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My juvenile tang was doing great. Ive had him for close to 3 months now. I have ich in my tank but have a cheap UV to help with management. Unfortunately, I think he’s not doing too well since my tang doesn’t look great. I’ve seen the ich come and go but this time, it’s a bit much. He’s not...

So I've got only 4 fish in my 32 gallon tank right now, two clownfish, an azure damsel and my Royal Gramma, all of whom have been in the tank for about a year. All fish added have been treated with Copper power and paracleanse, and have never shown any sign of sickness. Just today I noticed it...

just got my white-tail bristle tooth ! it said online that it was pre-quarantined, so I assumed it would only need observation qt. but i’m seeing white flecks in the shipping bag as i’m acclimating to temp ? there are no white dots or lesions at all on the fish and it’s already regained a lot of...

I got this tang a few weeks ago. Everything was fine until yesterday I saw some white spots on it. Today it got worse and the white spots are now also turning black and with the lights out it's even red... I thought it was a case of ich, but now I don't know. Help me ID please so I can treat him...

I was having a clownfish in my 2 feet tank, All of a sudden it jumped out and died. Later I bought and around 5 clown fishes, it all died within a week. Later I found some little things were swimming in the tank and it multiplied so much. Then i took a drop of water and looked at it under...

Hello, I bought a coral beauty that was supposed to be treated in copper before purchasing. After about 4 hours of being in the tank and the lights went blue, I noticed it had ich on its body. Does this cause concern about it dropping off the fish? Is my tank now infected within such a short...

Hi, I am new to Maine hobby. I have a 3 months old tank with 2 clown fish one fox face and a regal blue tang, No corals. The fishes are showing early signs of ich. Can i treat the display tank itself with copper. i am planning to get anemones and shrimps after 4-5 months later. Will this have...

Hey guys, Just wondering if anyone has gotten ICH from LFS and then called them and explained whatever the situation was and the outcome? Did they care? did they offer advice? Did they make it not a big deal or act like it's your fault? Maybe offer a reimbursement for it. Also anyone have any of...

Hello, I’m hoping someone can. Please help me out with some advice. Friday I picked up a flame angel, and a bunch of invertebrates. The flame angel was said to be in copper and looked perfectly healthy when I got him. He was eating the next day and everything has been normal. I put him in a...

Hello everyone, I have a question mu sailfin has these black spots they lighten and darken here and there through the day, breathing seems fine, eats like a pig daily Water parameters are in normal limits, phos is slightly high but still not too bad. Sailfin resides solo with a cleaner wrasse...

Does everyone think this is ich? Got this Scott’s fairy two days ago and sitting in my QT. Eating fine on a combination of frozen blood worms, mysis with garlic and brine. I dosed copper a few hours ago.

I’m hoping you’ll can help me diagnose what my blue tang has. These are new fish I added a month ago. I know I should have QT them first. But either way I had pulled all my first 2 weeks ago from my DT after my sailfin was showing signs of ich/velvet. I immediate got them into QT and dosed...

Hello i am new to the saltwater hobby i have had my tank for 6 months and i have just noticed today one of my clownfishes dead I am trying to figure out if this is velvet, ich ,flukes, fin rot , or something else. All my water parameters are good i have no aggressive fish

Hello i am new to the saltwater hobby i have had my tank for 6 months and i have just noticed today one of my clownfishes dead I am trying to figure out if this is velvet, ich ,flukes, fin rot , or something else. All my water parameters are good i have no aggressive fish

Hi reefers, recently discovered that my purple tang is covered with white spots. It looks very like ich, but the spot is much larger and some of them are peeling off from the skin (still attached, looks like the skin is peeled off). It still eats, and looks fine.

Hi All, My purple tang and lipstick tang got white spots. However this is my first time with disease on any of my fish so I’m not sure whether this is ich or velvet or something else? It started around week and a half ago. First I’ve turned on UV light and I feel like it helped slightly for a...

My new blue spot puffer has been in the quarantine tank for five days. This morning he had these three white spots on the right side of his belly. What is it? How can I treat it?

Hi guys, My new cade 1200 is nearly up and running. Relatively new to the hobby, started up a waterbox 20 last year, about 2 months ago introduced a new clown that i suspect had ich, with my royal gramma and firefish and other clown brushing up against rocks and a few spots (3-4). Don’t want to...

My blue tang got ich and initially he was laying down all the time but after 2 days with cupramine he's swimming around and eating like a pig. The only problem is he's still scratching his body. My current copper level is at 0.5mg/L - 0.6mg/L. I test for copper everyday with Seachem Copper...

TLDR-is this ich? How screwed am I? Logistical nightmares ahead So the dreaded day has come.. I’m pretty sure this is Ich (tried to get a natural light photo during daylight. Pardon the blues in the video, that was taken this evening during low blue moonlight) Some context, so I have a heavily...

Is the recommended dosage for Cupramine is sufficient or too much for the fish. I'm following the guidelines given to me by Seachem Cupramine. Tested at 0.5mg/L I bought a blue eye kole tang and placed it in my quarantine tank (with 1 clownfish and a blue tang for 5 days) Everything was fine...

Hi all, this is my first post here after setting up my first saltwater tank. Just put these two into my tank on Sunday. They are the first fish in the tank after a month of cycling. I did notice the larger of the two has these white looking dots. I’m not sure if that is just coloration or...

When I was feeding my clowns in my DT I had noticed some white spots or bumps on one of them. After a bit of research, it appears to be ich. I did manage to get a brand new 10g to QT both clowns have a sponge and hob filter (only added sponge in media basket) running for extra aeration. Temps...

Hey everyone, Just went 90 days fallow after having velvet. After the 90 days was up I put my Achilles tang in an acclimation box for a few days was all good - has been in tank for 3 weeks no issues. Added a blue hippo, purple and yellow 2 days ago all after 40 days of copper power 2.40+...

I have powder brown tang that developed what it appears is under surface bumps throughout his body. See pics. Eating: He was never an aggressive eater, he kind of waits and gets the smaller pieces that fall down. He never goes straight for the Nori, but rather gets pieces out of the water...