Hi Reefers
Last week Friday I bought 3 Bangai Cardinals just over an inch a piece and introduced them into my 20 gallon quarantine tank. (it had cycled for over a month with some live rock and a little sand all water parameters leveled and no subsequent/substantial change) I temperature then drip acclimated the 3 in the quarantine over 3 hours and once released they immediately all ate vigorously. I feed frozen brine once in the morning and once at night and until Wednesday they were all eating great. However, all day Wednesday they have turned off of the brine and over the course of the last 24 hours they have gotten lethargic. I see no physical signs of parasites or ick or injury of any kind. One of the 3 was more of a loner and my LFS said if at any point I have an issue with any of the 3 I could bring one back.
Water 1.024/79.2 degrees/nitrites >0.01 if at all/Ammonia 0/ph 8.0 alkalinity/4mg/L - 5 gallon water change Wednesday night (just trying anything) MaxiJet 400 powerhead running with air and a 20 gallon Marineland hang on filter. I use a simple T8 fluorescent over the tank.
Other than one of the three keeping more to themselves everything seemed OK. (I am/was concerned about the two pairing up on the third, which is why we made the deal on bringing one back to the LFS)
Today Thursday morning the three just are not eating like they were. It actually started yesterday. They will grab at food here or there that falls nearby, but they don't have the "piranha like" appetite towards the frozen brine, flying around the tank after it that they did 48 hours ago. They all seem to be getting more lethargic and more reclusive. One of the cardinals dorsal fins appears to be a little limp and not erect like the other two and I was seeing a bit of a list for 36 hours of that one and have been watching very closely, but he was eating and moving about (away from the other two) so I just continued to monitor. They have since all three huddled together so I lost track of "Private"
Even though I have seen no physical signs of any disease I am very concerned. As a precaution when I adopted the 3 I purchased some copper but was reluctant to use it until this morning. I was hoping it would not be necessary during the quarantine process. I added half of the recommended dosage .5 fluid oz. (1 fluid oz to 20 gallons) to the tank. The copper was added with another 4 gallon water change in the new water as it was added to the tank. The temperature Friday was lower at around 76.5, but my display hangs at 78 to 79 so I was slowly trying to bring the quarantine water temperature up. During the water change I dropped it back down and will check when I get go for lunch at 3pm.
I am fairly certain they are not wild. I watched them for two weeks at the fish store. They ate well, moved frequently and everything appeared to be going well. They were not in copper at my LFS.
This was my first attempt at adding fish via quarantine and it was after weeks of studying and over a month of waiting... My display is GREAT!!! two clowns, great clean up crew... 8 turbos, 3 emeralds, a serpent star, a coral banded, a blood red, a peppermint and bubble tip anemone, but the quarantined Bangai Cardinalfish don't appear happy...
There are just so many posts, seemingly too late... HOUSTON, WE HAVE A PROBLEM and the 24 hour follow up post... :(...
Does anyone have any thoughts?
Last week Friday I bought 3 Bangai Cardinals just over an inch a piece and introduced them into my 20 gallon quarantine tank. (it had cycled for over a month with some live rock and a little sand all water parameters leveled and no subsequent/substantial change) I temperature then drip acclimated the 3 in the quarantine over 3 hours and once released they immediately all ate vigorously. I feed frozen brine once in the morning and once at night and until Wednesday they were all eating great. However, all day Wednesday they have turned off of the brine and over the course of the last 24 hours they have gotten lethargic. I see no physical signs of parasites or ick or injury of any kind. One of the 3 was more of a loner and my LFS said if at any point I have an issue with any of the 3 I could bring one back.
Water 1.024/79.2 degrees/nitrites >0.01 if at all/Ammonia 0/ph 8.0 alkalinity/4mg/L - 5 gallon water change Wednesday night (just trying anything) MaxiJet 400 powerhead running with air and a 20 gallon Marineland hang on filter. I use a simple T8 fluorescent over the tank.
Other than one of the three keeping more to themselves everything seemed OK. (I am/was concerned about the two pairing up on the third, which is why we made the deal on bringing one back to the LFS)
Today Thursday morning the three just are not eating like they were. It actually started yesterday. They will grab at food here or there that falls nearby, but they don't have the "piranha like" appetite towards the frozen brine, flying around the tank after it that they did 48 hours ago. They all seem to be getting more lethargic and more reclusive. One of the cardinals dorsal fins appears to be a little limp and not erect like the other two and I was seeing a bit of a list for 36 hours of that one and have been watching very closely, but he was eating and moving about (away from the other two) so I just continued to monitor. They have since all three huddled together so I lost track of "Private"
Even though I have seen no physical signs of any disease I am very concerned. As a precaution when I adopted the 3 I purchased some copper but was reluctant to use it until this morning. I was hoping it would not be necessary during the quarantine process. I added half of the recommended dosage .5 fluid oz. (1 fluid oz to 20 gallons) to the tank. The copper was added with another 4 gallon water change in the new water as it was added to the tank. The temperature Friday was lower at around 76.5, but my display hangs at 78 to 79 so I was slowly trying to bring the quarantine water temperature up. During the water change I dropped it back down and will check when I get go for lunch at 3pm.
I am fairly certain they are not wild. I watched them for two weeks at the fish store. They ate well, moved frequently and everything appeared to be going well. They were not in copper at my LFS.
This was my first attempt at adding fish via quarantine and it was after weeks of studying and over a month of waiting... My display is GREAT!!! two clowns, great clean up crew... 8 turbos, 3 emeralds, a serpent star, a coral banded, a blood red, a peppermint and bubble tip anemone, but the quarantined Bangai Cardinalfish don't appear happy...
There are just so many posts, seemingly too late... HOUSTON, WE HAVE A PROBLEM and the 24 hour follow up post... :(...
Does anyone have any thoughts?
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