DAvis
Reefer Madness
A week ago I noticed an uncharacteristic 'perch' for him. Normally, he torpedo's around the tank, stops, hovers, darts left and right, and sleeps in a nook high in the rock. Now I see him right in the middle of the tank on the sand in front. There were no signs of bullying, but I noticed his back half was skinny and discolored. I check all the water parameters. All seem good (NH4, NO3, PO4 @ or around 0, Ca - 500ppm, KH 7 - 8 dKH) Salinity, pH, and temp stable at 1.025, 8.2 and 78F, respectively. In a day or two he was eating and swimming rather well! Poking around rock, hovering, darting as usual.
A week goes by and his color is better, still eating, tail is still thin. Friday I didn't see him. Yesterday I found him dead.
What happened? Could he have been stung by one of the LPS? Can their teeth overgrow? I did notice he would only eat ova and spectrum tiny pellets, he wouldn't touch mysis that he used to gobble up. Is this a problem with fanged blennys? I hope I didn't starve him. Any thoughts?
I think the only pic I have of him from his happier days is this (not so good pic) with tank mates. They all got on famously. Photo is about 6 months ago.
A week goes by and his color is better, still eating, tail is still thin. Friday I didn't see him. Yesterday I found him dead.
What happened? Could he have been stung by one of the LPS? Can their teeth overgrow? I did notice he would only eat ova and spectrum tiny pellets, he wouldn't touch mysis that he used to gobble up. Is this a problem with fanged blennys? I hope I didn't starve him. Any thoughts?
I think the only pic I have of him from his happier days is this (not so good pic) with tank mates. They all got on famously. Photo is about 6 months ago.
