Help my powder blue

revhtree · Sep 8, 2009

It could be many different things. One thing I have learned with coral and fish is that sometimes there is no explanation. Sometimes things just die. :( Sorry.

MikeB · Sep 8, 2009

There is no way, we have had him for a year and no new fish or anything. He was the king of the tank and never stressed, He ate out of my hand always. Having a 120g tank did not cause this IMO. Something is wrong with his nervous system. Ther eis no way he would go downhill in under 10 hours from a tank "being to small". He was normal the night before, doing his figure 8's around the 2 Votechs MP40's, that was his favorite thing to do and it was fun to watch. He ate like normal.

bigian said:
It could have been brought on by stress from to small of a living environment.

Ive read plenty of times from people w/ first hand experience that they may do well in something smaller than a 300 but in time, premature death is inevitable...

KEEPERZ · Sep 8, 2009

Mike-mine is going on 5 yrs so I know the attachment and am sorry to hear about your problem with yours- the acanthrus are so colorful and so fun to watch-but mean as heck. When they go down hill they go fast it seems. Was anyone bothering him at night by chance to stress him out? Hard to say otherwise if you had him for a yr already. =(

revhtree · Sep 8, 2009

I don't think it was the size either. PBT's IMO are fine in a 120g as long as there are minimal fish living with it.

MikeB · Sep 8, 2009

I am going to have a hard time putting a live fish in the freezer.... :(

stunreefer · Sep 8, 2009

I've had fish come back "to life" that were barely moving due to various reasons... granted most of the time they were fresh off the plane from transit, but you never know. I wouldn't kill it personally...

You never know on size though, they're a high, high energy fish and he very possibly nailed his head on a rock or the tank itself when he became spooked or just swam right into the glass/rocks... that would explan why you cannot figuire out what caused it - if all tank parameters are fine, he appears fine regarding bite marks and so on, that's actually a likely cause. I've seen more than one fish break it's neck or back doing this, including one of my own fish at home. You see lots of crazy, abnormal, "unlikely" things when you're surrounded by thousands of fish for years...

MikeB · Sep 9, 2009

Thanks for all the info, The fish was gone by the time I got gome from work yesterday :(

subielover · Sep 9, 2009

Sorry for the loss.

revhtree · Sep 9, 2009

Sorry buddy....

Blackhawk Fan · Sep 9, 2009

Sorry Browns. :(

ca2or · Sep 9, 2009

bummer....sorry to hear about your loss. I almost bought one but when I headed to the store to get him I watched him die in their tank

MikeB · Sep 9, 2009

ca2or said:
bummer....sorry to hear about your loss. I almost bought one but when I headed to the store to get him I watched him die in their tank

That's a bummer! One of the worst things in walking in to a LFS a seeing dead fish in the tanks.

laskopyre · Sep 9, 2009

Sorry for your loss.

ahayes13 · Sep 9, 2009

so sorry :(

Cuda · Sep 9, 2009

Sorry you lost a great fish. I just lost an Orange tail damsel out of all thinks he chocked to death on a piece of dried krill that got stuck in his throat.

MikeB · Sep 9, 2009

Thanks all. I wish i could of gotten video of him doing figure 8's around 2 MP40s. He would do all kinds of tricks in the current, 360's and everything. It was a sight to see.

Zoacrazy · Sep 24, 2009

Sorry to see this mike.

MikeB · Sep 24, 2009

Zoacrazy said:
Sorry to see this mike.

It was a sad site to see

wicked demon · Sep 24, 2009

I know its little cosolation, but at least you didn't have to put him in the freezer, only thing worse than a sick animal is putting one down........:cry:.