BoneXriffic
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I wouldnlike to start out by thanking @Humblefish and @melypr1985 for all of their time and help with my fish.
So I have been working my best to fix one of the biggest mistakes I have ever faced in an aquarium. For the past 2 years I have had much success. Keeping corals of all sorts, acros being my newest edition. And still my success with corals continues.
Believe it or not I have given up caring about phosphates and boy is that a load off. And thats worked well also.
Where the problem begins is with my fish. I have a Snowy Onyx clown pair, a Bi Color Blenny and a blue Damsel. I the introduced a Sailfin Tang. Beautiful fish as well. But at the time I had never quarantined a fish. This was a mistake.
The fish was covered in ich in days. Then it was gone. My plan was to manage it until I could get the appropriate set up to hospitalize. A few days later the tang was dead.
Fast forward 2 week to today. The Blenny whom showed no signs of it is now dead. He is even dead in a place I cannot reach. The crabs will hopefully clean up the mess. The oldest resident of near two years, one ofthe Clowns, is on his last leg.
I have tried every trick in the book to catch these guys. I have a TTM set up ready to go. A trap is also set. But I fear its too late. And the biggest problem is the hardest fish to catch, the damsel, will probally not even show symptoms. They dont die, I have even heard theycan survive a nuclear holocaust. Sarcasm of course.
So the point of this long winded post? I will more than likley lose all of my fish, some very close to me as I have watched them grow so much. I would strongly suggest a QT, no matter where the fish came from. There is much info here on disease treatment, prevention, and identification. I ask all new to reefing to read, all of it before you begin!
So I have been working my best to fix one of the biggest mistakes I have ever faced in an aquarium. For the past 2 years I have had much success. Keeping corals of all sorts, acros being my newest edition. And still my success with corals continues.
Believe it or not I have given up caring about phosphates and boy is that a load off. And thats worked well also.
Where the problem begins is with my fish. I have a Snowy Onyx clown pair, a Bi Color Blenny and a blue Damsel. I the introduced a Sailfin Tang. Beautiful fish as well. But at the time I had never quarantined a fish. This was a mistake.
The fish was covered in ich in days. Then it was gone. My plan was to manage it until I could get the appropriate set up to hospitalize. A few days later the tang was dead.
Fast forward 2 week to today. The Blenny whom showed no signs of it is now dead. He is even dead in a place I cannot reach. The crabs will hopefully clean up the mess. The oldest resident of near two years, one ofthe Clowns, is on his last leg.
I have tried every trick in the book to catch these guys. I have a TTM set up ready to go. A trap is also set. But I fear its too late. And the biggest problem is the hardest fish to catch, the damsel, will probally not even show symptoms. They dont die, I have even heard theycan survive a nuclear holocaust. Sarcasm of course.
So the point of this long winded post? I will more than likley lose all of my fish, some very close to me as I have watched them grow so much. I would strongly suggest a QT, no matter where the fish came from. There is much info here on disease treatment, prevention, and identification. I ask all new to reefing to read, all of it before you begin!
