Red scooter blenny died

HineZ_757 · 12/27/2015, 02:56 PM

I picked up a red scooter blend from my local lfs. He did amazing in the transfer and ate as soon as he went in the tank.. I didn't know he was a dragonette when I bought him. So with my tank being 4 months old I should have never been sold this little guy. I poured pods in twice in the 4 days I had him. This is where I need your help. When I woke up before work he was breathing but wasn't moving. I watched him for 30 mins or so he moved a little and then looked like he had a seizure. He turned very pale white and then a couple mins later he was normal color and stopped breathing. When I pulled him out he had mucus from my anthelia on him. I called the lfs. They said that should have nothing to do with it. So I'm at a loss. Need any help you can give. I have no water perameters yet due to me leaving for work. Thanks for the help in advance. And thanks for letting me be apart of this great forum I frequently visit.

chimmike · 12/27/2015, 03:31 PM

he's probably starving to death :/

HineZ_757 · 12/27/2015, 03:44 PM

Really? He kept eating and I kept stocking pods. He even ate a little bit of frozen mysis shrimp one night. I'm open for any suggestions at this point. Not denying your claim that's for sure. He seemed to be eating though. I also read on one forum that it could take him a while to starve. Week or so.

chimmike · 12/27/2015, 04:02 PM

well, I think you were on the right track. Your tank is young. Adding pods can't do anything but help, but the amount of pods you'd have to add to feed one without an ample tank supply may be as much as 2 packages a week. Those things are voracious eaters.

HineZ_757 · 12/27/2015, 04:06 PM

Oh ok I see what your saying now. Very well could be it then. So the coral mucus was prob. Completely unrelated.. I was about to throw that coral in a bag and take it back. Thanks mike

chimmike · 12/27/2015, 04:09 PM

I appreciate the intelligent approach you've taken to this whole thing. It's all a learning cycle. I lost my fair share of fish and corals to various mistakes on things I didn't know or should have known better.

Shoot, 9 years ago I started my first tank, a 30g, with a HOB filter and power compact lighting. I don't know how anything survived!

Then, I got a hang-on overflow kit and made a dubious sump/refugium. I'm darn lucky that HOB overflow never failed. It was on a carpeted floor! LOL!

HineZ_757 · 12/27/2015, 04:22 PM

That hob could have went horribly wrong lol. You think him picking at the sand and rocks was just him searching for food. Or maybe he ate all the pods before they had a chance to populate. I'm huge on research so when something out of sort happens. I start pulling my hair out because of all the time I put into my tanks and all of my animals for that matter. It's irritating when stuff happens because I "know it all" haha. Through research of course not experienece.

heathlindner25 · 12/27/2015, 04:42 PM

If he starved to death, his stomach would have been severely "pinched".

HineZ_757 · 12/27/2015, 04:48 PM

His stomach didn't looked pinched. He seemed completely healthy. Pretty small too maybe a year old

heathlindner25 · 12/27/2015, 06:08 PM

I would go with ... you got a sick fish?

zeebies · 12/27/2015, 06:20 PM

What size is your tank?
What other inhabitants are in the tank - fish, coral, crabs, snails, etc.?
How did you acclimate the fish?
Did you quarantine it? It so, please describe.
Can you describe your set-up a little more - filtration, amount of rock, etc.?

HineZ_757 · 12/27/2015, 07:03 PM

Coral if biocube 29 gal. Stock filter 29lbs live rock 29lbs live sand 4 months old. Red and blue hermits 2 emerald crabs 1 percula clown. 1 long nose hawk. Various snails. 1 frogspawn 2 mushrooms. 1 anthelia (which was the mucus he was covered in) couple zoas 1 fox coral. Drip acclimated no quarantine at this time.

Marchillo · 12/27/2015, 08:05 PM

How long did you drop acclimate for? How long did you float the bag still closed and how long was the bag open before the fish made it into the tank?

HineZ_757 · 12/27/2015, 08:09 PM

Drip acclimated for 1 hr bag floated 30 mins. Soon as he went in the tank he was just as active as he was in the store. Bag wasn't open too long because I swap to a small bucket that I drip into. Open to suggestions on techniques. But he seemed completely normal until this morning. Very awesome fish to have.

12/27/2015, 02:56 PM	#1
HineZ_757 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2015 Location: Florida Posts: 7	Red scooter blenny died I picked up a red scooter blend from my local lfs. He did amazing in the transfer and ate as soon as he went in the tank.. I didn't know he was a dragonette when I bought him. So with my tank being 4 months old I should have never been sold this little guy. I poured pods in twice in the 4 days I had him. This is where I need your help. When I woke up before work he was breathing but wasn't moving. I watched him for 30 mins or so he moved a little and then looked like he had a seizure. He turned very pale white and then a couple mins later he was normal color and stopped breathing. When I pulled him out he had mucus from my anthelia on him. I called the lfs. They said that should have nothing to do with it. So I'm at a loss. Need any help you can give. I have no water perameters yet due to me leaving for work. Thanks for the help in advance. And thanks for letting me be apart of this great forum I frequently visit.

12/27/2015, 03:31 PM	#2
chimmike oxygen abuser Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Parrish, FL Posts: 5,089 Blog Entries: 2	he's probably starving to death :/ __________________ -Mike Tankless wonder Geaux Noles!

12/27/2015, 04:02 PM	#4
chimmike oxygen abuser Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Parrish, FL Posts: 5,089 Blog Entries: 2	well, I think you were on the right track. Your tank is young. Adding pods can't do anything but help, but the amount of pods you'd have to add to feed one without an ample tank supply may be as much as 2 packages a week. Those things are voracious eaters. __________________ -Mike Tankless wonder Geaux Noles!

12/27/2015, 04:09 PM	#6
chimmike oxygen abuser Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Parrish, FL Posts: 5,089 Blog Entries: 2	I appreciate the intelligent approach you've taken to this whole thing. It's all a learning cycle. I lost my fair share of fish and corals to various mistakes on things I didn't know or should have known better. Shoot, 9 years ago I started my first tank, a 30g, with a HOB filter and power compact lighting. I don't know how anything survived! Then, I got a hang-on overflow kit and made a dubious sump/refugium. I'm darn lucky that HOB overflow never failed. It was on a carpeted floor! LOL! __________________ -Mike Tankless wonder Geaux Noles!

12/27/2015, 08:05 PM	#13
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12/27/2015, 03:44 PM	#3
HineZ_757 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2015 Location: Florida Posts: 7	Really? He kept eating and I kept stocking pods. He even ate a little bit of frozen mysis shrimp one night. I'm open for any suggestions at this point. Not denying your claim that's for sure. He seemed to be eating though. I also read on one forum that it could take him a while to starve. Week or so.

12/27/2015, 04:06 PM	#5
HineZ_757 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2015 Location: Florida Posts: 7	Oh ok I see what your saying now. Very well could be it then. So the coral mucus was prob. Completely unrelated.. I was about to throw that coral in a bag and take it back. Thanks mike

12/27/2015, 04:22 PM	#7
HineZ_757 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2015 Location: Florida Posts: 7	That hob could have went horribly wrong lol. You think him picking at the sand and rocks was just him searching for food. Or maybe he ate all the pods before they had a chance to populate. I'm huge on research so when something out of sort happens. I start pulling my hair out because of all the time I put into my tanks and all of my animals for that matter. It's irritating when stuff happens because I "know it all" haha. Through research of course not experienece.

12/27/2015, 04:42 PM	#8
heathlindner25 Moved On Join Date: May 2012 Location: flowery branch georgia Posts: 3,644	If he starved to death, his stomach would have been severely "pinched".

12/27/2015, 04:48 PM	#9
HineZ_757 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2015 Location: Florida Posts: 7	His stomach didn't looked pinched. He seemed completely healthy. Pretty small too maybe a year old

12/27/2015, 06:08 PM	#10
heathlindner25 Moved On Join Date: May 2012 Location: flowery branch georgia Posts: 3,644	I would go with ... you got a sick fish?

12/27/2015, 06:20 PM	#11
zeebies Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: NE Coast Posts: 851	What size is your tank? What other inhabitants are in the tank - fish, coral, crabs, snails, etc.? How did you acclimate the fish? Did you quarantine it? It so, please describe. Can you describe your set-up a little more - filtration, amount of rock, etc.?

12/27/2015, 07:03 PM	#12
HineZ_757 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2015 Location: Florida Posts: 7	Coral if biocube 29 gal. Stock filter 29lbs live rock 29lbs live sand 4 months old. Red and blue hermits 2 emerald crabs 1 percula clown. 1 long nose hawk. Various snails. 1 frogspawn 2 mushrooms. 1 anthelia (which was the mucus he was covered in) couple zoas 1 fox coral. Drip acclimated no quarantine at this time.

12/27/2015, 08:09 PM	#14
HineZ_757 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2015 Location: Florida Posts: 7	Drip acclimated for 1 hr bag floated 30 mins. Soon as he went in the tank he was just as active as he was in the store. Bag wasn't open too long because I swap to a small bucket that I drip into. Open to suggestions on techniques. But he seemed completely normal until this morning. Very awesome fish to have.