I went out of town for the weekend and before I left, all fish were accounted for and doing fine. Hubby was taking care of them while I was gone and he’s done it before, so I can’t imagine anything crazy happened. Be had this Melanarus wrasse for about 7 months and he’s always eaten well and been very active. One thing I did notice was that he’d constantly “pace” against the back goals of the 120 DT he’s been in but all the fish in this tank get along quite well and there’s been no aggression. I’d watch him “pace” and wonder if he was stressed but then he’d change his route sometimes and swim through the multiple caves in the tank. He never even looked at the 8 sexy shrimp in the tank… model citizen. So I was a little shocked to find him dead this evening.
I also feel like he was bloated but I never noticed the bloating before finding him today. The other weird thing is that i have a pretty active clean up crew in this tank (several types of shrimp, urchins, emerald crabs, snails, hermits, worms of different types) and nothing was even snacking on him. Not that I wanted to see him get eaten, it just struck me as odd.
I did a water change last weekend and nothing new has been added for at least 6 weeks, except a couple corals. All the other fish look good & there are no spots on anyone. The only thing that sticks out to me is my Yellow Coris Wrasse looks a little rough too. He does not have any spots but under the full blues (since it’s night already) he looks like he has old scales that are shedding or something? Not sure how else to describe that. Otherwise, he looks fine and is just as active and eating like always.
I have photos of the Melanarus as well, which I’ll post below but they’re a little gruesome.
also, in case anyone saw my other post last week about my clown that died, this is a different tank. It’s been a rough couple weeks for me and my fish.
Warning: Graphic Photos of my fish below
I also feel like he was bloated but I never noticed the bloating before finding him today. The other weird thing is that i have a pretty active clean up crew in this tank (several types of shrimp, urchins, emerald crabs, snails, hermits, worms of different types) and nothing was even snacking on him. Not that I wanted to see him get eaten, it just struck me as odd.
I did a water change last weekend and nothing new has been added for at least 6 weeks, except a couple corals. All the other fish look good & there are no spots on anyone. The only thing that sticks out to me is my Yellow Coris Wrasse looks a little rough too. He does not have any spots but under the full blues (since it’s night already) he looks like he has old scales that are shedding or something? Not sure how else to describe that. Otherwise, he looks fine and is just as active and eating like always.
I have photos of the Melanarus as well, which I’ll post below but they’re a little gruesome.
also, in case anyone saw my other post last week about my clown that died, this is a different tank. It’s been a rough couple weeks for me and my fish.
Warning: Graphic Photos of my fish below