red tail tamarin wrasse on it's death bed

jdircksen · 05/13/2008, 08:13 PM

I bought a red tail tamarin wrasse last Friday and it isn't doing too well. I'm afraid it won't make it through the night. The only thing it would eat was frozen mysis shrimp and it just chewed it up and spit it back out. It seems to be having buoyancy problems that get worse each day. At first I just thought it was searching the rock for food with it's head down, but now its turning over sideways.
I read about it being a hard fish to keep, but I've never had a fish die this soon. I acclimate my fish for 1-2 hours then put them into the tank. I've never had a problem with ich and the quickest a fish has died is 3 or 4 months. The high fin wrasse I bought 2 weeks ago is doing great.

Anyway, back to the poor tamarin. Is there anything I can do? I netted it without any resistance and put it in it's own container. I've tried frozen cyclopeeze, rod's food, and dry flake food with garlic.

Any suggestions?

zemuron114 · 05/14/2008, 01:21 AM

it most likely wont. They have a very poor track record. If you try one again, make sure it is eating fully prior to buying it.

BangkokMatt · 05/14/2008, 06:46 AM

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Originally posted by zemuron114
it most likely wont. They have a very poor track record. If you try one again, make sure it is eating fully prior to buying it.

Unfortunately, I have to agree. I doubt it will pull through this

05/13/2008, 08:13 PM	#1
jdircksen Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: 43081 Posts: 659	red tail tamarin wrasse on it's death bed I bought a red tail tamarin wrasse last Friday and it isn't doing too well. I'm afraid it won't make it through the night. The only thing it would eat was frozen mysis shrimp and it just chewed it up and spit it back out. It seems to be having buoyancy problems that get worse each day. At first I just thought it was searching the rock for food with it's head down, but now its turning over sideways. I read about it being a hard fish to keep, but I've never had a fish die this soon. I acclimate my fish for 1-2 hours then put them into the tank. I've never had a problem with ich and the quickest a fish has died is 3 or 4 months. The high fin wrasse I bought 2 weeks ago is doing great. Anyway, back to the poor tamarin. Is there anything I can do? I netted it without any resistance and put it in it's own container. I've tried frozen cyclopeeze, rod's food, and dry flake food with garlic. Any suggestions?

05/14/2008, 01:21 AM	#2
zemuron114 Moved On Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Pilgrim State (Mass) Posts: 4,039	it most likely wont. They have a very poor track record. If you try one again, make sure it is eating fully prior to buying it.