One fish dead, another dying-- help!

PCygni · 12/10/2013, 11:31 AM

So I came down this morning to feed the fish and I notice my Copper Band Butterfly is swimming around in circles with a slight red discoloration on his beak and his forehead looks black. I start to feed the fish and I realize my Pygmy Angel is a no show (later found him dead). The CCB wouldn't touch a thing, usually eats like a horse. The other fish, the clowns and the cardinals, seem fine. I've had the Pygmy for a week and I've notice he had quite a bit of stringy poop but other than that he seemed fine. I also added a bio pellet reactor a couple of days ago, but I don't think this is the culprit. I'm only using one quarter of a dose of pellets (1/2 a cup for 100 gallons) and I didn't think the pellets do anything for a few weeks anyways. My tank is a couple months old and the water perameters have been holding steady at: PH 8.1, Ammonia 0, Nitrite 0, Nitrates 20ppm and phospates 0 (I have a GFO reactor as well). Sorry for the rambling nature of this thread, I pressed for time and trying to give you as much info as possible. Got to go. Thanks for any help or suggestions in advance.

Cymonous · 12/10/2013, 12:21 PM

Did you QT the Pygmy Angel? I would suggest to quarantine the CBB.

PCygni · 12/10/2013, 09:50 PM

Disconnected the bio pellet reactor and hoping for the best. I don't think the Butterfly's gonna make it.

scubasteve319 · 12/10/2013, 09:57 PM

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Originally Posted by PCygni

Disconnected the bio pellet reactor and hoping for the best. I don't think the Butterfly's gonna make it.

Bummer! CBB's are pretty tough to keep from what I understand.

12/10/2013, 11:31 AM	#1
PCygni Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Cabo Wabo Posts: 84	One fish dead, another dying-- help! So I came down this morning to feed the fish and I notice my Copper Band Butterfly is swimming around in circles with a slight red discoloration on his beak and his forehead looks black. I start to feed the fish and I realize my Pygmy Angel is a no show (later found him dead). The CCB wouldn't touch a thing, usually eats like a horse. The other fish, the clowns and the cardinals, seem fine. I've had the Pygmy for a week and I've notice he had quite a bit of stringy poop but other than that he seemed fine. I also added a bio pellet reactor a couple of days ago, but I don't think this is the culprit. I'm only using one quarter of a dose of pellets (1/2 a cup for 100 gallons) and I didn't think the pellets do anything for a few weeks anyways. My tank is a couple months old and the water perameters have been holding steady at: PH 8.1, Ammonia 0, Nitrite 0, Nitrates 20ppm and phospates 0 (I have a GFO reactor as well). Sorry for the rambling nature of this thread, I pressed for time and trying to give you as much info as possible. Got to go. Thanks for any help or suggestions in advance.

12/10/2013, 12:21 PM	#2
Cymonous My Clown Attacks Me Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Akron, OH Posts: 2,105	Did you QT the Pygmy Angel? I would suggest to quarantine the CBB. __________________ 100 Gallon Long with 20L sump 10 Gallon Office Tank Current Tank Info: 2 False Percula Clowns, One Spot Foxface, Diamond Watchman Goby, Yellow Tail Damsel, Engineer Goby

12/10/2013, 09:50 PM	#3
PCygni Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Cabo Wabo Posts: 84	Disconnected the bio pellet reactor and hoping for the best. I don't think the Butterfly's gonna make it.