So, Here I am with my first sick fish. I am/was planning to do a routine water change today and fed prior to doing so. I realized the fish wasn't coming out of the rocks to eat which is abnormal. I started watching for him and from what I can tell is one eye looks normal and the other is clouded over and swollen. Is this likely the result of a bacterial infection?
I have 2-300lbs of rock (was live but given to me dead, and I added 10lbs of live) in my tank and it is stacked on back wall so impossible (rookie mistake) to catch any fish without draining a fair amount of water and removing rocks so getting the fish will be an undertaking in itself. Without dragging this story out, the tank was given to me broken down and in rough shape, it is ~175 gallon acrylic tank that is in my garage bc I had nowhere in my home for it. Just getting it going and maintenance was more expensive than I expected, and I was given almost everything.
I am trying to decide now what to do. I do not have a QT tank set up. I do have another ~30gallon tank, but no components at this time. Do I basically break down my big butt aquarium to catch this fish and try to QT him or do I just let it ride and see if it resolves? I am enjoying the hobby but due to the size of the tank as well as it being located in the garage certain things have made the setup less than ideal. I decided 3-4 months ago that I definitely would not be adding any more fish due to fear of system failure and losing $100s in livestock. I have 2 clowns, 3 chromis, one foxface, one yellow tang, and a blue tang. No corals.
I essentially do not want to invest in having a back up chiller$$$, filter pumps, and fans for if/when something fails. At this point if any one thing goes out, I am not above replacing it but I just cant buy all the extra stuff for it to sit around. If the chiller goes out during the summer, the tank is toast unfortunately. Any help or recommendations would be great!
I have 2-300lbs of rock (was live but given to me dead, and I added 10lbs of live) in my tank and it is stacked on back wall so impossible (rookie mistake) to catch any fish without draining a fair amount of water and removing rocks so getting the fish will be an undertaking in itself. Without dragging this story out, the tank was given to me broken down and in rough shape, it is ~175 gallon acrylic tank that is in my garage bc I had nowhere in my home for it. Just getting it going and maintenance was more expensive than I expected, and I was given almost everything.
I am trying to decide now what to do. I do not have a QT tank set up. I do have another ~30gallon tank, but no components at this time. Do I basically break down my big butt aquarium to catch this fish and try to QT him or do I just let it ride and see if it resolves? I am enjoying the hobby but due to the size of the tank as well as it being located in the garage certain things have made the setup less than ideal. I decided 3-4 months ago that I definitely would not be adding any more fish due to fear of system failure and losing $100s in livestock. I have 2 clowns, 3 chromis, one foxface, one yellow tang, and a blue tang. No corals.
I essentially do not want to invest in having a back up chiller$$$, filter pumps, and fans for if/when something fails. At this point if any one thing goes out, I am not above replacing it but I just cant buy all the extra stuff for it to sit around. If the chiller goes out during the summer, the tank is toast unfortunately. Any help or recommendations would be great!
