Lost 2nd fish in a week

jw1977

jw1977

Member
Last week I reported I lost my Blue Tang, today I came home from work and my firefish is missing. What is going on? My water tested fine. My anemone hasn't looked great the last couple of weeks, could this be killing my fish? I doubt he's eating them. The only other thing I can think of is I have a fairly large sea urchin. Is it possible my fish are running into his needles and dying? Please help?
 
t316

t316

Active Member
What size tank do you have?
How long has your tank been up and running?
When you say "lost" do you mean died and you found them, or do you mean they disappeared?
 
sepulatian

sepulatian

Moderator
Originally Posted by lion_crazz
http:///forum/post/2687651
What are the water levels reading at?
Exactly
Please post your ammonia, nitrite, nitrate, ph, kh (or alk), SG, cal, and temp. What size is this tank? How long has it been set up? What all is in it? What kind of lights do you have?
 
jw1977

jw1977

Member
When I say lost, I mean they really just dissappeared. I'll test the water tonight and give you the levels.
Thanks
 
jw1977

jw1977

Member
Yesterday I posted how I lost my second fish in a week. Today, he magically reappeared which is great. The bad news is I tested my water for a second time and here are my levels.
Ammonia .5
PH 8.
Nitrate 5.0
Nitrite 0
What would be causing this. I have an anemone who isnt dead but he's not looking great. If he was sick could this cause the ammonia spike? The tank has been up for 7 months, water has always tested fine. It's a 46 gallon tank that has a CUC, cleaner shrimp, sea urchin, starfish, foxface, 2 clowns, firefish, and a angelfish. I had a baby blue tang that disappeared, Our LFS told us this a fine fish for our tank because he said it would take 10 years to before the tang outgrew our tank.
 
R

rcreations

Guest
If you haven't found the tang, he's probably somewhere decomposing and causing the ammonia spike. In a tank this small a decomposing fish can cause a spike.
 
t316

t316

Active Member
jw...first, your lfs guy is full of crap. That is totally rediculous advice that he has given you about it taking 10 yrs. to out grow that tank. He was just trying to make a sale.
But back to your spike, I don't think anything sick would do it. Like -- said, it could be that fish slowly decomposing, especially if he is in a rock crevice where the cuc couldn't get to him. But it could be other things as well, such as your water source, or over feeding. I'd do a few water changes over the next week or two, cut back on the feedings, then test again.
 
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