Tiny hippo tang

[gwhunter]

I've got a tiny hippo tang that was eating doing great for over a month. I had a bout with ich after he was added and used cuprimin to treat it. The hippo was eating and behaving normally the entire time. There's not a mark on him and nobodys picking on him but all of a sudden he's hanging out in between a coral skeloton and breathing heavy. All my param's are good and the other fish are all acting normal. Any idea's what his problem could be?
Matt

 

[flower]

Originally Posted by GWhunter
http:///forum/post/3122632
I've got a tiny hippo tang that was eating doing great for over a month. I had a bout with ich after he was added and used cuprimin to treat it. The hippo was eating and behaving normally the entire time. There's not a mark on him and nobodys picking on him but all of a sudden he's hanging out in between a coral skeloton and breathing heavy. All my param's are good and the other fish are all acting normal. Any idea's what his problem could be?
Matt

Exact numbers please...what param's are you calling good?
Do you run a skimmer, a skimmer will remove toxins you can't even test for, so I ask.
List the stock in the tank with him.
If it is hiding in the coral rocks you can't tell if he is hurt, can you get him to swim out to have a look?

 

[gwhunter]

Originally Posted by Flower
http:///forum/post/3122705

Exact numbers please...what param's are you calling good?
Do you run a skimmer, a skimmer will remove toxins you can't even test for, so I ask.
List the stock in the tank with him.
If it is hiding in the coral rocks you can't tell if he is hurt, can you get him to swim out to have a look?
Ok, ph 8.2,nitrates 0, nitrites 0, ammonia 0. Yes I'm running a skimmer. I just set up a new wet dry the other day. The tank mates are a yellow tang,blueface angel,koran angel,maroon clown. He's not in a coral rock, it's between to pieces of octopus coral. I removed a piece to look at him. There's not a mark in him. I also did a copper test after the first post just to see and there copper's below measurable. I'm running cuprisorb and that's it for chemical filtration. I thought I was having an issue with micro bubbles(covered in another post). This tang was actually a little bit of a bully to all except the blue faced angel.
Matt

 

[flower]

Originally Posted by GWhunter
http:///forum/post/3122745
Ok, ph 8.2,nitrates 0, nitrites 0, ammonia 0. Yes I'm running a skimmer. I just set up a new wet dry the other day. The tank mates are a yellow tang,blueface angel,koran angel,maroon clown. He's not in a coral rock, it's between to pieces of octopus coral. I removed a piece to look at him. There's not a mark in him. I also did a copper test after the first post just to see and there copper's below measurable. I'm running cuprisorb and that's it for chemical filtration. I thought I was having an issue with micro bubbles(covered in another post). This tang was actually a little bit of a bully to all except the blue faced angel.
Matt

Okay..the yellow tang is agressive over his territory, adults claim about 6 feet as theirs. A small tang will have trouble establishing his place in the tank.
This would only explain hiding...you posted it was breathing heavy, unless it was just chased into hiding it should not be breahing hard. After just a moment it would go back to normal breathing, just acting shy because it is being bullied.
If it has no mark on it, he isn't being hurt by another fish...since the wet dry is the only change...what were you using before? Also are yo sure you rinsed your hands good? could you have had anything on your hands at all?

 

[gwhunter]

Originally Posted by Flower
http:///forum/post/3122758

Okay..the yellow tang is agressive over his territory, adults claim about 6 feet as theirs. A small tang will have trouble establishing his place in the tank.
This would only explain hiding...you posted it was breathing heavy, unless it was just chased into hiding it should not be breahing hard. After just a moment it would go back to normal breathing, just acting shy because it is being bullied.
If it has no mark on it, he isn't being hurt by another fish...since the wet dry is the only change...what were you using before? Also are yo sure you rinsed your hands good? could you have had anything on your hands at all?
Like I said the hippo was actually a bully to the other fish except the blue face. I was concerned about something else in the water since I added alot of pvc plumbing. I posted here about drying time for the cement and let it sit over night just to be sure. I would think the other fish would be acting strange if this was the case but who knows. I'll see what happens with him. I was expecting a larger size when he was orders since the other tank mates are of some size(except the koran). The worst part is that introducing another makes my sick knowing how prone to ich they are. I've even seen them qt'd still end up with ich. Well as it sometimes goes in this hobby another question left unanswered.
Matt

 

[gwhunter]

Well shortly after the last post I checked in the tank only to see the little fellow not breathing. I fished him out and inspected his body for marks. I didn't notice anything at all. I haven't feed them in the last few days because of the change over of the filters, I also kept the lights off to try and minimize the stress on them. He'd eaten this AM when I fed mysis shrimp to them. About two hours later is when I noticed him acting strange. Is it possible I didn't let the shrimp thaw enough and maybe he ate one? I'm just stumped on this guy. Usually when fish are sick the start to slow down over the course of a few days and stop eating/swimming. But this was fast,I didn't put my hands in the tank today at all.
Matt

 

[outsdr2]

Hi I am sorry to hear your little guy did not make it. I have read at different places do not buy a tiny hippo because of survivability issues. I would try again but with a larger specimen.

 

[gwhunter]

I've heard the same about the real small ones. I was under the impression that he'd be bigger but some of these retailers need to learn to read a ruler. I've been looking on CL for LR and actully came across a fellow about an hour away selling a 6" hippo and he's only looking for $60 so I may pick it up. I really want to wait a few days and see to make sure nothing else is going on here. Plus my qt isn't quite finished it's cycle yet. I really like the yellow belly hippo's but they don't get the yellow until they're mature.
Matt