HI all:
I have a dilemma with my tank, never has bigger issues with it except high concentrations of phosphates.
I have lost couple fishes in a matter of 2-3 months I believe way to quick and all showing the same symptoms, they are perfectly fine and next day when I get up i find them death. The only thing I notice is discoloration on the body, no injuries or nothing of it but discoloration of the body, a yellow tang will turn pale and almost color less for few days and after will die, i have lost many beautiful fishes and I hardly lost any fishes before , I'm suspecting velvet but i'm unsure, i'm not sure because velvet cause a yellow or brown film on the fishes and this is not the case, i check parameters and phosphate went down a little bit same as nitrates, I did a massive water change Saturday and thought things would be better.
I have notice that on my rocks looks like a sand storm went thru the tank this is something I did not have before also my goby looks like it went also thru a sand storm he was cover with like a dust film of sand, the body color was opaque not the shiny bright black and white lines that it supposed to have, can some one tells me what you think? also if I have to treat for velvet or something else... can I treat the whole tank with the fishes in it? what about my anemones and corals will treating the whole tank affect them? I don't want to treat with cooper if I'm not sure whats going on, water looks clear and clean everything seems like a perfect tank but I'm loosing fishes like crazy.
This morning I found my yellow tang dead, he was perfectly fine yesterday it blends in with the sand that how bad his color was when I lift the fish to take him out of the tank I notice a coat of clear mucus coming from his body it drop to the bottom of tank .... any suggestions will be greatly appreciated, I'm including a picture of one of the fish that die as you can see on the picture looks like his skin is peeling looks like something abrasive got into his skin
I have a dilemma with my tank, never has bigger issues with it except high concentrations of phosphates.
I have lost couple fishes in a matter of 2-3 months I believe way to quick and all showing the same symptoms, they are perfectly fine and next day when I get up i find them death. The only thing I notice is discoloration on the body, no injuries or nothing of it but discoloration of the body, a yellow tang will turn pale and almost color less for few days and after will die, i have lost many beautiful fishes and I hardly lost any fishes before , I'm suspecting velvet but i'm unsure, i'm not sure because velvet cause a yellow or brown film on the fishes and this is not the case, i check parameters and phosphate went down a little bit same as nitrates, I did a massive water change Saturday and thought things would be better.
I have notice that on my rocks looks like a sand storm went thru the tank this is something I did not have before also my goby looks like it went also thru a sand storm he was cover with like a dust film of sand, the body color was opaque not the shiny bright black and white lines that it supposed to have, can some one tells me what you think? also if I have to treat for velvet or something else... can I treat the whole tank with the fishes in it? what about my anemones and corals will treating the whole tank affect them? I don't want to treat with cooper if I'm not sure whats going on, water looks clear and clean everything seems like a perfect tank but I'm loosing fishes like crazy.
This morning I found my yellow tang dead, he was perfectly fine yesterday it blends in with the sand that how bad his color was when I lift the fish to take him out of the tank I notice a coat of clear mucus coming from his body it drop to the bottom of tank .... any suggestions will be greatly appreciated, I'm including a picture of one of the fish that die as you can see on the picture looks like his skin is peeling looks like something abrasive got into his skin