Hey guys,
Really at a loss - I’ve had this same aquarium for about 4 years now. I’ve been in the hobby for nearly 25 years now.
Tank is 50gal
Refugium with lotsa pods
Healthy coral
Large skimmer
8gal water changes every 2 weeks
Feeding spiralina brine, mysis, and rods sheet food and random pellets here and there.
I’ve had ICP tests on the RO water I use and the aquarium water, nothing is too far out of wack.
About 3 months ago, a very aggressive fat mocha clown became really skinny, but would still eat aggressively- I observed it and noticed it would spit food out after a couple seconds. I tried getting it to eat food soaked in metroplex and focus but it didn’t help. After about 2 weeks in this state the fish died. The fish was nearly 10 years old (came from an older aquarium), so I chalked this up to potentially old age.
About 3 weeks ago, the PERFECT aiptasia eating filefish also looked the same - very skinny, eating aggressively, but spitting food out. A couple days after I noticed it like this, it was dead.
Now I’ve noticed our leopard wrasse looking much the same and spitting food out as well. The leopard wrasse is about 4 years old(with us) and was always very healthy and fat, the other night I noticed it sleeping half in sand and half under a rock. I’ve gotten it to keep SOME food down, but all the big pieces it holds in then spits out (sometimes 3 shrimp at a time).
The only fish left in this aquarium is a very fat coral beauty angel - despite my kids begging me, I’m not adding anything else til I figure this out. The fish described have all been in the aquarium for 3+ years - I’ve added coral frags and clean up crew in that time.
Really at a loss - I’ve had this same aquarium for about 4 years now. I’ve been in the hobby for nearly 25 years now.
Tank is 50gal
Refugium with lotsa pods
Healthy coral
Large skimmer
8gal water changes every 2 weeks
Feeding spiralina brine, mysis, and rods sheet food and random pellets here and there.
I’ve had ICP tests on the RO water I use and the aquarium water, nothing is too far out of wack.
About 3 months ago, a very aggressive fat mocha clown became really skinny, but would still eat aggressively- I observed it and noticed it would spit food out after a couple seconds. I tried getting it to eat food soaked in metroplex and focus but it didn’t help. After about 2 weeks in this state the fish died. The fish was nearly 10 years old (came from an older aquarium), so I chalked this up to potentially old age.
About 3 weeks ago, the PERFECT aiptasia eating filefish also looked the same - very skinny, eating aggressively, but spitting food out. A couple days after I noticed it like this, it was dead.
Now I’ve noticed our leopard wrasse looking much the same and spitting food out as well. The leopard wrasse is about 4 years old(with us) and was always very healthy and fat, the other night I noticed it sleeping half in sand and half under a rock. I’ve gotten it to keep SOME food down, but all the big pieces it holds in then spits out (sometimes 3 shrimp at a time).
The only fish left in this aquarium is a very fat coral beauty angel - despite my kids begging me, I’m not adding anything else til I figure this out. The fish described have all been in the aquarium for 3+ years - I’ve added coral frags and clean up crew in that time.