Woke up to my first tank death.
I added a few (5) Dispar Anthias early on. They’ve been a happy inquisitive bunch. A few weeks back the larger ones started flashing their dorsal fins and displaying behavior trying to figure out who would be the male.
Shortly after the largest started hiding in a cave for a few days and emerged with a shorted tail (very red) and slight change color. My assumption was it was going through a transition to being the male as I’ve seen a few photos where the boys had a longer red tail - It started eating more consistently again and being more active
Fast forward a few more days I woke up this morning to
(the white flecks are sand)
The smallest of the anthias has started displaying the same behavior now - so I’m going to presume that my assumption about transitioning to male was incorrect and something else very wrong is happening.
In terms of tank mates I have
* 2 clowns (both quite placid)
* lawnmower blennie (only seems aggressive to the rocks lol)
* juvenile mimic tang
* fairy wrasse
* flasher wrasse
* bunch of varieties of snails
All seem a ok/ happy/playing/eating - don’t look sick in any way
thoughts? Ideas?
I am going to try and move the small anthia to a hospital tank this morning just in case
thanks in advance
I added a few (5) Dispar Anthias early on. They’ve been a happy inquisitive bunch. A few weeks back the larger ones started flashing their dorsal fins and displaying behavior trying to figure out who would be the male.
Shortly after the largest started hiding in a cave for a few days and emerged with a shorted tail (very red) and slight change color. My assumption was it was going through a transition to being the male as I’ve seen a few photos where the boys had a longer red tail - It started eating more consistently again and being more active
Fast forward a few more days I woke up this morning to
(the white flecks are sand)
The smallest of the anthias has started displaying the same behavior now - so I’m going to presume that my assumption about transitioning to male was incorrect and something else very wrong is happening.
In terms of tank mates I have
* 2 clowns (both quite placid)
* lawnmower blennie (only seems aggressive to the rocks lol)
* juvenile mimic tang
* fairy wrasse
* flasher wrasse
* bunch of varieties of snails
All seem a ok/ happy/playing/eating - don’t look sick in any way
thoughts? Ideas?
I am going to try and move the small anthia to a hospital tank this morning just in case
thanks in advance
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