Padawanreefaddict
Community Member
Hello All,
I guess this post is more for an opinion. So I have had these two Grade A Picasso Clowns in my 10 gallon tank. They were both pretty young as they were only about an inch and a half or so in length. Perfectly healthy and happy. The male had finally submitted to the female. Any who, This weekend I decided to use some cash I received for Father's Day and picked up a UFO Scoly for my 29 gallon biocube and decided to pick up 2 turbo snails for a slight algea issue in the 10 gal. On Weds of this week I had received a new AI Prime and mounted it on the tank and all tank inhabitants were good. I even fed some pellets and they both ate. Later that night I noticed both Picasso's hanging out in the bottom of the tank near the back as if they were hosting the sand bed and the female was breathing hard. I found this odd and decided to thaw out some frozen brine to see if they would eat and sure enough they just swam around the food. Woke up yesterday to both my clowns, 80% of the CuC and one of the turbo snails dead. Took them out and they had a rather slimy coat so I tested the water and only saw a slight spike in Ammonia (.25) which I figured was the result of my dead clowns. To be sure I took a sample to one of my LFS and they found absolutely nothing wrong. Salinity was 35ppm, Ammonia, Nitrites, Nitrates all at 0. Calk and Alk was right in the line as well. As I started to explain my situation they mentioned Brooklynella and explained to me that it is a diseased that must be introduced to your tank via a host such as a new snail or perhaps even a coral. Makes sense since the snails were the last to go into that tank. After reading an article the seemed to be written on my situation I have come to the conclusion that this $3 snails killed over $250 worth of fish and inverts. So my question is this, I plan on visiting the store I got the snails from and explain the above and see how they react, I fully understand that I should have place snails in QT before putting them in a tank but I don't have a QT and I'm sure there are lots who don't QT inverts (although we should). I spend quite a few dollars in this store and I sort of expect them to at least give me an idea of how they can make this better but also want to be prepared for them to fully say "nothing we can do for you". Should I be a bit peeved if they decide not to make this right? Would I be totally wrong for putting them on blast if they decide to not make it better? Thoughts? Sorry for the long post but I am torn and heartbroken at losing my gorgeous clowns.
I guess this post is more for an opinion. So I have had these two Grade A Picasso Clowns in my 10 gallon tank. They were both pretty young as they were only about an inch and a half or so in length. Perfectly healthy and happy. The male had finally submitted to the female. Any who, This weekend I decided to use some cash I received for Father's Day and picked up a UFO Scoly for my 29 gallon biocube and decided to pick up 2 turbo snails for a slight algea issue in the 10 gal. On Weds of this week I had received a new AI Prime and mounted it on the tank and all tank inhabitants were good. I even fed some pellets and they both ate. Later that night I noticed both Picasso's hanging out in the bottom of the tank near the back as if they were hosting the sand bed and the female was breathing hard. I found this odd and decided to thaw out some frozen brine to see if they would eat and sure enough they just swam around the food. Woke up yesterday to both my clowns, 80% of the CuC and one of the turbo snails dead. Took them out and they had a rather slimy coat so I tested the water and only saw a slight spike in Ammonia (.25) which I figured was the result of my dead clowns. To be sure I took a sample to one of my LFS and they found absolutely nothing wrong. Salinity was 35ppm, Ammonia, Nitrites, Nitrates all at 0. Calk and Alk was right in the line as well. As I started to explain my situation they mentioned Brooklynella and explained to me that it is a diseased that must be introduced to your tank via a host such as a new snail or perhaps even a coral. Makes sense since the snails were the last to go into that tank. After reading an article the seemed to be written on my situation I have come to the conclusion that this $3 snails killed over $250 worth of fish and inverts. So my question is this, I plan on visiting the store I got the snails from and explain the above and see how they react, I fully understand that I should have place snails in QT before putting them in a tank but I don't have a QT and I'm sure there are lots who don't QT inverts (although we should). I spend quite a few dollars in this store and I sort of expect them to at least give me an idea of how they can make this better but also want to be prepared for them to fully say "nothing we can do for you". Should I be a bit peeved if they decide not to make this right? Would I be totally wrong for putting them on blast if they decide to not make it better? Thoughts? Sorry for the long post but I am torn and heartbroken at losing my gorgeous clowns.
