bacterial infection

Hi! Many days ago I detected a fish in my tank that had like a "broken" caudal fin. I didn't give it importance, I thought it was a small fight or something similar. Then I was away from my home for a month or so and when I returned I saw many caudal and pectoral fins broken also I have an...

So i’ve had this goby for about 4 months and probably a month ago, he began to develop a white scrape. I had assumed it was just a scrape because i saw it shortly after I had been moving my rocks around to catch a six line. A month later and it seems to be healing but still a reddish sore...

So i’ve had this goby for about 4 months and probably a month ago, he began to develop a white scrape. I had assumed it was just a scrape because i saw it shortly after I had been moving my rocks around to catch a six line. A month later and it seems to be healing but still a reddish sore...

So I have an orange line chromis that I noticed was missing some of his tail fin about a week ago but he’s going strong and eating. I’m not noticing any bullying going on, but obviously can’t watch 24/7. Today I’ve noticed strange patches on him that I need help with. I also have a black clown...

Somehow idek how I got a bacterial infection in my reef tank. It knocked out my tomini tang, saddle back clownfish, melenarous wrasse, and diamond back goby. It was very disappointing. Tried to treat, but alas I was too late. Corals, sea hare, and cleaner shrimp are of course healthy and happy...

Hello, I have a Red Fin Fairy Wrasse wich was doing very well until this past Monday when I found it laying in the sand with some type of mocus, it was very lethargic and he was not eating. I observe and research what could this be and at night I catch it and gave it a bath in Rally. During...

Hey there, I recently added a kole tang into my 5ft display tank with 3 other tangs (sailfin, powder blue, blue hippo). Fish looked fine prior to being introduced but within 1hour he now has face markings that looks to be from some form of disease/ infection/ fungi. He also has a few white...

Hello Everyone, My New York Nicks torch has been having trouble lately from what I assume to be a bacterial infection. I am at a loss on what I need to do or if anyone has delt with these issues in the past. All parameters are in check and this is the only coral (including all other torches)...

This is my post from 7/19/20: https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/help-sick-fish.740872/#post-7800478 In summary: We believe a Yellow Tang brought in an illness. Yellow Tang died 7/3 and Tomini Tang died 7/17. The tangs were introduced 6/27. Filefish introduced at the end of May died 7/19...

Pictures of a springers damsel attached. We also lost an orchid dottyback with similar marks. The dottyback was being bullied in the DT, the springers damsel was healthy as could be this morning in the DT. I moved it to QT and the other two springers damsels that had been in QT a few days took a...

This fairy wrasse died in the DT today. I did round two of prazi for suspected flukes two days ago. Prazipro seemed to coincide with a strong shift in fish behavior. I put carbon back online this morning. A number of fish that were especially skittish are now back out and nibbling. All of the...

I think my Helfrich’s firefish could have a fungal infection. There is some discoloration on one side of the body, and there seems to be a swollen whitish area at the base of the tail. Additionally, the tail itself is losing some of its yellow color. The tail was bitten quite badly by another...

Hey everyone, Im sure this has been posted 100 times, but is API Triple Sulfa invert safe/Can it be added to food? I have a Powder Brown tang with what appears to be a mouth infection/torn tissue - I have been using kanaplex+focus mixed with frozen mysis/selcon/garlic. After about 10 days of...

Hey everyone, I am new to saltwater tanks and have already made my first mistake... I did not QT my fish as I added them.. After my tank cycled I went ahead and gradualy added fish from my recommended LFS and now I have issues. My latest entry is a small hippo tang and powder brown tang and...

I came home from work today and saw my chevron tang had some Mark's on the side of it. My dogface puffer also seems to have a little cloudy spot on his fin. I think it my be a bacterial infection. I have a 155 gallon with a 40 gallon sump not shoe what I should do.

Woke up this morning to see my firefish with a red rash. Before this morning he already had some fin damage from a bully clownfish, which I have rehomed a week or so ago. However, this morning was particularly odd because not only was there a red flesh wound? that appeared, the fins seemed to...

Hi! I have a clownfish with a rotting patch near its anus, I noticed his fins are splitting a bit. I introduced a second clown last week from a different fish store and it died within 2 days I’m wondering if it transmitted its disease to this one! he’s eating fine but seems a bit lethargic, my...

Tonight when feeding all my fish in qt I see the yellow coris/canary wrasse looking bad! Tattered fins Whitish patches on side Fish has been swimming mostly at surface of qt, very active, eats very well. This afternoon it kept swimming through air stone bubbles which I thought odd. It’s been...

Just noticed my CBB has a nasty looking spot on his side in the middle and I’m trying to figure out what it might be. Maybe a bacterial infection? He’s swimming around fine and eating very well like always. I’ve had him about a year and a half. Not sure what actions to take and what to treat him...

I’ve probably read/seen this scenario 50 times in this forum but need some direction & confidence! This tang (& 2 clowns and 6 chromic) were added about 9 months ago to my reef after 80 day fallow and 30 day Copper. All has been well. I just did a 30 day Copper & 10 day observation with yellow...

Hi, this is my first post on R2R. I've been using this forum as a resource, just reading threads, for almost a year now, and it's been fantastic, so when I encountered this problem I couldn't figure out how to solve, I figured I'd join. (But I'm sure I'll use this forum for a bunch else now...

I noticed a yellowish/brown string hanging out of my coral beauty today. I'm assuming it is poo. Is this a sign of internal parasites or some other type of infection? Or does the string of poo have to be white to signify an internal infection??