Hi all.. My sailfin and foxface were getting along well for quite a while but a month ago things took a turn for the worst again.. I tried catching the ff but was unable to get it out. I almost did once.. omg I wish I had that moment back.. anyways.. the foxface stopped coming out to eat, and just hid all day.. I feel terrible for her. omg. So yesterday she comes out for a couple mins and her right eye was so swollen and her left eye is swollen too... ugh god. anyways.. I am guessing she's near the end.. she's about 5 inches long and pretty skinny now.. if I can't get her out I am thinking I will see ammonia spikes but should be ok.. I think, 100G tank - 30g sump - loads of lr - will be three yo in August. Tank has been very stable but no3 is always around 30ppm.. no4 less than .3 Ph always 8.2.. Everyone else in the tank looks very healthy.
ripping the tank apart is not an option really.. it would be devastating to the rest of the inhabitants.. my tank is super grown in with GSP cloves and zoas.. it's PACKED. I am sort of looking at this is a "the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few.. or the one" type deal... but every time I walk by the tank my heart breaks for the ff.
I have a decent CuC team with lots of hermits, mythrax crabs, snails, conches.. shrimp too.. I guess they will go to town once she perishes.
This has been stressing me out for two weeks.. I feel terrible for the poor ff. I just don't want to crash the tank either. I hope to be able to fetch most of the body out but if I can't will I be ok? I have water ready to go for a change... maybe do big water changes and crank my wave pumps up to "storm" level for a bit ?
ripping the tank apart is not an option really.. it would be devastating to the rest of the inhabitants.. my tank is super grown in with GSP cloves and zoas.. it's PACKED. I am sort of looking at this is a "the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few.. or the one" type deal... but every time I walk by the tank my heart breaks for the ff.
I have a decent CuC team with lots of hermits, mythrax crabs, snails, conches.. shrimp too.. I guess they will go to town once she perishes.
This has been stressing me out for two weeks.. I feel terrible for the poor ff. I just don't want to crash the tank either. I hope to be able to fetch most of the body out but if I can't will I be ok? I have water ready to go for a change... maybe do big water changes and crank my wave pumps up to "storm" level for a bit ?