I feel completely foolish right now. A few weeks ago when my brand new firefish disappeared, I thought that it was simply my evil clownfish being territorial. That was, until now my beloved royal gramma disappeared. I just returned from a weekend trip and have yet to see him all day (of course he may hopefully just be hiding). Now, all I have left is my Aurora goby and clownfish. I observed their behavior, which seemed fine. Then I noticed this:
My best guess is Marine Velvet. Only thing is that there is absolutely no change in behavior, just a nasty appearance.
This feels like a complete rookie mistake for me to have let this slip past the firefish’s quarantine, but I suppose we all make mistakes sometimes. The shame of it is that a couple weeks ago, I noticed some white specks near the clown’s face and was considering moving my fish into quarantine. The clown was acting alright though, so I figured it was just lymphocytosis that would clear after some water changes, which it did. I unfortunately couldn’t be more wrong, and now I’ve lost two fish and the clown has maybe a day left (judging off looks). I just feel so defeated and guilty, and I am completely at a loss for immediate solutions. The true panic is the lack of medication for this illness and a lack of means to catch my goby. Any suggestions, or, although I would feel terrible for just standing by, am I too late to be of any help.
My best guess is Marine Velvet. Only thing is that there is absolutely no change in behavior, just a nasty appearance.
This feels like a complete rookie mistake for me to have let this slip past the firefish’s quarantine, but I suppose we all make mistakes sometimes. The shame of it is that a couple weeks ago, I noticed some white specks near the clown’s face and was considering moving my fish into quarantine. The clown was acting alright though, so I figured it was just lymphocytosis that would clear after some water changes, which it did. I unfortunately couldn’t be more wrong, and now I’ve lost two fish and the clown has maybe a day left (judging off looks). I just feel so defeated and guilty, and I am completely at a loss for immediate solutions. The true panic is the lack of medication for this illness and a lack of means to catch my goby. Any suggestions, or, although I would feel terrible for just standing by, am I too late to be of any help.
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