(Edited re-post from the main forum page onto the Fish Disease Treatment and Diagnosis, as recommended)
Hi all,
My 38 gallon breeder has been up and running since late February. In the past 2 weeks, I've lost 4 out of my 5 fish.
I've had all 4 for at the least 1 month and a couple even 2-3 months. All were looking healthy, no markings on the body or fins, and eating hardy:
1) Tailspot Blenny that disappeared overnight, remains never found (assuming CuC got to it or it's wedged under a rock)
2) McCosker Wrasse that was swimming and eating but found dead the next morning, straddled by my PomPom Crab
3) Royal Gramma that was never shy or timid, but one day was hiding a lot (but still eating) and found dead two days later
4) FireFish, about 4 days after my Gramma it didn't come out from under a rock for a day and disappeared next morning, remains also not found.
My 5th and final fish is a PJ Cardinal that is still swimming about and looks like it has no issues (fingers crossed it stays that way)
I have no corals yet, and cycled with all dry rock and sand. I run my skimmer 24/7 and do weekly water changes with RODI. Past 2 weeks I've done 25% changes (vs. 10%) as I've been manually trying to remove brown hair algae. My parameters have been constant each week at the numbers below, unless there is something I should be testing for that may be the cause of these string of deaths?
Temp: 78F
Salinity: 1.025
pH: 8.2
Phos: .03
Ammonia: 0
Nitrate: 0
Alk: 7.0
Magnesium: 1200
Calcium: 400
Hi all,
My 38 gallon breeder has been up and running since late February. In the past 2 weeks, I've lost 4 out of my 5 fish.
I've had all 4 for at the least 1 month and a couple even 2-3 months. All were looking healthy, no markings on the body or fins, and eating hardy:
1) Tailspot Blenny that disappeared overnight, remains never found (assuming CuC got to it or it's wedged under a rock)
2) McCosker Wrasse that was swimming and eating but found dead the next morning, straddled by my PomPom Crab
3) Royal Gramma that was never shy or timid, but one day was hiding a lot (but still eating) and found dead two days later
4) FireFish, about 4 days after my Gramma it didn't come out from under a rock for a day and disappeared next morning, remains also not found.
My 5th and final fish is a PJ Cardinal that is still swimming about and looks like it has no issues (fingers crossed it stays that way)
I have no corals yet, and cycled with all dry rock and sand. I run my skimmer 24/7 and do weekly water changes with RODI. Past 2 weeks I've done 25% changes (vs. 10%) as I've been manually trying to remove brown hair algae. My parameters have been constant each week at the numbers below, unless there is something I should be testing for that may be the cause of these string of deaths?
Temp: 78F
Salinity: 1.025
pH: 8.2
Phos: .03
Ammonia: 0
Nitrate: 0
Alk: 7.0
Magnesium: 1200
Calcium: 400