scooter help!

angnak · 06-27-2007, 09:32 PM

If you remember I just posted a few days ago about my scooters eating some frozen food. Well one is now acting funny. Just yesterday he was showing off for the lady and swimming around. I come home tonight and he is just hanging around one area and not moving much. My wife said he was doing fine earlier. He is now breathing heavy and the lights are out and he is still just sitting there in the same area. I thought they hid at night? My parameters are fine. All other fish are fine. No other fish is breathing heavy. Does anyone know what may be going on? He does not look skinny. My tank has been established for a couple years now. At night with the flashlight I see hundreds and hundreds of little pods, so I would assume he has plenty to eat. From the get go he has been hunting and picking. I have had them a couple weeks now. What would be some next steps to help him out?

blue_eyes53813 · 06-27-2007, 09:36 PM

Im sorry for your worries. The best thing is to just let him be and not stress him out.. I hope what ever the problem is, is all better by morning.

mps9506 · 06-28-2007, 05:29 AM

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Originally Posted by blue_eyes53813

Im sorry for your worries. The best thing is to just let him be and not stress him out.. I hope what ever the problem is, is all better by morning.

ditto.
I would just let him chill out. Removing him or medicating the tank would just add more stress and there aren't any viasable sympotoms.

lcstorc · 06-28-2007, 06:08 AM

If you have lots of pods you are doing what you should do. Hopefully he will pull through.

angnak · 06-28-2007, 02:59 PM

well, I just found him dead. Man, that is so upsetting. I was hoping the two would eventually spawn. I know it is a long shot, but they were showing signs of courting and everything. I did notice a small hole on his side. really, really small. My wife also said when our heniocus(sp?) died he had a small hole also. My first thought was a predator, but why would no other fish have been caught or stabbed. I have added no new LR and all the other fish have been in there for a couple years. Is there some disease out there that may cause this. The hole was microscopic. Smaller than a fine tip pilot v7 pen. The side where the hole was, was real light colored compared to the rest of his body. If there is a disease, why would no other fish be affected?

blue_eyes53813 · 06-28-2007, 03:01 PM

Im sorry for your loss.. Im not sure about the hole in the head... I will check around

angnak · 06-28-2007, 03:04 PM

it was on his side right behind his belly

Snelly40 · 06-28-2007, 03:51 PM

mantis?
i doubt it, but i dont know what would cause a hole

lcstorc · 06-28-2007, 03:52 PM

Sorry for your loss. I wish I had an idea for you,

06-27-2007, 09:32 PM	#1 (permalink)
angnak Torch coral Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Charlotte, NC Posts: 555 View Gallery Karma Komment	scooter help! If you remember I just posted a few days ago about my scooters eating some frozen food. Well one is now acting funny. Just yesterday he was showing off for the lady and swimming around. I come home tonight and he is just hanging around one area and not moving much. My wife said he was doing fine earlier. He is now breathing heavy and the lights are out and he is still just sitting there in the same area. I thought they hid at night? My parameters are fine. All other fish are fine. No other fish is breathing heavy. Does anyone know what may be going on? He does not look skinny. My tank has been established for a couple years now. At night with the flashlight I see hundreds and hundreds of little pods, so I would assume he has plenty to eat. From the get go he has been hunting and picking. I have had them a couple weeks now. What would be some next steps to help him out? __________________ 210gal AGA SW tank. 3 250w MH 4 160w VHOs, 30 gal refuge, ASM Skimmer, Orange shoulder tang, Black tang, Naso tang, 2 orange percs, 2 black percs, 1 lawnmower blenny, a pair of scooter blennies, 5 cleaner shrimp, 5 peppermint shrimp, zebra crabs, halloween crabs, scarlett crabs, various other crabs and snails, 1 rock anemone, 2 colonies of button polyps, 3 colony of star polyps, 3 BTAs, monti cap, various acros

06-27-2007, 09:36 PM	#2 (permalink)
blue_eyes53813 Hey!Its not my fault Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Lancaster, Wisconsin Posts: 6,255 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: scooter help! Im sorry for your worries. The best thing is to just let him be and not stress him out.. I hope what ever the problem is, is all better by morning. __________________ 265 Gallon Reef built into basement wall. Lighting = 6x250 watts MH, 2x96 watt PC ,and 2x140 watt VHO for a total watt of 1,972 watts . New addition on 4-14-07 of 100 gallon sump and 100 gallon refugium. I think I have lost my mind. Gotta love this hobby Vicki Life is like a pathway of untrodden snow. Be careful how you step in it for every mark will show Definition of FRIENDSHIP: All lives touch other lives to create something new and alive My tank chronicles. http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...wall-reef.html

06-28-2007, 06:08 AM	#4 (permalink)
lcstorc Sunshine Reefer Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Cocoa Fl Posts: 18,473 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: scooter help! If you have lots of pods you are doing what you should do. Hopefully he will pull through. __________________ Peace LYNN You can't change the past but you can change how you view it. A reef tank is like a racecar. The faster you go the harder you crash. Lynn and Franks saltwater adventure Lynn's 20g clown tank Lynn's 90g of sunshine Every 60 seconds you spend upset is a minute of happiness you'll never get back.

06-28-2007, 02:59 PM	#5 (permalink)
angnak Torch coral Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Charlotte, NC Posts: 555 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: scooter help! well, I just found him dead. Man, that is so upsetting. I was hoping the two would eventually spawn. I know it is a long shot, but they were showing signs of courting and everything. I did notice a small hole on his side. really, really small. My wife also said when our heniocus(sp?) died he had a small hole also. My first thought was a predator, but why would no other fish have been caught or stabbed. I have added no new LR and all the other fish have been in there for a couple years. Is there some disease out there that may cause this. The hole was microscopic. Smaller than a fine tip pilot v7 pen. The side where the hole was, was real light colored compared to the rest of his body. If there is a disease, why would no other fish be affected? __________________ 210gal AGA SW tank. 3 250w MH 4 160w VHOs, 30 gal refuge, ASM Skimmer, Orange shoulder tang, Black tang, Naso tang, 2 orange percs, 2 black percs, 1 lawnmower blenny, a pair of scooter blennies, 5 cleaner shrimp, 5 peppermint shrimp, zebra crabs, halloween crabs, scarlett crabs, various other crabs and snails, 1 rock anemone, 2 colonies of button polyps, 3 colony of star polyps, 3 BTAs, monti cap, various acros

06-28-2007, 03:01 PM	#6 (permalink)
blue_eyes53813 Hey!Its not my fault Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Lancaster, Wisconsin Posts: 6,255 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: scooter help! Im sorry for your loss.. Im not sure about the hole in the head... I will check around __________________ 265 Gallon Reef built into basement wall. Lighting = 6x250 watts MH, 2x96 watt PC ,and 2x140 watt VHO for a total watt of 1,972 watts . New addition on 4-14-07 of 100 gallon sump and 100 gallon refugium. I think I have lost my mind. Gotta love this hobby Vicki Life is like a pathway of untrodden snow. Be careful how you step in it for every mark will show Definition of FRIENDSHIP: All lives touch other lives to create something new and alive My tank chronicles. http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...wall-reef.html

06-28-2007, 03:04 PM	#7 (permalink)
angnak Torch coral Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Charlotte, NC Posts: 555 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: scooter help! it was on his side right behind his belly __________________ 210gal AGA SW tank. 3 250w MH 4 160w VHOs, 30 gal refuge, ASM Skimmer, Orange shoulder tang, Black tang, Naso tang, 2 orange percs, 2 black percs, 1 lawnmower blenny, a pair of scooter blennies, 5 cleaner shrimp, 5 peppermint shrimp, zebra crabs, halloween crabs, scarlett crabs, various other crabs and snails, 1 rock anemone, 2 colonies of button polyps, 3 colony of star polyps, 3 BTAs, monti cap, various acros

06-28-2007, 03:51 PM	#8 (permalink)
Snelly40 Golden Moray Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Charlotte, NC Posts: 2,449 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: scooter help! mantis? i doubt it, but i dont know what would cause a hole __________________ Snelly's 90gal Reef-O-Rama *Member-"Crabs Are Evil" Society* In Hoc Signo Vinces

06-28-2007, 03:52 PM	#9 (permalink)
lcstorc Sunshine Reefer Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Cocoa Fl Posts: 18,473 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: scooter help! Sorry for your loss. I wish I had an idea for you, __________________ Peace LYNN You can't change the past but you can change how you view it. A reef tank is like a racecar. The faster you go the harder you crash. Lynn and Franks saltwater adventure Lynn's 20g clown tank Lynn's 90g of sunshine Every 60 seconds you spend upset is a minute of happiness you'll never get back.

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