Help with a frogfish, my first fish

[Namor]

Hi, I am having problems it seems with my initial fish in my quarantine tank. The tank is a 12 gallon JBJ nanocube with protien skimmer added in. It has a 2 inch bed of livesand, about 10 pounds of live rock, a couple of mushroom coralmorphs (or whatever they are called) that came in on the live rock and survived the curing. My temp is 78 degrees, ph is about 8.1, ammonia, and nitrates are reading 0, the fish seems listless, and rolling to one side, his gills are moving rapidly, my salinity is 1.023

Any suggestions would be appreciated

[yote]

How did you acclimate him?
From my understanding,Frogfish dont like quick salinity changes.

[hibye]

frogfish seem too fall to the side a lot but then come back up but for the breathing he may have a disease

[Namor]

I did a drip acclimate over 1 and 1/2 hours from the bag he came home in. The first night he was in the tank, he was angling a lot, so I fed him a piece of krill with a pair of tongs, he took it right away (my understanding is feeding a decent size meal 1x every 3 days. I know that stress can cause problems for these guys, and the tank is lit by 2 36watt CF 50/50 lamps. Someone mentioned it may be too bright for him, but I couldn't find any hard and fast info on lighting levels for these guys.

[ReefKeeper]

i doubt it is the lighting, fish don't really mind that IMO, but your tank is WAY to small for this fish !! i would try to return him to the LFS or give him to someone with a proper enviornment for him. a minimum tank size for this species is 30 gallons and you are not even half of that.

[Namor]

This is my quarantine tank, he's only about the size of my thumb currently, so I don't think it's too small for him. He'll be in quarantine for 4 weeks and then he'll move into a 40 gallon reef tank.

[Namor]

Well, this guy is still with us, I'm still concerned, but he's not as bad as he was, I have been doing 1 gallon a day water changes (more for psychological benefits for me than any disease treatment regime) in the hopes that superior water quality will help reduce stress. I haven't fed since the initial feeding, but I've seen him angling a little. May try to feed later.

[Piggy]

Try soaking his food in garlic. The sooner he'll eat he better. Be sure to test the water for ammonia and other peremeters.

[Namor]

garlic? really? like just crush some garlic and mix with water and soak?

[Bifferwine]

I don't know if you can crush the garlic, it's usually garlic extract that you see used in fish foods. Kent Marine and SeaChem both make a garlic extract tailored for fish. It boosts their appetite and their immune systems.