Lethargic spotted mandarin

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Just to update to say that the mandarin has been rehomed in a much bigger and well established tank.

 

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I’ve got a spotted mandarin that I’ve had in my tank for three months. Usually he is zooming about the tank doing acrobatics.

The last couple of days he just sits on the rock or on the sand. I feed him brine shrimp twice a day and he’s eating some but is a lot slower. I also dose copepods every couple of weeks.

He’s not showing any signs of starving I don’t think and he’s the only fish in my tank so he doesn’t have to fight for food. I bought him off a friend, who had him two years and had bought him off someone else so I don’t know how old he is.

Here are my parameters. I’m dosing alk to try raise it.

pH is way too low, ALK too low, Nitrate needs a water change. Ph should be 8.3, ALK at least 8, nitrate lower. Sea water change time, 10% daily and it will take a while to fix it.

 

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pH is way too low, ALK too low, Nitrate needs a water change. Ph should be 8.3, ALK at least 8, nitrate lower. Sea water change time, 10% daily and it will take a while to fix it.

i disagree.
- ph around 8 is fine and does not affect fish at this value
- alk at least 8 is just plain wrong, I run my sps heavy reef at all 7. also same as with ph alk does not affect fish at this level
- Nitrates are fine at 15

Not every tank is acropora dominated ;)