fire fish goby not eating

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ok guys i am having a problem i am on my second firefish, the first one died about 3 days after buying it, (i think it was diseased), so i went out and bougt annother one on 10/5, and he hasnt been doing to well he is not eating or if he does eat its very little, i need to know if this is normal or i need to try one thing else, he will eat a little bit of emerald entree(an omnivous food) i know he is carnivourous so when i bought him i bought brine shrimp he wouldent eat them so i went out and bought mysis shrimp he will pick one or two up but he spits em out, then i went out and bought a garlic supplment no luck with that so i wnet to the book store and read some books and they said to try some blood worms so i got some blood worms, he will pick one up but once again he spits it out. the other tank mates are two ocellerious(spelling) clown fish. i will post the tank parameters later, if there is any one that can shed some light on the subject that would be greatly appreciated,
 
How long has the tank been setup? Honestly, I havent had a fish not eat after a couple of days from being introduced.

Unless the fish is being stressed out by something.
 
its been up about a month now but im im fully cycled i watched the amonia and nitrites drop and my nitrats rais to about 25ppm then drop down to zero
 
sry mis-type the nitrates were around 10ppm, the tank paramiters as of tonight before i topped the tank off were amonia .10ppm nitrate 5.0ppm nitrite 0ppm ph 8.2 phsphate 0
 
Those parameters are hopefully switched. If you do have residual ammonia, that means something has either died in there or the various processes haven't completed fully yet. Then again, the test may be giving a false reading (the API ammonia kits do this, IME). My immediate suggestion is to perform some water changes just in case. Then there is the possibility of internal issues with the fish (worms, etc.) and its refusal to eat. If that is the case, it may be too far gone to begin with. Would you happen to have a picture of it?
 
well its too late it died in the night i found it this morning in the protien skimmer intake, i was watching it real close last night and it looked like he was gasping for air, i think it was lack of oxygen but i dont know, and i do have an api test kit and i tested before i topped off the tank so i think that had some thing to do with the slightly elavated amonia just to note this is the seccond one that died i dont know what my do rating is and if the gobies require more oxygen than the clown fish
 
I doubt it is a DO issue, as your other fish would definitely respond. It sounds as though something was wrong with the fish to begin with. I would suggest trying a different source for these fish and giving your tank a few weeks off without adding anything new.
 
ok it just sounds odd that two fish from two different sources could suffer from the same symptoms and it not be something with the tank
 
Ah, they are from two different sources? I was making the assumption that it was the same. There is still the possibility that their suppliers may be the same, however. I still don't suspect DO, as again, your clownfishes should be experiencing the same. Their oxygen demand shouldn't be substantially different. If it is an in-tank issue, giving it some time and doing some water changing in the meantime should help. If you suspect a DO issue, growing some macroalgae in a remote refugium might help. If you can't do that and want it in the tank, that is possible too. Just be warned that once introduced into a tank, most macroalgae cannot ever be fully removed again. You are stuck with it. It also directly competes with corals.
 
ok yea i had my lfs test the water today to make sure my reading were right and they said every thing is fine i never thought that the suppliers might be the same. thats a good point about the do issue and the other fish having about the same oxygen demand, and yea i dont have a refugium nor a sump, and i plan on putting corals in the tank so i dont think macro algae is a good idea
 
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