losing fish

reefwreck · 01/15/2010, 05:15 AM

i have lost a snowflake ell,2 striped damsels,rainbow wrase & fire tail in last month all paramerters in tank are right on the number. i have a 220 been running for almost 3 years now last nite lost maroon clown been there since beginning. any body got any ideas what going on. oh yea all fish & ell except maroon never found any trace of them. i have another maroon & pink wrase & 2 blue damsels. please help scared to buy any more fish i also have serval corals in there doing fine & growing.

thank you

drparker · 01/15/2010, 07:59 AM

Have you added any rocks or large coral piece that could have had a nasty hitchhiker in it? What do you have for a clean-up crew, could they be doing their job and cleaning up the body before you find it? What kind of corals are doing well? What's your source water? What has changed from three months ago to today?

Mark 75g · 01/15/2010, 08:21 AM

Did you add any new fish. I just lost 10 fish when I added a Blue Hippo Tang and they showed no signs of disease on their bodies. They just looked lathargic(spelling?) and within hours they died. Everyone seems to think it was a bacteria that just transmitted to the fish.

Water was within parameters and no other issues that I could find.

reefwreck · 01/15/2010, 08:36 AM

i use ro water the corals are small zoos & small cane & mushrooms
all the fish i listed were just added i added the ell & 2 damsels @ same time
then added rainbow wrase week later firetail week after that, clean up crew
consits of 3 mexican turbos thats it.

drparker · 01/15/2010, 10:42 AM

I want to double check you've got a 220gal or is that a typo and you've got a 22gal? Tell us a little about you tank setup and equipment. Maroons are very Territorial and aggressive, in a 220 should be no big deal to stake out their claim, however in a 22 I can see them going to war on what you added.

reefwreck · 01/15/2010, 11:58 AM

it is a 220 gal / 30 gal sump protein skimmer about 150 lbs of live rock

drparker · 01/15/2010, 12:27 PM

Ok, good had me worried that you add all of that to a pair of maroon's personal tank.

I'd say keep up on your water changes etc. Wait a month and see how the rest do. If they're ok, then get one or two things but QT them before adding to the main tank. It will protect your main tank plus if you get any loss during QT you know it had nothing to do with your DT. After they are out of QT wait a few weeks and then start the QT with your next addition.

Only three snails in 220 seems kind of light for a clean up crew. I'm not really up on eels but I would think they might go after and eat smaller damsels etc.

reefwreck · 01/15/2010, 12:37 PM

ok ill try that thanks

01/15/2010, 05:15 AM	#1
reefwreck Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: GA Posts: 45	losing fish i have lost a snowflake ell,2 striped damsels,rainbow wrase & fire tail in last month all paramerters in tank are right on the number. i have a 220 been running for almost 3 years now last nite lost maroon clown been there since beginning. any body got any ideas what going on. oh yea all fish & ell except maroon never found any trace of them. i have another maroon & pink wrase & 2 blue damsels. please help scared to buy any more fish i also have serval corals in there doing fine & growing. thank you

01/15/2010, 07:59 AM	#2
drparker Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Palatine, IL Posts: 2,652	Have you added any rocks or large coral piece that could have had a nasty hitchhiker in it? What do you have for a clean-up crew, could they be doing their job and cleaning up the body before you find it? What kind of corals are doing well? What's your source water? What has changed from three months ago to today?

01/15/2010, 08:21 AM	#3
Mark 75g Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Pittsburgh Posts: 510	Did you add any new fish. I just lost 10 fish when I added a Blue Hippo Tang and they showed no signs of disease on their bodies. They just looked lathargic(spelling?) and within hours they died. Everyone seems to think it was a bacteria that just transmitted to the fish. Water was within parameters and no other issues that I could find.

01/15/2010, 08:36 AM	#4
reefwreck Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: GA Posts: 45	i use ro water the corals are small zoos & small cane & mushrooms all the fish i listed were just added i added the ell & 2 damsels @ same time then added rainbow wrase week later firetail week after that, clean up crew consits of 3 mexican turbos thats it.

01/15/2010, 10:42 AM	#5
drparker Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Palatine, IL Posts: 2,652	I want to double check you've got a 220gal or is that a typo and you've got a 22gal? Tell us a little about you tank setup and equipment. Maroons are very Territorial and aggressive, in a 220 should be no big deal to stake out their claim, however in a 22 I can see them going to war on what you added.

01/15/2010, 11:58 AM	#6
reefwreck Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: GA Posts: 45	it is a 220 gal / 30 gal sump protein skimmer about 150 lbs of live rock

01/15/2010, 12:27 PM	#7
drparker Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Palatine, IL Posts: 2,652	Ok, good had me worried that you add all of that to a pair of maroon's personal tank. I'd say keep up on your water changes etc. Wait a month and see how the rest do. If they're ok, then get one or two things but QT them before adding to the main tank. It will protect your main tank plus if you get any loss during QT you know it had nothing to do with your DT. After they are out of QT wait a few weeks and then start the QT with your next addition. Only three snails in 220 seems kind of light for a clean up crew. I'm not really up on eels but I would think they might go after and eat smaller damsels etc.

01/15/2010, 12:37 PM	#8
reefwreck Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: GA Posts: 45	ok ill try that thanks