Aquanino
Community Member
Warning: Pics of dead fish below.
Hi, I am bit boggled about sudden death in tangs in my new tank. My previous tank I had for 10 years and rarely lost fish. I have lost 3 tangs in my current tank. They were perfectly fine, no white spot, had them each around for 6 to 12 months in this tank. All eating perfectly fine. The two Naso tangs on the day were eating and when I saw them before they died they were close to the bottom of the tank breathing heavily and as fast as possible and then dead. I lost the first in November last year and the second today. My Achilles tang, I was sitting next to the tank and he swam from the top of the tank to the bottom started breathing heavily and died. This was in Feb this year. They all 3 had no injuries, I put them in FW after death and no flukes either. All other fish in the tank were and are still completely fine.
The system is 6000l(1500gal), split into two tanks with tons of fish. Tangs - Gem, Black, Regal, Orange Shoulder, Purple, and a few yellow. There also a host of angels on the side. No other fish shows any signs of distress, no real fight either.
Has anyone experienced something like this, I don’t want to add another Naso or Achilles with the same thing happening again. Hopefully looking to find more understanding why this has happened.
Pics below of the dead fish, Achilles minutes before he died.
Hi, I am bit boggled about sudden death in tangs in my new tank. My previous tank I had for 10 years and rarely lost fish. I have lost 3 tangs in my current tank. They were perfectly fine, no white spot, had them each around for 6 to 12 months in this tank. All eating perfectly fine. The two Naso tangs on the day were eating and when I saw them before they died they were close to the bottom of the tank breathing heavily and as fast as possible and then dead. I lost the first in November last year and the second today. My Achilles tang, I was sitting next to the tank and he swam from the top of the tank to the bottom started breathing heavily and died. This was in Feb this year. They all 3 had no injuries, I put them in FW after death and no flukes either. All other fish in the tank were and are still completely fine.
The system is 6000l(1500gal), split into two tanks with tons of fish. Tangs - Gem, Black, Regal, Orange Shoulder, Purple, and a few yellow. There also a host of angels on the side. No other fish shows any signs of distress, no real fight either.
Has anyone experienced something like this, I don’t want to add another Naso or Achilles with the same thing happening again. Hopefully looking to find more understanding why this has happened.
Pics below of the dead fish, Achilles minutes before he died.
