Oceans n Indy
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Looking for any thoughts as why our lion-fish suddenly quit eating 3 weeks ago and has consequently passed on. Nothing in the tank set up was changed , I just noticed a few weeks ago that when I was feeding the tank , he was not interested in eating . I tried buying a fresh bag of krill and also bought some live feeder fish to try to entice him to eat. At that time the nitrates were a little high , and the salinity was also , Due to me being out of town when I normally would have done my water change. I changed out 15g of the 55g tank and evened out the salinity to 1.025 where my tank has normally running at. After another week of him not eating, I changed out another 15g water to help keep the nitrate level going back down, and bought some silver-sides to try to entice him to eat, but to no avail , and after returning from work yesterday I found him passed on . So I'm looking for a little help in determining what might have made him meet his demise .
Other information from questions for posting on sick fish: I have had the lion fish for about a year now. The tank mates are a snowflake eel, undulated trigger , and a panther grouper . The lion fish normally ate pretty good at each feeding , about every 3-4 days consisting of frozen krill. The parameters around the time that I noticed him not eating were PH-8.0 Nitrite 0 , nitrate 60-80 range and SPG1.028 using the API saltwater test kit(drops in test tub). I saw no physical signs of disease until maybe the last week when his pectoral fins were noticeably darker in color. he never showed any signs of flashing and normally would hover over around his normal 2 or 3 spots in the tank. He was drip acclimated a year ago when I got him, and was never qt at any time. The tank is 55g using a fluval306 canister filter along with live sand and 55lbs of live rock, and no additives or any kind of meds have ever been introduced into the tank.
I posted picts of the lion fish after I pulled him from the tank to see if anyone see's something that stands out physically.
Other information from questions for posting on sick fish: I have had the lion fish for about a year now. The tank mates are a snowflake eel, undulated trigger , and a panther grouper . The lion fish normally ate pretty good at each feeding , about every 3-4 days consisting of frozen krill. The parameters around the time that I noticed him not eating were PH-8.0 Nitrite 0 , nitrate 60-80 range and SPG1.028 using the API saltwater test kit(drops in test tub). I saw no physical signs of disease until maybe the last week when his pectoral fins were noticeably darker in color. he never showed any signs of flashing and normally would hover over around his normal 2 or 3 spots in the tank. He was drip acclimated a year ago when I got him, and was never qt at any time. The tank is 55g using a fluval306 canister filter along with live sand and 55lbs of live rock, and no additives or any kind of meds have ever been introduced into the tank.
I posted picts of the lion fish after I pulled him from the tank to see if anyone see's something that stands out physically.
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