disease

We have had this Vlamingii Tang for a little while now and it has developed these white spots over the last two weeks along with raised bumps around his mouth. Tanked with a Purple Tang and a Sohal Tang. The other two Tangs are acting fine and nothing out of the ordinary visually with them but...

Hi all! My female clown is breathing heavy and mostly just hanging around at the bottom of my tank. Did a freshwater dip, and I believe some flukes came out. I thought she'd perk back up after that, but an hour later and she's still exhibiting the same behavior. Is there anything else I can do...

Hello y’all. Got a sick fish and could use help. Biota yellow tang, had for 4 weeks. Appeared healthy until today. Yesterday noticed he was visiting the neon gobys for cleaning and thought cool, but today has patches of redness on sides and fins, abdominal bloating and at some points today...

With the exception of flukes, viruses, and Uronema, it is my understanding that almost all common marine fish diseases can be removed from a system by leaving it fallow for 6 weeks. Obviously, having healthy fish is most important. Nevertheless, I am interested in the preventative step to...

Hello..my tank been established for 6 months without any issues, but this week started losing fish. Water is tested frequently and all is perfect. I had a four stripe damsel that developed redish skin then it died. A week later two white tail tangs died at the same time. A couple of days ago a...

I got a blue/grey belly regal anglefish around 4.5/5 inch. It was very healthy and fat when I got it. It is in qurrantine tank. Still not bad but its been 8 days now and it has not eaten anything. I have tried, half shell clam, mussels, ocean nutrition prime and formula 2 flake, mysis, shrimp...

TLDR: See attached picture. I have been treating with Kana/Metro/Focus mixed in brine shrimp in Quarantine tank for 36 hours, 5 feedings. Any other ideas or experience with this? Any thoughts are appreciated. Thanks in advance. Purchased this Golden Head Sleeper Goby on March 24 along with 1...

Good afternoon! My saltwater tank has been up since.. November(?) of last year. I waited a long time to ensure it cycled, used live sand, dry rock, lots of filter media, etc. This isn't my first tank so I have experience, though I am not an expert by any means. I've had a moon jelly tank, and...

Three Little white spots appeared on my copper band butterfly today and I don’t know for sure what it is, but I’m assuming it’s it if you could look at the photos and verify and any advice on how to treat it with coral in the aquarium I’d appreciate it. Don’t mind the water spots on the aquarium...

Yesterday I picked up a gionopora from my lfs and all other corals I picked up yesterday seen to be doing great but the goniopora doesn't seen like it is extending its polyps. Is this normal for some strains or do I just have to wait. It was also really short in the lfs.

Hi Everyone, I have been a long time user of this forum and need help identifying and treating this new issue. I have a blue tang that has been doing well for 7 months. I woke up this morning to find that he had a white growth that looks to be hairy/fuzzy right on his mouth. This literally...

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...

Clownfish acting strange advice needed: TLDR: Two clownfish breathing heavy and staying together near the bottom of the tank. No spots visible or discoloration. Looking for advice on diagnosis and treatment. Salinity: 1.025 Temp: 78.5 F Ammonia: 0 Nitrite: 0 Nitrate: 0 PH 8.1 ALK: 8.5...

Hello, I bought this porcupine pufferfish a few months ago, and he is doing well. He eats like a pig, including dry shrimp, krill, and frozen shrimp. My blue tang picks on his fins at times but it never bothered him thus I never did anything about it. But 2 days ago he refused to eat and has...

Hello all! Long time lurker, first time poster. I'm having a sad emergency with my tank. On Sunday night my fish were all swimming around and looked fine. Monday evening noticed my gramma wasn't eating at feeding time, but she was still swimming around the tank a bit showing no signs of...

Hello everyone! I bought 2 royal grammas, they looked perfectly fine, i did acclimation with the dripping method, but don’t have a WT, so i put the fish in my tank. They swam a bit and hid in 2 different corners. All this happened in the evening and in the morning the smaller one was dead and...

Hi, I have had these corals for a year & am now losing heads very quickly. They’re disintegrating into slime & washing away. A week back, I lost one head & the nitrates were well above 40 by my testing kit, but tap water (well) was reading a yellow that corresponds with 20. I’ve been doing water...

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...

I picked up a purple tang a little over a week ago and he has been in quarantine for the last eight days (copper power between 2.3 and 2.5). I noticed some heavy breathing yesterday and he has had a shimmery dusty look. I think it’s possibly velvet. If any of you have any advice or opinions, I...

I got a pair of clownfish yesterday evening and fed them when they got home. They did not eat, probably because they weren't hungry or just aren't used to the tank. They had been hanging around the sandbed but one of them had been exploring a little bit and going around the tank a little bit...

Hey guys, five days ago I bought a Sapphire damsel for my tank and today a noticed a white mark on him. I haven’t been able to notice because he’s usually facing the other way and hides in the rock work. He might’ve got the mark from my male clown since he would try to attack the damsel for the...

My parents recently got a Tiger Wardi Goby and the little fellow is in quarantine. He's been doing fine so far, but within the past couple of days he had what looked to be a bruise on his lip which has formed into what (to me) looks like it's rotting off. None of us have any idea what could've...

Something that looks like ich/velviet showed up on my clowns yesterday. I’m leaning towards ich because I’ve had them in the dt for a month with no problems and there were quarantined before that. No other fish have been affected yet. Any help would be appreciated. Pictures attached

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...

Hi guys, After my first flame angel fixed I thought I’d dry another from the same seller (mistake I guess) and this was was fine for 2 weeks until I woke up this morning and it was super lethargic and it’s fins look damaged. I checked the other fish and they have no damage. He looked fine...