sudden change of behaviour

[pinocchio]

hi guys,

woke up this morning to feed my fishes and found that none of them wants to eat!

Tried mysis shrimp... they dont want.

Tried ocean pallets... they dont want.

Tried henry's food... they dont want.

The only changes I've introduced is a Seio powerhead.. now all the fishes are in hiding and seem to be breathing heavily.

I've checked parameters all okay.. ammonia, nitrite, nitrate all in acceptable levels.

anyone has similiar experiences before?

[AlfaRomeo]

have you done a water change as a preventive measure?

[alanseah]

u got test of any leak of elect current...????

if not try shifting your powerhead..

[dleecool]

Hi,

Do u check ur PH?

[vincegoh]

It may be due to electrical leakage.

Better buy a electric tester before putting your hand into the water!

[pinocchio]

hmmm i did put my hands in the water i dont feel anything? just the current against my hand tt's all..

latest status: fishies still alive... but still in a state of shock like that.

I've remove the powerhead since morning before i went to work.... dun know if they will eat later or not... will update. poor things they must be hungry now!

[neokn]

hmmm i did put my hands in the water i dont feel anything? just the current against my hand tt's all..

latest status: fishies still alive... but still in a state of shock like that.

I've remove the powerhead since morning before i went to work.... dun know if they will eat later or not... will update. poor things they must be hungry now!

May be the electric current is too weak to be felt by your hand but the LS is experiencing it?

Good luck tonight.

[MR@West]

It might due to the strong current in your tank created by the Sieo pump!

Try to get the pump out and at the same time, switch of the lighting to further reduce the stress of your fishes.

Good lucky to U.....

[vincegoh]

May be the electric current is too weak to be felt by your hand but the LS is experiencing it?

Good luck tonight.

I agree with neokn.

Buy a tester, a good investment as well. Cost around $15, I think.

What kind of pumps are u using? China-made equipment has the tendency to leak electricity. I had used a cheap pump to mix my salt water. ONce I felt slight tingling feeling on my arms when I put my hand into the water. Later then I realise that it is due to electrical leaks! I have since throw away the pump liao.

Good luck, friend.

[pinocchio]

1 of the blue tangs has died..

I have removed the pump in the morning already.. its a seio pump.. no gd?

and now i see white spots on my foxface... is tt ich? He has never gotten ich before... only after introducing the pump then like this.

any suggested action plans?

I'm going to do a 30% water change later..

[Domino]

this is weird...

Is the pump noisy in any way? does it make too much current?

[pinocchio]

nope the pump is not noisy.. it looks gd? i've put the pump back in..

anyway, the latest update is.. all the remaining fishes still alive.. i added "cure ich" yesterday and this morning.. seems better now. the blue tang is eating.. only the foxface still no appetite.

My guess is that the ich somehow hides in 1 part of the tank where flow is low? then when i added the pump, it somehow kicks it all over the tank which is how they got infected?errr.. does tt make sense? I dont know..cos i never had ich problem b4 until i add the pump.

any pros can help with this?

[don]

what is your water temperature?Might be a sudden change of water temperature when the Seio pump is in used.

[Clownfish]

too much current?

[pinocchio]

i dont think its too much current... at least it look sensibily moderate to aerate the tank.

and my temp is pretty constant between 26 and 27.4... never goes over 28.. im using a fan to bring temp down.

help help..

[eques]

is your pump causing bubbles into your tank?or may be when you insert the pump you did disturb the sand or rocks. wat the size of your pump?

[FuEl]

New tank syndrome? When fishes get ich it means your water parameters are not stable as yet.

[RAV-65]

Maybe the pump stirred up too much deritus and dat caused some imbalance...

[pinocchio]

thnks for contributing guys,

nope the pump did not create any bubbles nor did i disturb the rocks or sand..

my parameters are okay leh.. at least from what I measured and calculated out..

I think maybe RAV-65 is right... I could have kicked up too much deritus and dat caused some imbalance ... cos the fishes seem pretty alright now.

I'm going to feed them breakfast and then dose another cup of cure ich.. I will see how it goes.. hopefully they survive..

[Lin]

ur fish ok? pH ok?

[pinocchio]

they look okay to me.. blue tang ich is gone now(for the moment)..

foxface still not eating...

but their breathing looks back to normal...

pump is in the tank too...

just dont know why they not hungry... hmm.. i've soaked their food in garlic juice(I SQUEEZE MYSELF!).. still not eating..

PH is fine...

[that was niceeeee]

i usually have elect shock when putting my hands in..but fishes all seem fine..eating happily le..but my fishes like no feeling

[pinocchio]

guess what!!!

I just dropped a bit of mysis shrimp and the foxface finally decides to eat!!! and he's back to his hungry self!!!!!

they look normal to me now!! yay!!

niceeee you keep electric eels? maye their volt higher then the pump....