Hello all! I've looked through the forums for an answer on this but since every situation is so different, I couldn't figure out for sure what our issue is:
In the last 24 hours one of our 2 captive bred clownfish started breathing heavily and moving slowly, mostly hiding towards the back of the tank but still swimming around somewhat. He has some white stuff on one part of his lower jaw.
The tank is a 32gallon fluval flex all in one, and it has been running for 9 months. The clownfish have been in there since it was cycled, bought captive bred at a reliable LFS. We also have a yellow watchman goby, jester goby, and a harptail blenny; a handful of snails, hermits, and one peppermint shrimp; and a small variety of soft corals. All the livestock and corals are captive-bred.
All the other fish and inverts seem normal.
The tank has been very stable, but some of our corals were struggling in the last few weeks and I think I finally singled out a dying cabbage leather as the issue. I have been doing 5 gal water changes every few days for the last week or so, and added parafilter last week while troubleshooting the soft corals. I also just changed out the carbon filters this week to try to resolve the issue from the dying leather, and it seems like those two things worked for the corals.
Besides the parafilter, we haven't added anything new into the tank for months. Our green star polyp died and anthelias have been shriveling up, but the parameters gave stayed stable throughout that time.
When I just checked the ammonia again before posting it's at 0.2, but earlier in the week when I checked it was 0 (I'll working on a 5gal water change as soon as I finish posting this)
Any thoughts on what this could be, and what we can do about it? This is the first time we've had any fish health issues in this tank! Thanks so much in advance!
Parameters:
Ph: 8.2
Ammonia: 0.2
Nitrite: 0
Nitrate: 10-15
Phosphate: .25
Salinity: 1.025
Temp: 78-79
In the last 24 hours one of our 2 captive bred clownfish started breathing heavily and moving slowly, mostly hiding towards the back of the tank but still swimming around somewhat. He has some white stuff on one part of his lower jaw.
The tank is a 32gallon fluval flex all in one, and it has been running for 9 months. The clownfish have been in there since it was cycled, bought captive bred at a reliable LFS. We also have a yellow watchman goby, jester goby, and a harptail blenny; a handful of snails, hermits, and one peppermint shrimp; and a small variety of soft corals. All the livestock and corals are captive-bred.
All the other fish and inverts seem normal.
The tank has been very stable, but some of our corals were struggling in the last few weeks and I think I finally singled out a dying cabbage leather as the issue. I have been doing 5 gal water changes every few days for the last week or so, and added parafilter last week while troubleshooting the soft corals. I also just changed out the carbon filters this week to try to resolve the issue from the dying leather, and it seems like those two things worked for the corals.
Besides the parafilter, we haven't added anything new into the tank for months. Our green star polyp died and anthelias have been shriveling up, but the parameters gave stayed stable throughout that time.
When I just checked the ammonia again before posting it's at 0.2, but earlier in the week when I checked it was 0 (I'll working on a 5gal water change as soon as I finish posting this)
Any thoughts on what this could be, and what we can do about it? This is the first time we've had any fish health issues in this tank! Thanks so much in advance!
Parameters:
Ph: 8.2
Ammonia: 0.2
Nitrite: 0
Nitrate: 10-15
Phosphate: .25
Salinity: 1.025
Temp: 78-79