Fish stops eating then dies, then another then another
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I haven’t added any other fishes since three months ago.
What I have been feeding is a range of flakes, spectrum, frozen mysis and bloodworms and for the triggers I feed squid and shrimp
I do keep salinity at the lower side. 1.017 and temp at 77-78 degrees
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Any specific fishes that you saw that I could provide more context?
For the triggers, there hasn’t been any aggression between either of them. The tangs do chase each other every now and then but doesn’t cause serious harm or stress.
The clown and Achilles have always been skinny even during qt but still ate well.
I’ll try to take another video tonight after the detritus setttles. The haze and spots that can be seen in the video would more likely be the bac bloom from the bio pellets and the detritus being kicked up. I turned on the ai cool white 100% for the video
The fishes that have died recently were pretty active and not hiding. They didn’t have nipped fins or were being chased. Do you believe that it’s aggression?
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.here is the pic of the multicolor that died today
I watched the new video a few times. I'm still not sure what's going on. It is often difficult to tell what happened to a dead fish, but the multicolor looks bloated. That can be a sign of edema, which in turn can be a sign of organ failure (liver and/or kidney).
I'm not sure that all of the fish loss are related, but it does not seem to be an external disease.
What is the current tank inventory, and what is the inventory of the fish that have died?
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5 chromis
1 achilies
1 clown
1 convict
1 orange shoulder
3 niger
3 goldenback trigger
2 scribbles
1 clown tang
1 fowerli
1 dussemeri
1 mac tang
1 bariene tang
1 queen
1 blueface
dead:
2 regal angel
1 multi color
2 atlantic blue tang
1 blue line girdle angel
1 annularis
1 achilies
1 clown
1 convict
1 orange shoulder
3 niger
3 goldenback trigger
2 scribbles
1 clown tang
1 fowerli
1 dussemeri
1 mac tang
1 bariene tang
1 queen
1 blueface
dead:
2 regal angel
1 multi color
2 atlantic blue tang
1 blue line girdle angel
1 annularis
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Well, the lost fish do not seem to have anything in common in terms of husbandry, except that regals and blue girdles tend to be a bit more delicate. Annularis are bullet-proof. The scribbled are sort of in between those two in terms of hardiness.
Sorry that I don't have more info for you.
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No need to apologies. I appreciate your help and everyone else's input to help me solve this.
My apologies to everyone for wasting your time.
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Is nobody concerned with the high nitrate? OP listed 40-80ppm. High nitrate can be toxic to the more sensitive fish.
Change the water, few times over.
Fish behavior improves in a more ideal environment.
Change the water, few times over.
Fish behavior improves in a more ideal environment.
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Nitrate levels like that will not cause acute fish mortality. At higher levels you'll see some poor coloration and lack of thriftiness, but not death. Many public aquariums run 80 to 120 ppm in their older systems.
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