Hi,
I'm new to the hobby. I bought my first pair of clownfish June 3rd from a LFS. My tank was cycled and ammonia, nitrite, and nitrate were 0. After a week one of the fish began breathing heavy and he had a weird spot on his gill so I did a fresh water dip. Nothing fell off him and he seemed more stressed. This was a Saturday. I was concerned so I ordered metroplex on amazon but my package was delayed and arrived Monday. I dosed the tank (38 gallon bowfront and 10 gal sump). Tuesday when I came home from work he had a white patch on his left side that looked like an abrasion. It didn't look like brook more like an injury. Wednesday it spread pretty rapidly and I dosed more metroplex. He still had a good appetite, no lethargy, but was breathing rapidly. Thursday the white covered his left side, dorsal fin, and was creeping to his right. This was june 11th, 3 days after noticing the initial white mark. He still ate very well but was slowing down and falling over. The only other medication I had was paraguard and I put him in a bath but he was distressed so I took him out and took him to my LFS to see what it was. I was pretty heartbroken to lose this fish. They tried a fresh water dip and then put him in a hospital tank with I think chloroquine phosphate but he didn't last the night. They told me they weren't sure what it was that killed him. He was a wild caught percula.
A month later I have another clown and a bangghai cardinalfish. My original percula was fine the entire month but last Thursday she began breathing slightly more often. Friday I noticed a gray sheen on her left side. Saturday it had gotten a bit larger and a spot on her tail that had always had a bit of a gray sheen was larger. I bought dr. G's frozen food with chloroquine phosphate and started feeding it. Sunday I bought ruby reef rally and dosed my tank with it and fed more dr
G's. She was really itchy. Today is dose #2 of Rally and 72 hours after seeing the initial gray/white spot. So far it hasn't spread like my first fish but I'm not sure I can save this one because I have no idea what this is. I'm treating it like brook with a bacterial infection but it doesn't look like any pictures of brook I have seen. Including pictures of the fish who died and my current one.
I'm new to the hobby. I bought my first pair of clownfish June 3rd from a LFS. My tank was cycled and ammonia, nitrite, and nitrate were 0. After a week one of the fish began breathing heavy and he had a weird spot on his gill so I did a fresh water dip. Nothing fell off him and he seemed more stressed. This was a Saturday. I was concerned so I ordered metroplex on amazon but my package was delayed and arrived Monday. I dosed the tank (38 gallon bowfront and 10 gal sump). Tuesday when I came home from work he had a white patch on his left side that looked like an abrasion. It didn't look like brook more like an injury. Wednesday it spread pretty rapidly and I dosed more metroplex. He still had a good appetite, no lethargy, but was breathing rapidly. Thursday the white covered his left side, dorsal fin, and was creeping to his right. This was june 11th, 3 days after noticing the initial white mark. He still ate very well but was slowing down and falling over. The only other medication I had was paraguard and I put him in a bath but he was distressed so I took him out and took him to my LFS to see what it was. I was pretty heartbroken to lose this fish. They tried a fresh water dip and then put him in a hospital tank with I think chloroquine phosphate but he didn't last the night. They told me they weren't sure what it was that killed him. He was a wild caught percula.
A month later I have another clown and a bangghai cardinalfish. My original percula was fine the entire month but last Thursday she began breathing slightly more often. Friday I noticed a gray sheen on her left side. Saturday it had gotten a bit larger and a spot on her tail that had always had a bit of a gray sheen was larger. I bought dr. G's frozen food with chloroquine phosphate and started feeding it. Sunday I bought ruby reef rally and dosed my tank with it and fed more dr
G's. She was really itchy. Today is dose #2 of Rally and 72 hours after seeing the initial gray/white spot. So far it hasn't spread like my first fish but I'm not sure I can save this one because I have no idea what this is. I'm treating it like brook with a bacterial infection but it doesn't look like any pictures of brook I have seen. Including pictures of the fish who died and my current one.
