Powder blue tang not doing well

I'm not sure what happened.  She looked great a day ago and was eating like crazy, but last night I found a bunch of nips out of her fins and she was just resting at the bottom of the tank breathing heavily.   I saw her and the clownfish chase eachother once in a while, but nothing major.  I think maybe she got really stressed out and got a bacterial infection?  That's all I can think of.  So I'm going to get some antibiotics this morning and hope she pulls through.  I'm not very optimistic though.  She's kind of on her side, breathing really heavy and will do a death roll whenenver another fish swims by her in the QT.  It's very sad /DesktopModules/ActiveForums/themes/_default/emoticons/sad.gif  Params of the QT are all really good (.25 Ammonia, 0 Nitrite, 0 Nitrate, pH 8.2).  I add a little ammolock every night so I'm not worried about the ammonia.  Plus they've done great in there for the past month!  Just sucks to have this happen a day before I was supposed to put them back in.

 

Yeah, I put all of the others back in the main tank. They're all super healthy, eating, breathing fine, and no signs of ick or stress. I did another 50% this morning because the ammo was 2ppm (ammolock is good up to 3ppm). I did one last night too, just in case the water was bad, although the params were great. I also threw in some maramycin-2 just in case she has a bacterial infection. I'm hoping she pulls through! Let me know when you frag that green bird's nest bret.  There are two 4" 90 degree bend PVC pipes in the QT with an airstone and a filter pack rated for 30g (it's a 15g tub).

 

Did you get yours from Hung too? /DesktopModules/ActiveForums/themes/_default/emoticons/tongue.gif Kinda pissed at him for telling me to not QT it and then it got ick 3 days later, and within 5 my whole tank had it. Hopefully when I go in to talk to him about this today (If the fish died...) He makes up for his mistake.

 

Ah no, When I ask Hung 5 times if he's really sure that I don't need to QT the fish and he tells me, "No, it will be fine without QT," I blame him. If he even said once that it needed to be QTed there'd be no question. I put the fish in because I trusted his livestock and judgment.

 

Actually, he values his customers. I have spent over $500 in the last 6 months there and being a smart businessman he realizes that giving someone a discount on the next fish is the proper business practice. This is why I shop with Hung. He stands behind his livestock and when he makes a mistake he fixes it.

Now, Cyber, if you want to defend an LFS for giving its patrons bad advice and accidentally selling them sick animals, that's your right, but it makes absolutely no logical sense. Businesses that sell bad products and don't back them up disappear very quickly. It's called customer satisfaction. Hung knows what he's doing from a saltwater and a business stand point. That's why he's arguably the best in the area.

"How is anyone going to know what kind of stress-ors are associated with your tank but you."

Well, when it happens within 3 days of the purchase and the tank was ick free for 8 months with perfect params, I can gather that the parasite came in on the most recent addition.

When did I say I wanted a free fish out of the deal? I just wanted a discount on the next one. I paid $85 for a fish that should have cost $40. I asked him for his cost on the next fish and he said that sounded reasonable.

 

She was dead when I got home today. Thanks for the advice though Fnvarner. All the others look happy in the display tank and they all ate today so that's good news. My Blue hippo tang ran into and got stuck in a cluster of my sps when I put her back in so she has a couple of scratches on her, but nothing that won't heal in a couple of days.

 

So apparently some people though I was ranting, putting down Hung, and completely blaming him for the death of my fish. I was not. Yes I was upset and I'm not very happy I had to QT my whole tank for a month only to have the fish that started the initial infestation die, BUT I'm not blaming Hung for this. It was an oversight on both of our parts, and that is why I am not asking him for a free fish or angrily confronting him about it. You can't blame him for trusting his product. He's been rock solid on his advice and his livestock up to this MINOR issue and he has FIXED the problem. I don't really see how this thread smeared him or threw him under bad light. If anything I think it shows he's a great business man who cares about his customers and runs an honest operation. I apologize if anything I said made it sound otherwise.

 

Hung's prices are very reasonable for live stock. I have gotten all of my livestock there ~$300 (3 chromis, a pair of clowns, blue hippo tang, 5 peppermint shrimp, bubble tip anemone, yellow long nose butterfly, and the powder blue tang), my clean-up crew for the past 6 months ~$200, and a few pieces of soft coral, ~$100. Rock there is very expensive ~13/lb, but that's about it. His salt is on par with petsolutions/dr fosters, and his food is very reasonable too. He's also an extremely nice guy. I go in there about twice a week just to chat with him. You really can't beat his service. Where do you shop dblwide? You can't get fish on-line for cheaper than his prices.

 

Hung's good friends with the guy at Pet's Playhouse. I can't believe how many tanks Hung maintains or that people pay him $75+ every 2 weeks for a cleaning. Maybe when I get rich I could afford to have that kind of service... He does have great tanks though.