My multi bar angel has been less active, mostly standing under rocks for about a week, stopped eating four days ago and as of today laying on its side with an arched back.
It’s about 3” with noticeable male cheek spines and no residual eye spot so I believe a full adult. I’ve had it for 3 full months and it has always eaten heartily (seeming to prefer mysis shrimp to seaweed), arriving in good condition and maintaining its weight. There are absolutely no spots, lesions, scale protrusions or anything else visibly wrong with it other than its arched body position. He seems to be completely exhausted and I was able to pick him up off the substrate by hand. He’s been lying on the bottom of a breeder box for about 6 hours, breathing normally (not rapidly) and rarely moving around but not being able to right himself. Earlier id put him in a small container to encourage feeding and he spat food out.
Water chemistry (0, 0, 10), salinity, temperature and water clarity are all normal. Readings were verified by my LFS earlier today. The angelfish is the most recent addition. I did a 30% water change about 5 days ago. No medications are currently being dosed in the water, he’s not eating for food medications and I don’t think he’d survive a FW dip.
Potentially of note is that I had a striped blenny I’d had for 6 months die just ten days ago. The progression was similar that it became lethargic for about a week before I found it dead on the sandbed looking otherwise healthy. The blenny had been in a separate tank that sometimes shares water.
Please share any thoughts, it would be nice to have some theory on why I’m losing favorite months old fish in quick succession without any apparent issues.
It’s about 3” with noticeable male cheek spines and no residual eye spot so I believe a full adult. I’ve had it for 3 full months and it has always eaten heartily (seeming to prefer mysis shrimp to seaweed), arriving in good condition and maintaining its weight. There are absolutely no spots, lesions, scale protrusions or anything else visibly wrong with it other than its arched body position. He seems to be completely exhausted and I was able to pick him up off the substrate by hand. He’s been lying on the bottom of a breeder box for about 6 hours, breathing normally (not rapidly) and rarely moving around but not being able to right himself. Earlier id put him in a small container to encourage feeding and he spat food out.
Water chemistry (0, 0, 10), salinity, temperature and water clarity are all normal. Readings were verified by my LFS earlier today. The angelfish is the most recent addition. I did a 30% water change about 5 days ago. No medications are currently being dosed in the water, he’s not eating for food medications and I don’t think he’d survive a FW dip.
Potentially of note is that I had a striped blenny I’d had for 6 months die just ten days ago. The progression was similar that it became lethargic for about a week before I found it dead on the sandbed looking otherwise healthy. The blenny had been in a separate tank that sometimes shares water.
Please share any thoughts, it would be nice to have some theory on why I’m losing favorite months old fish in quick succession without any apparent issues.