Anthias died. Sailfin breathing heavy

Cnidoblast · Mar 7, 2018

@Humblefish Myxazin is acriflavine

Myxazin - broad spectrum bactericide (contains Formaldehyde 0.12%w/w, Malachite Green 0.085% w/w, Acriflavine Hydrochloride 0.055% w/w)

Nstocks · Mar 7, 2018

Is there a similar product to Selcon to help boost overall health?

Humblefish · Mar 8, 2018

Cnidoblast said:
@Humblefish Myxazin is acriflavine

Myxazin - broad spectrum bactericide (contains Formaldehyde 0.12%w/w, Malachite Green 0.085% w/w, Acriflavine Hydrochloride 0.055% w/w)

Did not know that. Thanks!

Nstocks said:
Is there a similar product to Selcon to help boost overall health?

There's a list of vitamin supplements here: https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/vitamins-herbal-remedies.304287/

Nstocks · Mar 10, 2018

Myxazin bottle says to dose it once a day for 5 days, which means 10ml per day!

I've dosed 15ml over 3 days and the water is so cloudy I can't really see the fish. The product has a blue dye to it.

Does this sound right? After 5 days treatment do a large water change and since I haven't been adding 10ml for 5 consecutive days, does that mean I should start from zero with clean water?

Nstocks · Mar 15, 2018

Good news!

The Popeye has reduced significantly to the point that it almost looks normal.

Is it critical to remove Myxazin completely as it's been in there for over a week now.

Any need to followup with Prazipro or just leave that until the week I put them back into the DT?

Cnidoblast · Mar 15, 2018

don't need to dose pzq if what you are dealing with is a bacterium

Nstocks · Mar 19, 2018

Came home to this.

The largest of the remains Anthias which wasn't looking too bad until 2 days ago where it seems to not swim or eat much.

I've replaced all the water and I'm just going to let it be. No more Anthias!

Any ideas what this one died of?

Nstocks · Mar 20, 2018

The male has Popeye again, despite dosing Myxain just a few days ago. Some of it's scales have turned white (or fell off) so within the next day or two it will be dead.

That leaves one female (the smallest of all 5 Anthias) who is doing fine so far. But the pattern has been one death every week.

In all this QT has cost in excess of £350. Fish loses, extra equipment, medication, bacteria and salt. I don't question QT but if I had just left them all, they would all very likely be alive.

No idea what to stock in a few months, all I want is a group of identical fish that are hardy and don't kill each other. (tried chromis twice, no luck and Anthias are completely out). Some say Firefish may work but I'm not so sure, plus they are like £30 each.

Nstocks · Apr 2, 2018

So I'm down the the last Anthias where it seems that the scales are also coming off as on the previous fish.

Haven't seen it feeding for days, often sat in a corner curled up and I almost dispatched of it yesterday until it swam a little as I tried to remove it.

I saw on the tang some large white spots which appear to be flat. He's becoming aggressive towards the other fish (fire fish and clownfish) and has been twitching like there's another parasite on him. I'm going to try and get an ID before I do anything. They have had two rounds of Myaxin.

This quarantine has done far more harm than good. Wish I left them alone as they'd all still be alive.