Burr
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Hey all,
First post on this forum, I apologize in advance if this is not the correct section to post in, if it's not correct please let me know and I will post to the correct section.
When I woke up this morning, my six line wrasse was swimming very oddly, first thing I noticed is that he was swimming in the morning (he is usually sleeping when I leave for work, usually disappears into the rock just after my lights go to sunset mode). He would swim up the corner of the tank, do a little twirl, and go back to the bottom of the tank where he would attempt to hide against a rock, then swim around the outside of the tank, but very slowly and would dart around every so often. Rinse, repeat, just odd behavior. He usually comes and checks me out when I look at the tank, and he didn't respond when I approached the tank. He ate just fine yesterday. He has plenty of places to hide, and always is the life of the tank. Hands down my favorite fish in the tank, he is a blast to watch.
Background: I have had my tank up and running for 5 months total now, with fish for about 1.5 months. It is 40 gallons, with 40lbs of live rock, 2" live sand. My current water parameters are: pH: 8.1, specific gravity 1.022, ammonia 0ppm, Nitrite 0ppm and Nitrate 0ppm. I have a HOB Reef Octopus BH-1000 protein skimmer, AquaClear 70 gal filter, and a powerhead rated for 600gph. I currently have 1 coral beauty, 2 clowns, a six line wrasse, 1 peppermint shrimp, 1 coral banded shrimp, 5 mexican turbo snails, 6 hermit crabs, and 2 emerald crabs. I first put the six line wrasse and 2 clowns in the tank, but my first 2 clowns died of brooklynella about 3 days after purchase (they came from my LFS this way, very unfortunate). I treated the tank for the disease and waited and the new clowns have been in the tank for a week, and look very healthy. The coral beauty and the wrasse were best buds, always swimming around the tank together. One never aggressive towards the other. I always feed frozen cubes, usually a nice mix of the mysis shrimp, "emerald entree" and brine shrimp.
I wish I could have taken a picture before I left but he was hiding behind a rock and couldn't get one. I didn't notice heavy breathing, any color change, or any marks from possibly being attacked. If he was attacked, I would pin it on the coral banded shrimp, he is the only one in the tank that swipes at things when they get too close
Does anybody know what might be the issue? Based upon research I've done prior to my post, I understand that fish die suddenly sometimes for seemingly no reason. Being pretty new to this hobby, I would appreciate any pointers you guys can provide and insight as to what the issue might be.
Thanks in advance, I really appreciate any feedback!
First post on this forum, I apologize in advance if this is not the correct section to post in, if it's not correct please let me know and I will post to the correct section.
When I woke up this morning, my six line wrasse was swimming very oddly, first thing I noticed is that he was swimming in the morning (he is usually sleeping when I leave for work, usually disappears into the rock just after my lights go to sunset mode). He would swim up the corner of the tank, do a little twirl, and go back to the bottom of the tank where he would attempt to hide against a rock, then swim around the outside of the tank, but very slowly and would dart around every so often. Rinse, repeat, just odd behavior. He usually comes and checks me out when I look at the tank, and he didn't respond when I approached the tank. He ate just fine yesterday. He has plenty of places to hide, and always is the life of the tank. Hands down my favorite fish in the tank, he is a blast to watch.
Background: I have had my tank up and running for 5 months total now, with fish for about 1.5 months. It is 40 gallons, with 40lbs of live rock, 2" live sand. My current water parameters are: pH: 8.1, specific gravity 1.022, ammonia 0ppm, Nitrite 0ppm and Nitrate 0ppm. I have a HOB Reef Octopus BH-1000 protein skimmer, AquaClear 70 gal filter, and a powerhead rated for 600gph. I currently have 1 coral beauty, 2 clowns, a six line wrasse, 1 peppermint shrimp, 1 coral banded shrimp, 5 mexican turbo snails, 6 hermit crabs, and 2 emerald crabs. I first put the six line wrasse and 2 clowns in the tank, but my first 2 clowns died of brooklynella about 3 days after purchase (they came from my LFS this way, very unfortunate). I treated the tank for the disease and waited and the new clowns have been in the tank for a week, and look very healthy. The coral beauty and the wrasse were best buds, always swimming around the tank together. One never aggressive towards the other. I always feed frozen cubes, usually a nice mix of the mysis shrimp, "emerald entree" and brine shrimp.
I wish I could have taken a picture before I left but he was hiding behind a rock and couldn't get one. I didn't notice heavy breathing, any color change, or any marks from possibly being attacked. If he was attacked, I would pin it on the coral banded shrimp, he is the only one in the tank that swipes at things when they get too close
Does anybody know what might be the issue? Based upon research I've done prior to my post, I understand that fish die suddenly sometimes for seemingly no reason. Being pretty new to this hobby, I would appreciate any pointers you guys can provide and insight as to what the issue might be.
Thanks in advance, I really appreciate any feedback!
