Crosshatch in Hiding??? Help!!!

[triggerman71]

It sound like he is probably stressed from being in a small space and also your biological load might be out of wack due to the waste these fish produce. If you want to try to save him I have a 8ft long tank with a deltec 702 housing a few fish. We can put him in there to see if he pulls through,it would be a shame to loose such a beautiful trigger. I have a larger tank but my Golden Back Trigger would probably attack him.

[Gisho]

Agree w/ Triggerman.

It's definitely not from the changing of your bulb wattage/spectrum.

IMO, the three most likely causes are:

1. Lack of space
2. Poor water quality due to high bio-load
3. Some type of internal disease/parasite

If I were you, I would take Triggerman up on his very generous offer.

I'd offer you my 270 but I don't think my Achilles would stand for it and I have several carpet anemones which would probably make a quick lunch of him.

Anyway, you should try to move him to a different, larger tank with known good water quality ASAP. I'm afraid if he keeps up this behaviour, and especially continues to not eat, the prognosis is not good...

This is a beautiful, intelligent, and personable fish. It would be a shame to see it die. If it does pull through, I would consider selling it (and the female) to a person with a larger, 250+ gallon, tank.

Good luck Will. Do keep us updated.

[bustayanky]

Hey yalls, here the update:

Looks like he's got at most 3 days left in him. He stopped eating and now is doing aerobatic rolls now like back flips plus the barrel rolls simultaneous. Does anyone know where to bring him like a taxidermy to like stuff him? He's such a beautiful fish i would to put him on my wall. Does that sound weird or psycho? Does anyone else have anything stuffed? Let me know.

Will

[nava405]

you serious ?!

[WetPetsHawaii]

awww sorry to hear that.....check to see if the CH trigger has a bloated stomach.....often a sign of a bladder infection....these fish come from 180 feet deep....he could have suffered decompression problems that screwed up his bladder....I see this often.....I dont dive down to 180 feet... I would kinda hover at 70 feet but my dive partner does and it takes him atleast 10 hours to bring them to the surface on a decompression line....even then....it is not uncommon for a deep water fish to suddenly develop a problem.....you can try to isolate him in a hospital tank and lower the salinity and put some furazone to reduce stress....he may just pull through.....Oh yeah I do agree that this fish need plenty of room to swim around or that could be the cause of his stress...take care....Aloha

[cunningham]

Originally posted by bustayanky
Hey yalls, here the update:

Looks like he's got at most 3 days left in him. He stopped eating and now is doing aerobatic rolls now like back flips plus the barrel rolls simultaneous. Does anyone know where to bring him like a taxidermy to like stuff him? He's such a beautiful fish i would to put him on my wall. Does that sound weird or psycho? Does anyone else have anything stuffed? Let me know.

Will

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Danny

[FOSELONE]

damn...i just lost one of my helfrichis...shouldve kept em...

[bustayanky]

If or when the male dies. I'm thinking about selling my female for $300 firm to a fellow RC with a tank with a 300+ gallon tank. Let me know if anyone interested or if i should just start up a FS thread.

[dUb P. Ham]

I'm truly sorry to hear that you fish has gone for the worst. Hope he gets better. My heart goes out the such a beautiful fish. Wow that's a good price for the female CH trigger. Only if i had a bigger tank.

[ktrandc]

Originally posted by WetPetsHawaii
awww sorry to hear that.....check to see if the CH trigger has a bloated stomach.....often a sign of a bladder infection....these fish come from 180 feet deep....he could have suffered decompression problems that screwed up his bladder....I see this often.....I dont dive down to 180 feet... I would kinda hover at 70 feet but my dive partner does and it takes him atleast 10 hours to bring them to the surface on a decompression line....even then....it is not uncommon for a deep water fish to suddenly develop a problem.....you can try to isolate him in a hospital tank and lower the salinity and put some furazone to reduce stress....he may just pull through.....Oh yeah I do agree that this fish need plenty of room to swim around or that could be the cause of his stress...take care....Aloha

Good advice. Maybe he can still be saved.

[yellowslayer13]

i use roberts for the passengers of the boat i work on

[bustayanky]

Last Update:
Sad Sad day. he passed today and i gave him a nice burial.

[ScallopKing]

Originally posted by bustayanky
Last Update:
Sad Sad day. he passed today and i gave him a nice burial.

I know how you feel. I lost my male cross too a few months ago after I added a gold rim tang that got ick. I took the tang out but the cross never recovered. I would not ever own another one of those. Great fish but not for a fish tank- even in my 240.

Sorry to hear of your loss especially on such an expensive fish!

[bustayanky]

Thanks scallop! I know my tank is only a 180 so for sure i'm not going to get another.