Fish Not Eating After Tank Change

[reef aquatics 101]

I need help. I had a established tank with around 6 fish. I moved my tank yesterday to another spot in my house as I have a new tank coming in soon. I moved them to another location and now the fish wont eat. My blue and emporer angelfish ate but at first would spit out the food. My yellow tang and smaller blue are still not eating and the yellow eats and spits. Please help me out I had these guys for around a year. They ate like hell before i moved the tank.

 

[damsels are not mean]

What was the moving process like? How big is the tank?

 

[sfin52]

I need help. I had a established tank with around 6 fish. I moved my tank yesterday to another spot in my house as I have a new tank coming in soon. I moved them to another location and now the fish wont eat. My blue and emporer angelfish ate but at first would spit out the food. My yellow tang and smaller blue are still not eating and the yellow eats and spits. Please help me out I had these guys for around a year. They ate like hell before i moved the tank.

Could be stress from the move but need more info

 

[reef aquatics 101]

100 gallons. I moved them to a garbage bin they were in there for around 5 hours i head heater air stones etc. I added some new water to the tank but not alot around 15 percent.

What was the moving process like? How big is the tank?

 

[Llyod276]

They're scared and you disrupted the tank.

 

[damsels are not mean]

Is the moved stuff disturbed to a degree that it might not be as "cycled" as it was before? I'm guessing it's just stress though. To them it's as if they have been moved to a new tank.

 

[reef aquatics 101]

I moved most of the rocks maybe i dont think so though probably stress

 

[reef aquatics 101]

Thanks for your help guys.

 

[Llyod276]

Give a few days they can survive on body fat for for a week.

 

[damsels are not mean]

If it helps, mature rocks have lots of natural food on them. Sometimes my clown of 10 years likes to go on hunger strikes for a week at a time (no idea why, and the food choice doesn't matter) but she always comes out of it fat. I know she hunts a lot for pods which are more than plentiful in my old tank.

 

[reef aquatics 101]

oh ok thanks a lot. I appreciate your help. Happy New Year guys. Hopefully they pull through.

 

[bert236]

100 gallons. I moved them to a garbage bin they were in there for around 5 hours i head heater air stones etc. I added some new water to the tank but not alot around 15 percent.

When you were taking the water out did you stir up the sand bed much and/or re use the sand? If you did either you could have disturbed a bunch of stuff in there. Just was thinking if it’s mostly old water that could be an issue. If not then I hope everyone here is right and it’s just the stress of moving.

 

[reef aquatics 101]

I actually got rid of the sand when after moving the water.

 

[reef aquatics 101]

Not sure if that affected it

 

[bert236]

I actually got rid of the sand when after moving the water.

If you didn’t stir up the sand while taking the water out and used new sand I don’t think there is anything wrong with that especially if you weren’t seeing issues prior. Hopefully just the stress then and once they settle in it’s all good. Happy new year and best of luck.

 

[reef aquatics 101]

Thanks alot guys, they started eating on Tuesday and all of them are good. Thanks for the help

 

[ying yang]

Aw great that they back eating again.

Good luck and enjoy ^_^

 

[vetteguy53081]

if I took a guess, Did you rinse out the brute can ? There is an odor and residue often from the can when new that could have leeched something into tank that disturbed them?

 

[sfin52]

Thanks alot guys, they started eating on Tuesday and all of them are good. Thanks for the help

Thats fantastic