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Need some guidance here. QT Has been used previously and set up for about 6 months. new water in there. Put in 3 fairy wrasses and 3 lyre tail anthias. All looked fine and active going in. within 24 hours two anthias died, got refund from LFS. Bulging eye kind of, but no other spots or visible skin issues.
Now 2 weeks in, and I have lost 3 wrasses. One was swimming upside down after the first few days, so guessing some bladder issue from what I read. He died from lack of food is my guess, or whatever internal injury that caused him to swim upside down non-stop. Since then two more wrasses, who otherwise looked healthy, basically within 48 hours perished. They are all eating frozen no problem, and no visible skin issues that I can see upon death.
My treatment so far has been metro and prazi. I assumed that those were softer on the wrasses to start versus copper, and get them eating and in good health. But they are dying slowly. Still have 1 anthia and one wrasse left. I did a 50% water change a week ago, not sure if I move the remaining fish to my other QT tank.
I don't think it is ammonia, since it is a 45 gallon tank, small fish, and it has been up and running with sponge filters for 6 months now. I don't have an ammonia kit at the moment, but would be flabbergasted if that is it.
Thoughts?
Need some guidance here. QT Has been used previously and set up for about 6 months. new water in there. Put in 3 fairy wrasses and 3 lyre tail anthias. All looked fine and active going in. within 24 hours two anthias died, got refund from LFS. Bulging eye kind of, but no other spots or visible skin issues.
Now 2 weeks in, and I have lost 3 wrasses. One was swimming upside down after the first few days, so guessing some bladder issue from what I read. He died from lack of food is my guess, or whatever internal injury that caused him to swim upside down non-stop. Since then two more wrasses, who otherwise looked healthy, basically within 48 hours perished. They are all eating frozen no problem, and no visible skin issues that I can see upon death.
My treatment so far has been metro and prazi. I assumed that those were softer on the wrasses to start versus copper, and get them eating and in good health. But they are dying slowly. Still have 1 anthia and one wrasse left. I did a 50% water change a week ago, not sure if I move the remaining fish to my other QT tank.
I don't think it is ammonia, since it is a 45 gallon tank, small fish, and it has been up and running with sponge filters for 6 months now. I don't have an ammonia kit at the moment, but would be flabbergasted if that is it.
Thoughts?