baldwinb Posted October 15, 2002 Share Posted October 15, 2002 My lawnmower blenny was the first fish in my 12g tank. He has been a real trooper through my experience building. I went out of town four a few days leaving my girlfriend in charge of feeding. When i got back last night everything seemed to be in order including my blenny who was swimming around like he does always. There was nothing odd about him. This morning on the other hand i found him wedged under a rock breathing very heavily. i lifted the rock just to see if he was stuck well he did not swimm at all. When i nudged him, he moved al ittle bit and now sits on his side breathing very heavily unable to move. What is wrong!!!!! please help, i really like this guy Link to comment
Dave ESPI Posted October 15, 2002 Share Posted October 15, 2002 did you test water? Id start there.. look fer food particles in yer HOB filter pad. Also how long ya had him? perhaps he is constapated. are there any new additions to the tank? can you see any signs of physical ailment? Link to comment
baldwinb Posted October 15, 2002 Author Share Posted October 15, 2002 I did test water. PH is 8.2, 1.022, and nitrate under 12. I have had him for almost six months now. Link to comment
Dave ESPI Posted October 15, 2002 Share Posted October 15, 2002 your fish hates you.... its getting revenge what about nitrite and ammonia? if she over fed it, that could be a cause.X) Link to comment
baldwinb Posted October 15, 2002 Author Share Posted October 15, 2002 She has fed my fish many times before an knows how much to feed them. Also, the other two fish are acting fine. Link to comment
Dave ESPI Posted October 15, 2002 Share Posted October 15, 2002 well given yer lack of supplied "other" information that could help us to decipher what may possibly be wrong..... Im sticking with my first guess...... X) Survey Sayss ??? good luck. Link to comment
Dave ESPI Posted October 23, 2002 Share Posted October 23, 2002 any improvent in health? BaldwinBob? Link to comment
baldwinb Posted October 23, 2002 Author Share Posted October 23, 2002 He croaked...the poor guy. I know what it was though. My girlfriend told me she could not believe he lived through my mistakes(he was my first saltwater fish) and was surprised he was still alive. The B@#$% jinxed him!!!!! Link to comment
baldwinb Posted October 24, 2002 Author Share Posted October 24, 2002 I think it was an internal fungus Link to comment
sjpresley Posted October 31, 2002 Share Posted October 31, 2002 How do you aerate your tank? Sounds to me like he suffocated. Was a usual air supply (skimmer, power head) shut off for the night? The reason I ask is that I had a number of problems with my tank when it was young. And though I had a power head that agitated the surface the problem appears to have been lack of 02 (which is common in warm salt water because 02 saturation levels are very low so 02 can be depleated in a closed system really fast). Once I added an air stone (archaic, I know), all the problems went away. I since added a skimmer, but have left the air stone running in the back corner just for piece of mind (besides it doesn't really hurt anything back there). Here are a couple of easy low 02 indicators. Surface film build up. People talk about getting surface skimmers for this, the problem is simply low 02. Cronic low pH problems. If you keep adding buffer and your pH returns to 7.something. You have a lack of oxygen which increases H+ production and reduces OH- formation thereby increasing the pH (=power of hydrogen) in your system. Stop adding buffers and just add air. The pH will creep up until is stabalizes at around 8.2 (if that is what your buffer targets). An LFS near me had a problem with high pH in their tanks. Why? TOO much water movement was supersaturating the system with O2 and raising the pH to 8.4 and beyond. Don't underestimate the power of O2 just because you can't see it. Link to comment
baldwinb Posted November 1, 2002 Author Share Posted November 1, 2002 well my power had gone out for about five hours two different times one day thanks to Hurricane Lili. But he was fine for several datys afterwards. Maybe it just took awhile for the lack of O2 to take effect Link to comment
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