I had three fish in my ~6 month old 29 gallon, a cleaner wrasse, a yellow damsel, and a rusty angel. Two days ago I decided to clean off a few very sandy rocks. I took out a few rocks and scrubbed them gently with a toothbrush in my saltwater water change bucket. I put the rocks back in the tank a little differently, just for a change of scenery.
Fast foward to that night, I see my angel swimming around close to the bottom after the tank light is off, something I've never seen him do. He also seems to be covered in ich (lots of small white spots). Supposing it may have something to do with the rocks, I put them back in place and hope he makes it through the night. The next morning he looked much better, almost all of his small white dots were gone and he was eating a little. I think, whew, my one and only expensive ($30) fish is going to make it. This morning, I wake up and he's very close to death, laying on the bottom, getting stuck to the filter, etc... A few hours later he was completely gone and I had to "return him to the ocean" in Finding Nemo fashion.
The other fish and tank inhabitants look 100% fine, and I just did a 33% water change and test last week, so the water conditions should be beyond great too. I'd like to find out what happened so I can avoid it in the future. Any ideas or suggestions? Could the rock movement have stressed the angel to the point of death?
Fast foward to that night, I see my angel swimming around close to the bottom after the tank light is off, something I've never seen him do. He also seems to be covered in ich (lots of small white spots). Supposing it may have something to do with the rocks, I put them back in place and hope he makes it through the night. The next morning he looked much better, almost all of his small white dots were gone and he was eating a little. I think, whew, my one and only expensive ($30) fish is going to make it. This morning, I wake up and he's very close to death, laying on the bottom, getting stuck to the filter, etc... A few hours later he was completely gone and I had to "return him to the ocean" in Finding Nemo fashion.
The other fish and tank inhabitants look 100% fine, and I just did a 33% water change and test last week, so the water conditions should be beyond great too. I'd like to find out what happened so I can avoid it in the future. Any ideas or suggestions? Could the rock movement have stressed the angel to the point of death?
