Hippo tang

[GWHouston]

Pictures of hippo with a spot on her chin

Not eating and very peculiar behavior. Gulping the surface.

 

[Brew12]

Sorry you are having problems! You just started stocking this tank, right? Any other fish in there yet? How are they acting?

Do you have a skimmer running to aerate the water?

Normally, gulping on the surface indicates low O2 levels or gill damage. How long have you had this guy?

 

[OriginalUserName]

Is there any way you can increase surface agitation and/or throw a fan on there in case it is an O2 problem? Are you seeing a bacterial bloom, how's the water look? High ammonia can cause fish to do that as well. I believe it's because their gills are being burned/inflamed and they have trouble breathing.

 

[GWHouston]

Thanks for responding.
The tank has been stocked for close to a month now. Chems as of Tuesday were ph at 8.2, Am at .25, Ni at .5, Na at 10 ppm, and Kh at 7.8. We started adding LPS last night. All the other fish have had no issues. I’m perplexed at what happened. This started as I left home for work so I will do new chems tonight.

 

[GWHouston]

No skimmer yet. since the green algae is growing so well, I didn’t want to skim until there was more load. Right now we have 16 fish and a variety of CUC.

@Brew12 she came from AC about 3 weeks back.

 

[GWHouston]

Is there any way you can increase surface agitation and/or throw a fan on there in case it is an O2 problem? Are you seeing a bacterial bloom, how's the water look? High ammonia can cause fish to do that as well. I believe it's because their gills are being burned/inflamed and they have trouble breathing.

I’ll check Am this afternoon. I did add some ammonia safe this morning before I left just in case. Green algae is growing extremely well. Got two gyre 200 to stir the water.

 

[GWHouston]

BTW my wife moved her to the QT while I was gone. It has two clowns and a blenny. Sal is a touch lower in it than the DT. All other chems are good.

 

[Brew12]

No skimmer yet. since the green algae is growing so well, I didn’t want to skim until there was more load. Right now we have 16 fish and a variety of CUC.

@Brew12 she came from AC about 3 weeks back.

Wow, that is a lot of fish!

I'm guessing it is oxygen deprevation. This is your inwall with very limited ventilation, right? I would get an air stone running in your DT ASAP if it is.

 

[Brew12]

Am at .25, Ni at .5,

These numbers also have me worried. I'm guessing your tank was not ready for all these fish. You shouldn't have any nitrite in your system. I would consider the ammonia reading to possibly be false, but the nitrite indicates the tank isn't processing waste fast enough.

 

[GWHouston]

Wow, that is a lot of fish!

I'm guessing it is oxygen deprevation. This is your inwall with very limited ventilation, right? I would get an air stone running in your DT ASAP if it is.

Wouldn’t the other fish show some signs of that also? I’ll put a stone in when I get home.

Can I dose to get it in order?

 

[GWHouston]

Added chaeto to fuge yesterday.

 

[Brew12]

Wouldn’t the other fish show some signs of that also? I’ll put a stone in when I get home.

Possibly, but your Hippo tang is likely one of the larger and more active fish which means it will have the highest O2 demands.

 

[Brew12]

Added chaeto to fudge yesterday.

Chocolate is good

And this is a good move, it will definitely help with the ammonia by processing it directly.

 

[Fishfinder]

How big is the tank ?

 

[GWHouston]

Ann is upset at this loss. She was her fav.

 

[GWHouston]

How big is the tank ?

120 w 20 gal sump

 

[Brew12]

Ann is upset at this loss. She was her fav.

Did the Hippo pass already?

Did you by chance let any of the water from AC get into your system?

 

[GWHouston]

Possibly, but your Hippo tang is likely one of the larger and more active fish which means it will have the highest O2 demands.

She was active. Make me worry about the clowns and the powder brown tang.

 

[GWHouston]

Did the Hippo pass already?

Did you by chance let any of the water from AC get into your system?

Yes about 10 Am. No I net them from AC s water. I know they run copper on them. However I did let the water from the LPS in the tank.

 

[GWHouston]

We will survive this lesson but I want to understand where I went wrong.