Deaths

[Jeffduofmich]

I have had my aquarium setup for 4 + years and changed it up a little bit and made a more aggressive tank, I have a yellow head moray, cherry grouper, Stars and Stripes puffer, niger trigger, lunar wrasse, volition lion fish. Everything has been fine for about 9 months or so and all of a sudden the lion fish disappears. And when I say disappears I mean I moved rocks and sand to look for any bits of him and nothing, not even a scrap of a a barb. Next the cherry grouper and then the puffer fish and last but not least is the trigger. Currently all I have is the eel and the lunar wrasse.

Tested water numerous times myself then took to 2 seperate aquarium stores and nothing is wrong with water as far as I can tell.

There was never any discolorations on any of them, the puffer ate constantly and started like being blind like swimming into the glass that's the only thing I noticed

Any ideas since I've already lost too much money?

 

[ebushrow]

I would look to the eel....seems suspect that there are no traces of the dead fish

 

[Jeffduofmich]

The only reason I don't think that is because he is only like 10 inches and the grouper was about 8 and the rest were pretty large as well

 

[ohiojeffsreef]

the only thing that would explain the deaths with no bodies is the eel. have you seen him out lately? I went through this with a tank, and my tiny eel turned into a huge eel and I never really noticed how big it really was, because it was always hidden in the rocks.

 

[Dalmatia]

Morays love to eat lion fish. So ya, just like a snake can eat something way bigger than you think....
Look for lumps in your eel next time, you'll find you fish.

 

[Jeffduofmich]

Ok so I can't have a lionfish anymore any ideas on the grouper And puffer they just died and I pulled bodies out. Could the toxin from the lionfish of caused it

 

[ohiojeffsreef]

any damage to the bodies? I ask because the way I finally figured out what was happening was the eel came flying up out of his cave and grabbed my panther grouper that was huge. the eel had no chance of eating him, but he just grabbed him and killed him. I think they strike out of a feeding instinct. they kill and then figure out whether they can eat it. this thing cost me a lot of expensive fish. he went in a cooler, and to the pet store. they got a gift. I just wanted it gone so I could have my tank back.

 

[Jeffduofmich]

I didn't see any marks on on them the only thing I noticed is that the puffers eyes got kinda cloudy and looked like it was blind because it was bumping into glass that's why I was wondering about a toxin from the lionfish

 

[Dalmatia]

I didn't see any marks on on them the only thing I noticed is that the puffers eyes got kinda cloudy and looked like it was blind because it was bumping into glass that's why I was wondering about a toxin from the lionfish

I don't think it's that. Don't forget they aren't toxic, they are venomous. Difference being you can consume it without it getting in your blood. Box fish is toxic and not venomous, that would do it.