Well, I am pretty upset right now. I have 2 dead fish and 2 more to join them by tomorrow for sure. Let me give more history. About 4 weeks ago, I bought a 360 gal tank set up used. I wanted to trasnplant my 125 into it. The 125 had been thriving and the fish were healthy, growing, and eating well. he corals had colored up pretty nicely and all the frags were growing. I figured the bigger tank would be nothing but a huge improvement to an excellent stock.
While the set up was being done, the contents of the 125 were put in a 100 gal rubbermaid tub under NO bulbs. This lasted 2 weeks!! At the end, all the corals remained alive but had turned poo poo brown in color. 2 of the fish died: mandarin and a citron goby (hated him anyways for eating my acropora polyps). All the contents were moved to the new tank. Everything looked great. Going from 960 watts of VHO to 1200 watss fo MH with 20K bulbs was a great move. Corals are already coming back in colors and some are developing new colors they never had. The fish were doing great, so I had the stupid idea of adding some more fish since the tank was new with much more room, better skimmer, and all. Got a flame angel and a hyppo tang. They looked very healthy and were eating well. I ahd never quarintine fish although I know I should
What happened next? An outbreak of an angry case of killer ich!! My flame angel has not been seen in 2 days (presumed dead inside the rock work), my gorgeous powder blue dies today after getting coated so bad overnight that it looked like I coated him with south down sand, my naso tang and hippo tang are likely to be dead by tomorrow since they are both coated and already show body errosions and opened sores. I tried getting these guys out for treatment, but getting even these dying fish out of a 360 gal tank with about 400 lb of rock is only wishful thinking! :x :x On the other hand, my yellow tang, clown, blenny, royal gramma ( which I now realize I ahven't seen in 2 days either), and 6 line wrasse look as if nothing is going on.
I still don't know if it was the new fish that brought it in (very likely :evil: ), the shock of the move that brought it on, the larger temp swings with the lights on, going from deep sand bed to dead DSB, the rise in nitrates from constant 0 to about 15 PPM, or what the f.... In any case, I am extremely upset. I loved these fish and this is a huge loss for me. I had had kept freshwater fish for 12 years before and never lost a fish once. Not even when I was collecting the rare, disease prone, and expesive goldfish. I had never had a disease with saltwater or even lost a fish until now.
Needless to say, I am not buying any fish for a couple of months. Even then, quarintine and treatment before they make it to the main tank. I guess lerning the hard way is the stupidiest and worst way for some of us. Sorry for the post, but I had to vent somehow.
While the set up was being done, the contents of the 125 were put in a 100 gal rubbermaid tub under NO bulbs. This lasted 2 weeks!! At the end, all the corals remained alive but had turned poo poo brown in color. 2 of the fish died: mandarin and a citron goby (hated him anyways for eating my acropora polyps). All the contents were moved to the new tank. Everything looked great. Going from 960 watts of VHO to 1200 watss fo MH with 20K bulbs was a great move. Corals are already coming back in colors and some are developing new colors they never had. The fish were doing great, so I had the stupid idea of adding some more fish since the tank was new with much more room, better skimmer, and all. Got a flame angel and a hyppo tang. They looked very healthy and were eating well. I ahd never quarintine fish although I know I should
What happened next? An outbreak of an angry case of killer ich!! My flame angel has not been seen in 2 days (presumed dead inside the rock work), my gorgeous powder blue dies today after getting coated so bad overnight that it looked like I coated him with south down sand, my naso tang and hippo tang are likely to be dead by tomorrow since they are both coated and already show body errosions and opened sores. I tried getting these guys out for treatment, but getting even these dying fish out of a 360 gal tank with about 400 lb of rock is only wishful thinking! :x :x On the other hand, my yellow tang, clown, blenny, royal gramma ( which I now realize I ahven't seen in 2 days either), and 6 line wrasse look as if nothing is going on.
I still don't know if it was the new fish that brought it in (very likely :evil: ), the shock of the move that brought it on, the larger temp swings with the lights on, going from deep sand bed to dead DSB, the rise in nitrates from constant 0 to about 15 PPM, or what the f.... In any case, I am extremely upset. I loved these fish and this is a huge loss for me. I had had kept freshwater fish for 12 years before and never lost a fish once. Not even when I was collecting the rare, disease prone, and expesive goldfish. I had never had a disease with saltwater or even lost a fish until now.
Needless to say, I am not buying any fish for a couple of months. Even then, quarintine and treatment before they make it to the main tank. I guess lerning the hard way is the stupidiest and worst way for some of us. Sorry for the post, but I had to vent somehow.
