fish problems

[Michael Souther]

i have a 35 gallon hex tank and i cant keep certain fish. idk why? i had an orange peel tang and a coral beauty they both die the same way for no apparent reason though. when i had my op tang he was doing great for a few days then just decided to chill in a cave . next thing i kno hes dead. and lateron down the road as of yesterday a bought a coral beauty same thing did great look healthy and beautiful just died no apparent reason i am still baffeled why this can be. all my coralls are fine my anenome is doing awesome growing like a weed and all my other fish are fine
lve stock- ocelaris clown, fire goby or dartfish- blue velvet damsel, and a scooter blenny
corals and anenome- screaming green birdsnest ORA, mayan sun birdsnest ORA, frogspawn not sure what type and a green bubble tip anenome

 

[Reefing Madness]

How are you acclimating them to your water? Drip acclimation would be your best bet at keeping the fish alive.

 

[Michael Souther]

i ad a little bit of water to the bag they are in every 15 min lke 2 oz at a time aas far as drip acclimating is there something i can build for that or soemthing i have to buy cuz i had a skarlet skunk shrimp as well and he died the same day but in the morning i do all my other fish the same way and they are all fine

 

[Brandon78]

Only thing i can think of is 35 gals isnt big enough for a tang, and you may of put fish in that require more space. Just my idea, I could be way off. Welcome to RS!

 

[Reefing Madness]

Fish, Coral, and Invertebrate Acclimation Procedure: Adding New Fish to a Tank

 

[Michael Souther]

ok i can try that next time and as far as tank to small i thought that but they are pygme and i figured it would be ok i said 40 g mine is a 35 i didnt think that was a huge diference is it really that big of a deal ive seen blue hippo tangs in a 40 gallon display tank in the fish store and it was doing great even though they require much more room and thank you im glad i can find some help i will enjoy being on RS

 

[Brandon78]

Well if they were small im sure thats not a problem, but when they start growing it could be. I think 40 g is way to small for a hippo. Theres a thread on here somewhere, labeled something like big fish in a small box, might check that out for some opinions. Youll find a lot of help here!!

 

[Reefing Madness]

As for the Hippos in a DT in a fish store, they are there for sale and are not there long enough to be a problem for the fish. And I've never heard of a Orange Peel Tang. ?? Orange Peel Angel, yes. But not a tang. Lemon Peel Tang, yea. Got a link on that Orange Peel Tang?

 

[Brandon78]

yea I googled orange peel and it wasnt a tang, maybe they told ya wrong, wouldnt be the first time. A place told me there was a feather duster on my rock, i didnt see it till i got home and it was aiptasia.......
Heres that thread http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums...ll-box.html?highlight=big+fish+in+a+small+box

 

[Michael Souther]

i cant find it on the internet yea i kno lemon peel tang but the guy at the store told me he was an orange peel and i looked all over but it was only lemon peel tang but they were all bright yellow with blue around there eyes and fins mine was the same but a real vibrant orange he said something like 1 in a hundred thousand are like that

 

[Michael Souther]

still idk thtank my fish were in at the store i just got them from were significantly smaller there wasnt any live rock in them and my tank is establishe plenty of swimming room and hiding places so im still not certain

 

[Reefing Madness]

Give the Drip Acclimation a shot, see if that helps out.

 

[sk8rdn]

We may be overlooking the obvious here... What's your chemistry numbers?

...."Fish" Happens!....

 

[tnwillia]

Drip acclimate everything and you will have better luck. With inverts drip is the only way to go because they are so sensitive to changes, don't cheat the drip time. Good luck!

 

[Doogle]

You say the perameters are fine but if you would test ALL your parameters and post them on here it would help, I have a 35g hex and I wouldn't want to put any more fish in there than you already have. I have 3 goldfish with arena xp3 canister filter on my 35 and thats too much fish.

 

[PSU4ME]

What's your filtration? How much rock do you have?

 

[StirCrayzy]

i cant find it on the internet yea i kno lemon peel tang but the guy at the store told me he was an orange peel and i looked all over but it was only lemon peel tang but they were all bright yellow with blue around there eyes and fins mine was the same but a real vibrant orange he said something like 1 in a hundred thousand are like that

Im bettin on a lemon peel ANGEL. not tang. I love this fish!

You can buy an acclimation kit for cheap @ FS.
Aquarium Acclimation: Employ the Drip Method to Reduce Aquarium Acclimation Stress

 

[Alf]

If you know a nurse or someone in the medical field get them to get you an IV drip rig, what I use for drip acclimation. HTH

 

[dmatt88]

How longs this tank been up and running

........wet floors add character.