I'm baby sitting my bosses fish while he's away. I feed them awhle ago of which the clown trigger ate like a pig but now approximately 4-5 hours later he is losing his color almost to a white. All levels where fine prior and just ran them again and seem to be the same. What is going on?
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Clown trigger white
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Ive read a similar problem posted on line where it was said that this is somewhat common? Anyone ever had a clown trigger and have you expirenced this? Please help I'm freaking out! The last thing I can afford is my boss coming home monday to a dead clown fish he trusted me with! Oh and don't let me forget, this is his favorite fish next to the puffer.
<span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: Verdana">Turns out he did just buy this fish a week or so ago. The fish is malnourished, its body is sunken in apparently from missing or deteriorating fat deposits. He says the LFS had been feeding it primarily krill and what I gather its not great on its own? </span></span>
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<span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: Verdana">To answer the questions below he has a 150 gallon cube tank with sump, UV and protein skimmer. Has had the tank set up for 4 weeks, he has a lion fish 6in, porcupine puffer 6in, Huma trigger 5in, Niger trigger 4in and the clown trigger 6in. Water parameters are as follows:</span></span>
<span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: Verdana">1.22 SG</span></span>
<span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: Verdana">8.2 PH</span></span>
<span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: Verdana">Nitrates .2</span></span>
<span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: Verdana">Nitrites 0</span></span>
<span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: Verdana">Ammonia 0, (maybe a tiny bit above I have trouble reading his color charts, I’m partially color blind)</span></span>
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<span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: Verdana">To answer the questions below he has a 150 gallon cube tank with sump, UV and protein skimmer. Has had the tank set up for 4 weeks, he has a lion fish 6in, porcupine puffer 6in, Huma trigger 5in, Niger trigger 4in and the clown trigger 6in. Water parameters are as follows:</span></span>
<span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: Verdana">1.22 SG</span></span>
<span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: Verdana">8.2 PH</span></span>
<span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: Verdana">Nitrates .2</span></span>
<span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: Verdana">Nitrites 0</span></span>
<span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: Verdana">Ammonia 0, (maybe a tiny bit above I have trouble reading his color charts, I’m partially color blind)</span></span>
Amici;599246 wrote: Are you sure the sg isnt 1.022?
Well if the tank has been up 4 weeks and there are already that many fish in the tank then Ill bet that is part of it. That is one hefty fish list for a 4 week old tank. Was the rock fully cured when he set the tank up?
What kind of test kit are you using?
Thats what I was going to say, four weeks is very short to have that many large fish in there. Maybe new tank syndrome or maybe the tank just hasn't fully cycled yet.
Yes SP 1.022 my mistake.
Test kit is OceanMaster.
It had 180 lbs fully cured LR and 140 lbs live sand, he says he called out his LFS technichian every week to ensure the tank cycled properly. Take this as a grain of salt, my boss is full of sh!# half of the time.
Test kit is OceanMaster.
It had 180 lbs fully cured LR and 140 lbs live sand, he says he called out his LFS technichian every week to ensure the tank cycled properly. Take this as a grain of salt, my boss is full of sh!# half of the time.
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That looks like a whole lot of fish for a cube... especially a new cube...
...and the clown trigger is the only one with a ptoblem?
Whoever sold this to him didn't do a good job of informing the customer...
...and your boss has made an uninformed buying decision... not necessarily his fault - He may have misinformed by someone trying to sell a big tank and some kinda expensive fish.
I had been considering a lion, porcupine and clown trigger for a long tine... untik I learned about triggers nipping off lion fins and porcupines needing occasional burping... sure, they're exceptions, but comnon enough to lead me in another direction.
...and the clown trigger is the only one with a ptoblem?
Whoever sold this to him didn't do a good job of informing the customer...
...and your boss has made an uninformed buying decision... not necessarily his fault - He may have misinformed by someone trying to sell a big tank and some kinda expensive fish.
I had been considering a lion, porcupine and clown trigger for a long tine... untik I learned about triggers nipping off lion fins and porcupines needing occasional burping... sure, they're exceptions, but comnon enough to lead me in another direction.
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You might want to send your boss a link to this thread... if he's the sort of boss who thinks before he reacts...
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It's not uncommon for an LFS to sell a customer something that isn't going to work out and it won't be the first time a fish dies soon after purchase - it sucks, but it is what it is. Not all folks in the business are as informed as they should be, and not all folks in the business are as ethical as they should be...
...at the same time, buyers need to do their due diligence as well.
That's the hard part... buyers frequently don't know how much diligence is due diligence - and that's especially true in the saltwater industry... which is why forums like this club here are fantastically helpful to people in this hobby...
Unfortunately, most of us don't learn about this forum until we've gotten into the hobby and are hooked!
...at the same time, buyers need to do their due diligence as well.
That's the hard part... buyers frequently don't know how much diligence is due diligence - and that's especially true in the saltwater industry... which is why forums like this club here are fantastically helpful to people in this hobby...
Unfortunately, most of us don't learn about this forum until we've gotten into the hobby and are hooked!
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