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  1. N

    Help! Unknown tank infection, possible scoly dying

    As youll see in the picture, there is something not right on my Scoly and it started on my mushroom which died, moved to my torch which died and then moved to my favia which... yep... you guessed it.... died. I cant let my scoly go, havnt got many corals left now, can someone please help me...
  2. Fellersjohn6

    Ich Velvet or simply fighting sound?

    Hi, I have these two mai tai clownfish and what is going on is that my tank passed through a wipe out of ich/velvet (I’m not sure to be honest) and all my fish end up dying so I just left the tank empty for 7 weeks the fallow period and just two weeks ago I bought these two clownfish (they...
  3. Deathling

    Sick Clownfish

    I bought this clownfish 5 days ago, initially noticing a small, flat, red dot on his lower jaw and thinking it was a birth mark. Each day it has become more imflammed/enlarged, he has been eating consistantly and behaving normally untill today where he is quite reserved and timid. Additionally...
  4. Deathling

    Red dot on clownfish

    There is a small red dot under the mouth of my new clownfish, anyone know what it could be???
  5. R

    Bacterial Infection? (weird coloring on fin)

    Hello, I recently have been having a nitrate problem and I told my mother that mangroves could help. She took it upon herself to pick up some seeds from our local lagoon and put them in my reef tank without washing them. I was a little angry, but decided that if anything bad was going to happen...
  6. BloopFish

    Something eating fish while sleeping? Or infection?

    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...
  7. MnFish1

    A word to the wise....

    https://news.yahoo.com/man-dies-being-infected-flesh-163950375.html Though this is rare (in nature and in our tanks) - this infection (vibrio vulnificans) very quick acting and mycobacterium marinium (a slow occurring non-healing sore) can be quite serious -and both likely are in our tanks. If...
  8. Coral Keeper

    Eye infection, please help!!!

    Hey everyone, I just purchased a Watanabei angel and just after 24 hours (added her yeaterday morning to the QT/Hospital tank) her eye looks like this right now, it was perfectly normal yesterday, this happened so quickly... I'm not currently dosing any medication at all in the the QT.. I was...
  9. Peach02

    Red Bubble / orb on stromb snail?

    So I've had this snail (stromb snail / fighting conch) for about 2 weeks now and he is very active virtually always 'hopping' around the tank or burying himself or hiding in his shell from hermit crabs eating the alge on his shell. This evening I noticed a red lump on his mouth about 2x2x1mm and...
  10. Seattle_reef

    Snowflake eel tumor?

    Hello, I’ve got an 18” snowflake eel, who seems quite healthy, except for something that looks kinda like a tumor on the roof of her mouth. Seems to be growing. Still eating and doesn’t seem to have changed behavior. Anyone know if there’s anything I can or should do?
  11. Daniel Troconis

    What is going on with these ZOA'S bubbling up?

    What could be happening to these Rasta Zoas they have been ballooning and with very strange behavior after being only 14 days directly high on the tank under the AI PRIME HD. They bubble up Their ring colors fuse It happens in the afternoon when sunset lights are high on RED Please help, this...
  12. Niterunner77

    Copperband Butterfly with an infection? Help?

    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...
  13. Tyler Tacy

    Toadstool HELP! White rash? Bacterial infection? Normal?

    Hello! -------------------------ANY INSIGHT WOULD BE AMAZING!-------------------------------------- BACKGROUND: I recently purchased a giant toadstool from my local LFS. Someones tank blew up in there living room and they had gotten a lot of corals/fish. Saw this giant toadstool he was not...
  14. 0rangeFish

    maxima clam localized bleaching

    Over the past few weeks my clam has slowly been bleaching. The original spot was very very small but now covers two ruffles of the mantle. Also the parts that are bleached are pulled in. After reading a bunch there was only one article that seemed to have an answer, the cause being an infection...
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  15. tutmatt3

    Today - ICH Reveals itself! Fallow Time Begins... Now

    If you don't want to read all - the main question from this thread is: ***Can I treat API Primafix, API Melafix, & Fritz CopperSafe all at the same time in QT for 2x small clowns, and 1x hippo tang. ------------------- Alrighty, you guys called it, and I didn't listen when I was extra newb...
  16. TANK TERROR: Bacterial Infections In The Reef Tank

    TANK TERROR: Bacterial Infections In The Reef Tank

    Editor’s Note: The reef aquarium hobby is not for the faint of heart. Maintaining a complex ecosystem can be a daunting task with many variables in play that all have effect on one another. However, beyond the effort to maintain the ecosystem and address common day-to-day issues, there are...
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    • Category: Fish Disease and Treatment
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