Bad sign, need to slow down

[dz6t]

I am going too hot for this reef thingy and I need to slow down and stop buying live stock for a while. I just lost 4 shrimps, three fish and one giant feather duster. It may be a sign for needing to slow down and stop buying any live stocks. I am feeling real bad right now.

 

[davidrupe]

How did they all die?

Sorry to hear that...

 

[Marlboro]

Sorry for your losses, how did you lose them ?? How old is your system ??

 

[starrfish]

Oh, that's so sad - so sorry for your losses. Patience is definitely a virtue in this hobby.

 

[ScottM]

hopefully some of that rock will help boost your bioload processing.

 

[dz6t]

They got killed, the water quality is great.

Only the large fish is not affected.

All dead fish were missing fins and tails and wounds all over their bodies.

All dead shrimps' body were still complete. They were all small peppermints, not the larger cleaner and mean looking coral banded shrimp.

 

[dz6t]

I am using a flash light trying to catch whoever did these. I added quite a bit of corals and rocks recently. No, not the little Mantis shrimp I got form Ray. It is too small and in a different tank.

 

[dz6t]

Anyone has a Mantis shrimp trap or bristtle worm trap that I can borrow? Thanks

 

[Marlboro]

Damn something is attacking your fish, I would jump into that tank and find out whos doing it!! Goodluck

 

[Mr. Slippery]

I doubt that a mantis or crab would all of a sudden decide to kill a bunch of fish in one night. The damage you see to the fish is most likely post-mortem. Use the time that you are spending searching for a culprit to test all parameters. You say they are great, what does "great" mean ? I'd test everything before you do anything else.

 

[etszoo]

Hey, if you catch it, I am looking for a carnivor for my fuge...too much in there.
-Eric

 

[dz6t]

Amonia, nitrite, nitrate all zero.
Salt level is 1.025

They did not died one night. They died one by one. Today my Royal gramma was the latest vic.

All corals are doing fine.

How big a mantis shrimp needed to kill a 1 to two inch fish?

 

[clamm]

Anyone has a Mantis shrimp trap or bristtle worm trap that I can borrow? Thanks

i have a bristle worm trap...

 

[MarkO]

do you hear the snapping or see them?

 

[dz6t]

I don't hear or see anything yet.

 

[dz6t]

I need a mantis trap just in case. Anyone has one that I can borrow? I will borrow clamm's worm trap to see what I can catch by that?

Thanks for all the help.

I "think" I saw a shadow figure running behind rock to rock but I can figure out what it is. It is not very big though.

Just in case, how do you kill a mantis shrimp (or better yet, catch it alive)?

 

[nitrofish]

Just in case, how do you kill a mantis shrimp (or better yet, catch it alive)?[/QUOTE]


I just found one in my tank , I want it out too. if anyone can help id jump up and down for joy

 

[wrassefan]

I'm doubting that it was a predator also...usually the cleanup crew tears apart the bodies of the dead over night and that is what you find after the carnage. How long has your tank been running and how quickly did you add all the live stock?? Even with a fully cycled tank, you can get quick spikes if your bioload can't keep up with 3 or 4 fish going in at once with a bunch of corals. Then heavy feeding, etc...you get my point. Also, depending on the fish health from the LFS...if it dies...adds bioload...throws off say ammonia and nitrite........

 

[denvig]

What kind of fish are left? Are you sure it's not them?

 

[dz6t]

The tank is 5 month old and there is no water problem.

They don;t die over night either. For example, when I go out to get meet Scott at 1:30PM yesterday and one fish was alright and swimming. When I get home at 4PM. it was half dead with tail fin missing and part of the dorsal gone. He died later at night.

This morning, I can't find my coral banded shrimp who usually stayed in view.

I have two green neo gobies, one yellow tang and one neon dottyback left.