disease identification

Hey everyone! I’m new to this forum and unfortunately I come at a time of need! I’m here today seeking some assistance with my tank. I’ve attached photos and a video of my puffer swimming around. By the looks of it, he might have ich. I’ve also noticed an increase in debris floating around the...

My Carpenter Wrasse is kind of just flopping around. He will do this (see video) around the tank and then lay motionless in the sand. Sometimes he will swim vertical or sideways and he doesn’t that mainly when attempting to feed which he struggles with. I’m trying to decipher whether this is...

I think I have ich but would really like to confirm. I have attached a video of my powder brown tang. Any feedback is really appreciated.

I came home today and Saw that my Clownfish was not as active as normal so when I went over to double check I saw that it has a giant grey streak on its body and seems to not be well. I have had them for only about 3 months now. I have no clue what this is or how concerned I should be. Right now...

I just got home today and noticed that one of my clownfish was towards the ground then I saw the giant white ish streak on it and am unsure of what it is or what to do. I have had them for around 3 months now and this is the first time I have ever seen this happen. Can someone please tell me...

Recently, I purchased two golden angelfishes (Centropyge aurantia) from a shop that I will not name and shame (reasons below). One of them immediately died within three days from a virulent bacterial infection that ended up also killing my mandarin pair and my male blue stripe pipefish that have...

Hi All - I got this fish about a month ago. I noticed these 'spots' or 'areas' growing progressively over the last week. I'll work on getting a clearer picture, but the fish has been hiding near rock so it's been difficult. Any advice on what this is and best way to treat is welcome, thank you...

I'm trying to ID a strange growth left operculum of a new clown i got. I'm not sure what it is and would love feedback before i go ahead with any treatment. It came from LFS with a small white bump that kept getting bigger. Both clowns are in an isolation box for observation and feeding. They...

Not sure what this is, only affecting one of the clownfishes, parameters in line, picture also there. Salinity at 1.026. They are all eating normal, only 2 clownfish and 1 starry blenny (Which is hard to see if has any spot because well, starry blenny and hides until feeding time) Any help is...

Hi community, The fish seems happy and swims everywhere, but this patch seems to get worse? I thought it would be a sting from the anemone! Tube, maybe it is. I did bring the anemone to the store for a better home, as it was taking over my tank. Is this a parasite? And is it curable?

Hi! I’m new to the reefing hobby as of about 5 months ago. I have a RedSea Nano G2 Peninsula (26 gallon tank). I’ve heard about Ich, and know it can affect the whole tank if I’m not careful. My current inhabitants are: 2 Clownfish, One Diamond Goby, One BlueSpotted Jawfish, and an Orchid...

All issues began two weeks ago when there were signs of itch on my purple tang and powder blue tang. The visible ich went away on both of them for about a week and a half. My powder blue showed signs of velvet or something similar with fine white dots and he died a couple days ago as the...

In the mind set of learning from all this I have a few things here. Small back story, my tank has been up and cycled since end of December. Got my first salty fish. Two clowns. They have been doing great since I got them in the end of December Then things went down hill . I added a royal...

Hey all, I Just picked up a beautiful Niger Trigger 5-6", Eating well and appears very healthy. I have in QT with copper (Copper Power 2.25ppm) While observing him, I noticed he has what appears to be some sort of worm or leaches in multiple spots. Primarily on Tail fin and dorsal, I did notice...

I've been doing some research on this form and am leaning towards my coral beauty having lymphocytosis =(. This is one of my favorite fish and I hate to think that the poor thing just has to suffer. For reference though, I didn't notice this spot until this morning and it is a significant...

This disease started it seems out of the blue in our 300 gallon reef tank last Thursday so a week ago. We noticed a mimic tang had some darker spots on his body and seems very blotchy and looking like he had lost some patches of skin. His eyes were very milky and he was breathing hard. He...

Unsure if it's ich? I placed him in qt and dosed rally reef pro while I get help from you guys. Thank you.

Any ideas what this is on my clownfish work up to a power cut massive temp loss most my fish were on the bottom. Temp is back up now and fish Seem ok but my clownfish has got these marks on its head now any help would be brilliant

Hi all, My clownfish has started twitching its head, as you can see in the video. I had two clownfish in there, but the first one did the same thing, twitching its head as well as clamped fins, breathing hard, and not eating, so I moved it to the QT tank, adding metroplex. The clownfish does...

Whilst feeding my fish today I noticed that my White Cheek Tang was ignoring food and then noticed he had white blotches above and below the gills on its' right side. After some research it looks like it could be HLLE although that doesn't explain why he is ignoring food. I feed the tank mysis...

Hello, I am looking for assistance in identifying this disease that had unfortunately taken one of my clownfish. The clownfish was perfectly fine for over a week after I had picked it up from my LFS. Today I look at my tank and notice that it was sitting at the bottom of the tank looking...

Just moved my clowns and hawkish over into the hospital tank as I noticed what looks like ich but I’m not 100% sure. Tank is sitting at 2.5ppm using copper power as I suspect external parasites. Doesn’t quite look like ich but I’m not 100% certain. See picture. First noticed about 1-2 days...

Have a pair of B/W clownfish in QT after noticing some discolouration on the female and head shaking behaviour from the male. I suspected flukes, brook also crossed my mind, however the discolouration was very mild and did not appear to be similar to the mucous seen in brook. I treated with a...

I observed several discolored patches on one of my clowns with white spots in the center of each patch. The white spots appear raised. It doesn’t look like ich so I am trying to determine what this is. This is my male and he does get roughed up by the female occasionally (the reason for his...

I have a recent addition to the tank and it's a Pink Streaked Wrasse. I'm noticing he has some sort of white spot on his left side that looks like a cut/wound. Any idea what this might be? His behavior appears to be the same (and improving as he becomes more confident in the tank). No spots on...