HELP with coral beauty

sgarron · 08/26/2007, 04:51 PM

My coral beauty seems to be having trouble swimming and keeps bumping into the glass. Also getting sucked onto the intake of the power heads. It's been in the tank for 2 months and has always been very active and healthy. No spots on the fish, white or black. All water parameters are good. Any ideas? This is my favorite fish

bertoni · 08/26/2007, 05:18 PM

Doesn't sound good. What's the fish been fed?

sgarron · 08/26/2007, 05:42 PM

It's over. T.O.D. 7:25pm.

It was fed a frozen mixture (mysis, krill, squid, brine, tubiflex). I defrost one cube of each, mix it together and feed it over the week, keeping unused portion in fridge. Also feed a little flake ocaissionaly as well as dried seaweed.

michaeljames · 08/26/2007, 07:35 PM

any recent changes with the tank? lighting, flow?

bertoni · 08/26/2007, 07:40 PM

The diet sounds reasonable. I'd probably mix in something like the frozen Formula 2 or a special angel food, if you decide to try another one.

sgarron · 08/26/2007, 08:06 PM

I'll definitely try another one. Going to wait a while though, make sure the other fish are ok before introducing any new members.

The only additions recently were a blackcap basslet, and a scolymia brain coral.

08/26/2007, 04:51 PM	#1
sgarron Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: NJ Posts: 651	HELP with coral beauty My coral beauty seems to be having trouble swimming and keeps bumping into the glass. Also getting sucked onto the intake of the power heads. It's been in the tank for 2 months and has always been very active and healthy. No spots on the fish, white or black. All water parameters are good. Any ideas? This is my favorite fish __________________ You want cheap, Get a goldfish.

08/26/2007, 05:18 PM	#2
bertoni RC Mod Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mountain View, CA, USA Posts: 88,616	Doesn't sound good. What's the fish been fed? __________________ Jonathan Bertoni

08/26/2007, 05:42 PM	#3
sgarron Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: NJ Posts: 651	It's over. T.O.D. 7:25pm. It was fed a frozen mixture (mysis, krill, squid, brine, tubiflex). I defrost one cube of each, mix it together and feed it over the week, keeping unused portion in fridge. Also feed a little flake ocaissionaly as well as dried seaweed. __________________ You want cheap, Get a goldfish.

08/26/2007, 07:35 PM	#4
michaeljames Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Rochester NY Posts: 737	any recent changes with the tank? lighting, flow? __________________ "This tastes like crap!" "Well here, try it with some selcon and garlic..." Current Tank Info: 180g RR AGA 2 x 250w SE MH 1 x 175 SE MH 2 x 6' Super atinic VHO Iwaki 100 return Reef Octopus Skimmer

08/26/2007, 07:40 PM	#5
bertoni RC Mod Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mountain View, CA, USA Posts: 88,616	The diet sounds reasonable. I'd probably mix in something like the frozen Formula 2 or a special angel food, if you decide to try another one. __________________ Jonathan Bertoni

08/26/2007, 08:06 PM	#6
sgarron Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: NJ Posts: 651	I'll definitely try another one. Going to wait a while though, make sure the other fish are ok before introducing any new members. The only additions recently were a blackcap basslet, and a scolymia brain coral. __________________ You want cheap, Get a goldfish.