Dying fish

[mrarturocampos]

Is there anything you can do to save a fish once it hits that "I'm going to swim sideways and lay at the bottom of the tank but I'm still alive" dance?

[Mike]

Figure out why it is doing that. Low oxygen? Water conditions? Has it been eating? How long have you had it?

[mrarturocampos]

I've had it for over two months, the last couple of days he wasn't eating as much as he usually does and not being as active as normal, the water is always good, the only change lately is that I upgraded lighting from MHs to SOLS about 4 days ago, and now that I think about it that's when he started acting weird, would the light change do it?

[Zack]

What are your parameters and tank info and fish info

[Mike]

I wouldn't think the lights would do it. I am assuming you turn your lights off at night, does he act more normal then?

[mrarturocampos]

Just tested the water

temp 78
ph 8.0
sal 1.025
cal 480
nitrqte o
nitirite o
amm o
phosp o
alk 9


im horrible remembering time, wife said we've had him for 6 months, he's in a 6ft 125 g with purple, yellow, blue hippo, powder blue, clown tangs.... Blue,flame, coral beauty and imperator angels... Two orange anthias and a purple queen.... 4 Chromis, and other small miscellaneous fish..

yes es the lights are off at night, they come on at 7am and shut down by 10pm, he's been acting normal at night, gets spotty at night and goes and sleeps in his cave

[mrarturocampos]

What test do I run to see if I need to change the filters on my RODI?

[mrarturocampos]

i might had found the problem, i opened the sump cabinet and the skimmer ovrflowed and dumped allthe poo juice into the sump :(

[edshas2]

that sucks, gotta keep an eye on those skimmers

[Zack]

If it was the skimmer you'd be able to read that in your tests...

[Zack]

Any chance of stray voltage?

[mrarturocampos]

Yea that's what I thought too, my test were all clear.... I don't think there's any stray voltage, one of my powerheads has been making noise when it start, but other than that it's all been the same as always

[slm222]

If it was high ammonia or nitrates or phosphates or stray voltage wouldn't that affect all the live stock?

Something similar happened to a wrasse I had. I forgot what exactly it was. But it was a bacteria or parasite that affects their float bladder( not sure of scientific explanation). My time was too late, but if that's what it is... You could try quarantining and treating with gram negative and positive antibiotics.

[Zack]

What brand of kits? And maybe, but I've had a wrasse that showed no signs of brooklynea,or stray voltage
. That fish was a survivor lol

[mrarturocampos]

I'm thinking it was a disease/parasite because it had a distended belly, they're all brand new Red Sea

[slm222]

What I was trying to refer to was swim bladder. There can be a couple causes. But gram negative bacteria can be one.

Does it look like its breathing heavy or gasping?

also what kind of fish?

[mrarturocampos]

Yea maybe just a little bit, but unfortunately he has just passed, it was a naso tang, but still I want to know what could of been to prevent future events

[Zack]

What size tank?

[Zack]

I'm thinking it was a disease/parasite because it had a distended belly, they're all brand new Red Sea

Ah man, you should have said that! Maybe we could have pointed you to a medicated food.

[mrarturocampos]

6ft 125g, he was still alive and moving, then suddenly he was done, what kind of medicated food? So I can have it on hAnd

[mrarturocampos]

I did put it in a separate tank so he wouldn't be stressed but didn't know how to treat it

[slm222]

Dr g's medicated food. I think elegant reef has it. Collection techniques could be a problem too if the fish was brought to the surface too quickly, that's on newer fish though.

[mrarturocampos]

Ok thanks I will call them tomorrow, I'm thinking About feeding it to my fish to prevent any more loss

[Jim]

I just recently lost a sailfin tang and don't know why. Everybody else is fine. He was floating around the tank sideways and upside down all over the tank and would sometimes go to the bottom then back up just floating around and having a hard time breathing. I also tested my water and everything was in check. I regularly do water changes and other fish are still happy. I am at a loss why I lost him.