Fish dying help please

[saltlifegal]

I still have 1 flame hawk that looks fine and is eating but seems more skidish than normal but I have been pulling fish out the last couple days. All anenome and coral look great but I also noticed my cleaner shrimp missing and not sure of the sand star but I see the star only a couple times a week anyway.

 

[saltlifegal]

Oh and all snails big Mexican snails and sea urchins are fine.

 

[Humblefish]

I still have 1 flame hawk that looks fine and is eating but seems more skidish than normal but I have been pulling fish out the last couple days. All anenome and coral look great but I also noticed my cleaner shrimp missing and not sure of the sand star but I see the star only a couple times a week anyway.

I would QT the Flame Hawk. You have some disease - bacterial, parasite, worm - going in inside your DT. And even if he's not presently showing symptoms he could very likely be a carrier, capable of infecting other fish. The DT itself should be left fallow (fishless) for 76 days.

 

[saltlifegal]

Thank you Humblefish

 

[saltlifegal]

You could leave the display fallow for 76 days which will cover just about anything that could be in the display that's dangerous. Of course that's probably overkill. I did recently hear about converting a black molly to saltwater and introducing it to the tank. It has no immunity at all to saltwater parasites so it should show them quickly if they are still there. Just a thought.

Thank you melypr1985

 

[saltlifegal]

I was able to catch the flame hawk fish and put him in the qt tank and so now the tank is fallow. Let the count down begin.