[sh2000]

everything the same. no other losses.