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01/12/2009, 04:42 PM
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tang stressed to death?
I added a juvenile scopas tang to my fish only (and live rock) tank last week; he seemd to be doing ok - he hid more than the others.
Well, yesterday, I spent a crazy amount of time rearranging all the rock and as of this morning, he stayed low on the sand hiding, breathing a little fast, not moving much; I dimmed the lighting and just checked him for the first time in about 6 hours - he's wedged into the rock - doesnt seem to be moving- aside from simply waiting to see what happens, (and here is perhaps a very stupid question), how do I know if he's dead? Is it possible he'd simply die after he got through yesterday? |
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01/12/2009, 05:17 PM
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It is possible IMO. If he was fairly new and not yet adjusted, he may have been stressed. I'd turn off the lights and stay away from the tank for a few days. He might pull thru.
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01/12/2009, 05:49 PM
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Well, turns out he didn't make it - just took him out in the net. Only had him 3 days.
I guess it was from the fiddling with the tank - right? Oh, and what's IMO? Thanks |
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01/12/2009, 06:44 PM
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IMO= In my opinion
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01/12/2009, 07:09 PM
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mybe tank parameters.
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01/12/2009, 07:50 PM
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Hiding is normal behavior. I have several Tangs that will wedge themselves in the rocks when I work in my tank. The biggest wimp of them all is a 7"Regal Tang. It is not unexpected for him to stay in the rocks for the better part of a day after some serious work. That being said, is it possible that you accidentally trapped or crushed your fish? Or that your tank hasn't completely cycled yet? On a side note, you really need to consider setting up a quarantine tank for all new additions of your livestock.
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01/12/2009, 08:40 PM
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No, he definately wasn't crushed; he moved three times after all the rearranging - in fact, yesterday when I did all the rearranging, he was swimming quite a bit;
I think I stressed him to death - very sad to say... |
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01/12/2009, 09:20 PM
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how long has your tank been up? what size is it? what pumps do you have? heater? whats your SG? was he eatting? what were you feeding? did he have ich did you QT him? these are all important questions
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01/13/2009, 07:21 PM
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Sorry the Scopas died. I did respond to your first post on this. Stress probably didn't kill it. A disease , parasite , internal damage,osmotic shock, ammonia positing or.... likely did. Stress can bring on illness though. If it died in your tank you should leave it without any fish for at least 6 weeks.
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