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Hello, I recently set up my first saltwater tank, and I accidentally introduced a parasite in, I'm not quite sure what it is, but it killed one of my ocularis clownfish. I don't have any other fish or invertebrate in the tank, so I figured I could skip the quarantine process, but I just found...

Clownfish seems to have white spots on the bottom of his mouth and part of fin. His fins also seems a little damaged? Eating very well and very active. Had it for a couple days now. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Was out trying to find a product to use more as a bath, post FW dip when I went to my LFS they swore by this product called FRITZ PARA GUARD. They told me it's what they use in their tanks and it "treats everything (velvet, ich, brook, flukes)" and it's totally fine to put into your reef system-...

Hi, Im a bit of a novice here and im looking for some guidance and perhaps some reassurance that what I've done and am doing is the right thing. I lost all of my fish except 2 wrasses about 7 weeks ago. I have only been in the hobby for a year and didn't realise how important it was to have a...

I've been frantically going through this forum to try and save my moribund clownfish but had no luck unfortunately. My clownfish has died and I have no clue why after extensive testing. Tank is about 2 and a half months old or so. I've had my clowns for a little over a month. Currently...

My clownfish has been showing symptoms for about 10 days now. Initially, I suspected it might be ich, as I know it can sometimes be present without visible signs. This clownfish has always been the only livestock in the tank, which also houses a mangrove and some macroalgae. I’ve had him for 6–9...

hi all, i moved a few months ago, my tank did really well surviving the move and all was great. once i felt ready, i added a one spot foxface to my reef stock of: 2x 12 yo clown fish, a 4 yo tomini tang, a 2 yo bicolor blenny, a 4 yo Aiptasia eating file fish, and a 1yo watchman.. the foxface...

Hi I bought two black storm clowns on Saturday and they’ve been in the store for 4 months, they’ve been feeding well and acting fine but when I got home today I noticed the male was sat in the bottom of the tank not doing much just breathing heavily with a cloudy eye and a few patches of his...

Looking for some advise? Brook spread over 4/5 fish over a week and quickly took them out however I have one clown which has only got bigger and brighter. This clown has remained in my tank for past 2 weeks with no sign of brook. I look to keep this fish in there for another 4 weeks before...

Hi all, I got this clownfish from PetCo (5 days ago). My other clownfish (not from PetCo) seems fine. The tank has 3 ppm Nitrate, 0 nitrite, 0 ammonia. Salinity is 1.025 sg. pH is 7.9. This was the clownfish yesterday This is it today The fish eats and swims normally. I gave it a...

hey guys so I’ve been fighting a parasite which I thought was ich for the last week or two. I was treating with polyp medic lab, running a uv sterilizer, feeding nutrient rich foods and I thought everything seemed to be going ok. At first nothing got crazy better, but it didn’t get worse. So I...

Hello all, I am new to reef2reef. I set up a 20g tank a couple of months ago. It has a yellow tail damsel, clownfish and flame hawk fish. They are all about 1.5-2 inches long and get along pretty well. The damsel gets upset when the clownfish goes near his rocks but everyone generally gets...

A while ago I made the poor decision to purchase a baby ocellaris clown to pair up with my already established mocca clownfish. I Placed him in the DT (which I’m now starting to regret due to the better safety precautions of owning a quarantine system) and he seemed fine for the first couple...

My clown has small white dots on him for a few days now and they keep multiplying as the days go by, I've had him since May with no problems. I just want to confirm whether this is ich or brook.

We finally got our UV up and running so thought we would try to start tangs. Introduced 3 to our 180 gallon. One of them was a very skinny mimic tang. After 3 weeks, we never saw him again so assumed he had passed. LFS said we had a huge cleanup crew so monitor levels but do not tear apart...

Can someone help me determine if this is ich vs brook? Long story short, I found what I thought was a good deal on a kole tang and added it to my reef. All seemed well at first but now I've noticed a few spots on its fins which spread to all over its body. It seems to have infected my orchid...

I noticed one of my clowns had some signs of his pelvic fin being nipped at, but I mistakenly thought this was from the female bullying him and establishing dominance.. A week or so later it looks like he’s losing coloration near his stomach, which looks like it’s turning transparent from his...

Hello all, Hoping to get some advice. Just received an order of fish that included an Algae blenny, Tomini tang and a few other smaller fish Everyone has been in a quarantine tank for 3 days so far. Just noticed a wound on the tomini tang and not sure if this could be uronima or a bite from...

Last week, I posted a thread asking for help with a splotchy white discoloration on one of my clowns. Here’s the link to the thread: https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/sudden-discoloration-in-clownfish-otherwise-acting-normally.936085/ The prevailing opinion seemed to be that it was brook. I...

Got home tonight and the smaller of my clown pair was looking like this. Could it be brook or velvet? It and all of the other fish in my tank are acting fine.

I just noticed these white spots all over my one clown. How can I tell if it's Velvet or Brooklynella? I attached pictures although it was very hard to capture a clear photo of it. Is there anything I can do to stop it? And do I have to start over after this, like a 100% water change? Thanks!

Hey all, so I’ve had this yellow tang in my tank since September 25,2021 he’s been doing great eats both the frozen food and algae I put in the tank. I recently introduced a fire fish and sand sifting goby late December who are also eating well. Today I noticed these marks on my tang, none of my...

I have had a case of what I think was brooklynella in the past 5 months. It started with my clownfish and they ended up dying despite our medication. We got a second batch of fish 4/5 weeks as per recommended by our fish guy, and they ended up dying of the disease too. We weren't able to treat...

Hey! So I’ve been on quite a journey with my mocha clown I have him in qt with my frostbite snowflake, the mocha showed signs of Brook gave him a bath in rrr and treated tank with metroplex, once again after a couple weeks showed signs of Brook and had this worm like string coming out of him...

Most of us believe that quarantining your fish is the best approach to avoid diseases wiping out our entire tank. I think most will agree on that. But ... does it also safe more fish lives overall?