New to this w sick fish

[erhoades]

Hey all sorry im new to this hobby but am madly inlove with everything involved except this part. I purchesed a blonde naso this weekend and a cleaner wrasse, they are in the tank with an undualted trigger and all happy. Until this morning I woke up and the blonde had turned a dark grey color with light grey spots and was flipping around the tank my issue is when i went to bed last night he was perfectly fine eating and swimming happily what do i do i dont want to lose my fish but if he is suffering i dont want that either im desperate HELP

 

[kingsmith]

Well Typically here is what you want to give as far as additional information to get a good answer. First list tank size, filtration, all inhabitants, how long the tank has been up and if there were any instances that may have affected the fish. Next list how you acclimated the fish, your water parameters with specific numbers, feedings and anything else you can think of all this will help get you a answer faster. Oh yeah and unfortunatly I don't have any real advice

 

[erhoades]

Okay the tank is an 125gallon oceanic (long) there is a 20 gallon sump with skimmer and bio balls ammonia is 0 nitarte is 0 ph is 8.2 alkaline is 10 dkh specific gravity is 1.021 magnesium is 1300 ppm Last night i fed them my standard mix of shrimp krill brine red flake and garlic guard the fish ate fine and was great when i went to bed i shut off the light he went to his rock and slept thismorning i woke up and boom he dont look so good

 

[ponyta810]

was it wen u first turned on the lights bc mine used to do it all the time wen i turned the lights in

 

[steelytom]

How long have you had him. I had one and it was very shy and would turn dark with the spots when spooked or when the lights first came on. He was with a foxface that did not like him, and eventually killed him. I don't think they like being picked on, is the trigger aggressive?

 

[sulley]

try turning on the room lights for awhile. after awhile then turn on some tank lights then all of them. naso will darken on the bridge nose as well as bodies when the lights first come on so that is normal.. side note undies are beautiful fish,but are extremely aggressive may have to rethink this choice good luck though

 

[erhoades]

eh thanks for the suggestions i lost him the guy at the store sai dthat sometimes you lose him i did find out the only thing i didnt test was nitrite and it was high he said that killed him

 

[markeo99]

read up on cycling a tank it will save you some money
sorry if you are aware already

 

[erhoades]

no its cool i understand that nitrate levels spike in order to bring down ammonia levels but i have no ammonia thats what im not understanding

 

[markeo99]

the nitrogen cycle goes
amonia
nitrites replace amonia
then nitrates replace nitrites
when you get to nitrates and no nitrites or amonia your good to go
usually takes about a month or more to complete

 

[erhoades]

THANKS MARKEO thats what i was looking for just to get this out of the way now im super add so reading a a 15 page explanation is almost impossible for to read one so you helped alot so when i see nitrites drop is it safe to add fish again for now i have an undulated trigger and a cleaner wrasse and they seem fine but as soon as i put my Blonde naso it died so im not testing it