Hi all! I finally decided to take the plunge and bring home the first 4 fish for my SW QT. They haven't eaten a bite since I brought them home, which I thought at first might be them just getting acclimated.
Last night, one of them was swimming along on the bottom, he couldn't even right himself, just floating along in the current, and bobbing around like he was losing all control over his movement. He died. This morning, I watch another one do the same thing, but I removed him from the tank before he could completely die. I'm now down to 2.
The one that died last night, looked like he had some very light tan/brown markings on him toward his tail, but I'm not sure if that was a health condition or something else. This is my QT (good thing), 20g, Ammonia is .5, Nitrite is 0, Nitrate it 0, SG is 1.0218 and temp is 76.
Does any of this sound familiar to anybody and/or can you think of any intervention techniques I can try so I don't lose the others?
TIA,
--AquaBear
Last night, one of them was swimming along on the bottom, he couldn't even right himself, just floating along in the current, and bobbing around like he was losing all control over his movement. He died. This morning, I watch another one do the same thing, but I removed him from the tank before he could completely die. I'm now down to 2.
The one that died last night, looked like he had some very light tan/brown markings on him toward his tail, but I'm not sure if that was a health condition or something else. This is my QT (good thing), 20g, Ammonia is .5, Nitrite is 0, Nitrate it 0, SG is 1.0218 and temp is 76.
Does any of this sound familiar to anybody and/or can you think of any intervention techniques I can try so I don't lose the others?
TIA,
--AquaBear