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Lion fish not doing good
Hi, a friend of mine has this lion fish since a couple of months when he got 2 of them without any search on waht they eat, they were eating really good the first few days, they ate his shrimps his damsels.... and after that tehy were eating samall fish pieces. 3 days ago one of them is on the substrate and only swims a little with no balance as it swims on it.s back or downwards for a few seconds then restes again on the rocks or sand. no spots of any kind no skin abrasion, normal respiration, clear eyes. it had developped cloudy eyes 2-3 weeks ago but recovered from it. tankmates are:
1 clarcki clown 1 semi circulatus the toher lion fish 2 damsels that have not been eaten yet. a couple of hermit crabs, a sand sifting star also he's got 4 small sand anemones and one small anemone which is whitish with small purple tips don't know if it's bleached or if the white is the natural coloration. 2 stones with anthelia on that is being consumed by his semicirculatus and GSP that got bleached i believe, for now all the polyps are totally white even at the stalks level. his filtration is with a wet dry filter no skimer and no DSB fluorescent lighting only. Any ideas about what the lionfish condition and what he should be checking on. |
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How large is the tank?
How large is the lionfish? What are the water parameters? Is the sick lion feeding and if so, what is it eating?
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Tank is 100g, lionfish is around 6-7 inches no ammonia and no nitrites nitrates around 20.
the sick lion fish stopped eating on the first day he began swimming with no balance. |
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jsut an update the lionfish passed away and the other one got blind shortly after and strted bumping into tank glass and rocks and died one day after. All other fish seem normal. Any ideas on any disease that affects liofish exclusively or is it just coincidence?
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Maroun,
Sorry to hear about your friend's lionfish. I wish I could offer some explanation.
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thanks ATJ.
I told him to do a couple of big water changes one now and one in a week, to run carbon, and watch water parameters in case anything is fluctuating. is that correct and would you recommend anything more? |
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Maroun,
That will be fine. I doubt the problem was related to water parameters but it won't hurt to do some large water changes.
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