Poorly Fish

[iphoenix593]

hi,

this is my first post on here... my mother has a problem with on of her fish in her tank.. i cant remember what it is called.. ( it is white with black spots, with a big mouth on it)
for some reason it hasn't hardly been eating for the past couple of days.. it will either sit next to the glass or just hide in the rocks..
the water etc in the tank is fine.. no nitrates / ammonia etc..

can any one help me with this one...

thanks

 

[iphoenix593]

Just got a couple of pics of the fish...

 

[crazyelece]

Its a panther grouper, a heavy meat eater. It will also get extremely large, hope you are prepared. I have no direct experience with them other than watching them at the LFS.

 

[hutsler]

can you give more info? how long has the tank been up how long have you had the fish ext... that nay help

 

[iphoenix593]

can you give more info? how long has the tank been up how long have you had the fish ext... that nay help

The tanks has been up since november last year, the fish has been in since around february, it has always been lively but for the past few days it has just been sat at the bottom of the tank and not eating.


hope this helps....

 

[Chac]

Can you give us a note of your test results

 

[iphoenix593]

Can you give us a note of your test results

i have just done the tests on he water:
Nitrite 0ppm
PH 7.8/8
Nitrate 80ppm
Ammonia 0ppm

just done a water chage prior to these results using RO water, i think that the nitrate's are a tad high, another water change!?

 

[Siamese Fighter05]

In a nano nitrates aren't supposed to go other 20ppm if it's a fish only and 10 if there are corals

I'd imagine that it's the same in larger tank as well... which would mean you nitrates are far too high which could be putting the fish under stress

What percentage water change did you do?

 

[iphoenix593]

the water change was nominal would guess around 15% (i didnt do it so not totally sure) would you think that it will require another change ... say a 25% one!?

 

[Siamese Fighter05]

I'd say so but you don't want to do too much in one day as this could cause even more stress on your livestock

You might need to do 10% daily water changes for a few days to get the nitrates back to a safe level.

You'll have to try and keep the levels constantly at a safe level after this by keeping up with regular water changes.

Goodluck and keep us updated! Dan