RMS18
I keep water chemistry as my hobby
Hello,
I am at a loss, with no idea on what could be going on other than the fact my source for fish Marine Collectors just had a bad batch of fish, or they introduced something to my system.
System 3 years old now 120gal. Last fish was added 2 year and 8 months ago. I decided to add a few more couple months ago and that's where things went bad.
First order flasher , possum and coris. Flasher came in not swimming just laying on side. Coris came in well. After acclimation they went into a box to check for any aggression. No issues after 2 days so I let them both lose. The flasher still wouldn't swim. Few hours later the flasher was on its side breathing heavy then die. The coris took for the sand. Next day the coris was on the sand breathing heavy then died. Possum is doing well and still with me.
1 week later my 3yr old potters wrasse I came home to on the sand breathing fast then died 2-3 hours later.
1.5-2 weeks later my 3+ year old male earmuff wrasse turned up dead on Monday.
New shipment, rhomboid, choati and flasher. Next day choati was floating dead. Rhomboid and flasher still doing well, both swimming and eating well. 2 days later flasher not coming out of the cave, laying on ground but breathing normal. Next day flasher is on sand breathing fast and dead within 2 hours.
Possum and rhomboid are still doing good, swimming and eating.
Other fish in the system:
3 yr Male yellow tail - doing fine
3 yr Ccb- doing fine
3yr fox face - doing fine
6y black cap basket - doing fine.
What am I missing? I have not seen any aggression from any of the og's to be fish and none of the og's are aggressive to each other. Pictures below are from the most recent flasher that died an hour ago. No CUC has gotten to this fish btw.
Also I still have this fish Incase @Jay Hemdal needs me to inspect further.
I am at a loss, with no idea on what could be going on other than the fact my source for fish Marine Collectors just had a bad batch of fish, or they introduced something to my system.
System 3 years old now 120gal. Last fish was added 2 year and 8 months ago. I decided to add a few more couple months ago and that's where things went bad.
First order flasher , possum and coris. Flasher came in not swimming just laying on side. Coris came in well. After acclimation they went into a box to check for any aggression. No issues after 2 days so I let them both lose. The flasher still wouldn't swim. Few hours later the flasher was on its side breathing heavy then die. The coris took for the sand. Next day the coris was on the sand breathing heavy then died. Possum is doing well and still with me.
1 week later my 3yr old potters wrasse I came home to on the sand breathing fast then died 2-3 hours later.
1.5-2 weeks later my 3+ year old male earmuff wrasse turned up dead on Monday.
New shipment, rhomboid, choati and flasher. Next day choati was floating dead. Rhomboid and flasher still doing well, both swimming and eating well. 2 days later flasher not coming out of the cave, laying on ground but breathing normal. Next day flasher is on sand breathing fast and dead within 2 hours.
Possum and rhomboid are still doing good, swimming and eating.
Other fish in the system:
3 yr Male yellow tail - doing fine
3 yr Ccb- doing fine
3yr fox face - doing fine
6y black cap basket - doing fine.
What am I missing? I have not seen any aggression from any of the og's to be fish and none of the og's are aggressive to each other. Pictures below are from the most recent flasher that died an hour ago. No CUC has gotten to this fish btw.
Also I still have this fish Incase @Jay Hemdal needs me to inspect further.
Last edited:
