baby bangaiis help

[tyson]

i have 9 baby bangaiis that are about a month and a half old. recently i transferred them from thier in tank specimen container to a 28g that i hooked onto my main system to keep the water quality constant. when we transferred them into the 28 evryone of them "died" temporarily.
when i say died i mean they became stiff and were unable to swim, they were still breathing but some floated belly up to the surface a few sank to the bottom and layed on the floor and a few were being tossed around by the flow unable to move.
i attributed this to the flow being to much for them to handle(mag 7) so i T'd off my return and added a ball valve to slow it down. what type of flow is appropriate for them?
since the move they have settled in the tank fine, but now when i feed them a few "die" temporarily everytime. why do they do this and is this normal? are they being paralyzed with fear?

[VWD]

I have never raised them and can't answer That, I am only bumping this up,

[VWD]

Tyson, I don't know what made them do that, I have never raised them and hope someone can chime in with some info to help you

[icebear]

maybe its one of those "play dead" responses to stress? weird!

[tyson]

thanks vwd.

i hope someone has seen this before. its becoming very nerve racking to watch and hope they recover everytime.
after a month and a half and starting out with 10 i have only lost one of these fish(literally, i never did find him! ) so far i am happy with my success but this issue has got me.

[tyson]

maybe its one of those "play dead" responses to stress? weird

ive had people suggest that its a defense mechanism..if so thats probably the worst defense ive ever seen! float helplessly that ought to work!

[partobe]

Ive had fish do that before they were adults but If Imoved the rock or moved them they would play dead. It kinda makes me wonder if I tossed some live ones along the way

[tyson]

thanks VWD. i wasnt getting any responses in the breeder forum so i also did a thread in GRD. sorry to start 2 threads on the same topic, but i would feel better if someone told me this was normal or not.

[tyson]

Ive had fish do that before they were adults but If Imoved the rock or moved them they would play dead.

yeah, but this is daily and more than one fish at a time.

It kinda makes me wonder if I tossed some live ones along the way

[icebear]

Originally Posted by tyson

ive had people suggest that its a defense mechanism..if so thats probably the worst defense ive ever seen! float helplessly that ought to work!

swimming away is usually the best way to catch a predator's attention. going stiff and floating to the bottom like something inedible isn't a bad bet....

[fish.freak]

try adding a long spine urchin, it might make them feel more at home. They can hide in the spines if they get scared.

I am trying to pair two up, but they seem to stay on opposite sides of the tank now.

[Sambo]

I'm absolutely positive other people have mentioned this before. Have you searched for other threads on raising banggais? Sorry I can't be more specific (or know why this happens...)

[fish.freak]

Posting some pics will most definatly help find a soln.

[Sambo]

Try this:

http://thereeftank.com/forums/showth...t=banggai+baby

[tyson]

try adding a long spine urchin, it might make them feel more at home. They can hide in the spines if they get scared.

i have a fake urchin in there that has worked. its really crude but they still hide in it. its a chunk of styrofoam with some toothpicks shoved through it and zip tied to a magfloat. like i said crude, but they still hide in it. they "die" so quickly that they cant make it over to it before they become stiff.