Novice reefkeeper here. First tank has been running for 5 months.
I think I made an error introducing some unclean chaeto or possibly the last fish (firefish - my last post was about this) into my system and now have ich?
Lost my Gramma suddenly today and am quite upset about it.. She had such a big personality for a little fish. I couldn't see any spots leading up to this and thought the change in behavior was concerning but didnt really know what to do. See my last post for video of her behavior if interested.
These are pictures of her when found this morning.
It might be worth noting i was out of town for the 38 hours preceeding this and had an auto feeder running for the first time. Normally she would eat mysis shrimp and pellets x2 a day but I thought she would be alright missing just one day of mysis and pellets only... I guess I was wrong. The only other thing I can think of is I have been having a lot of evaporation and am running my salinity on the higher end at 1.026.. which might have ticked a little higher before I topped off with rodi when I got back... I wonder if this could be making things worse and if I should lower it some.. I am literally hooking up an auto top of as we speak.
Anyway on to the important part now! - saving the remaining fish in the tank!
I want to confirm that my ich suspicions are true - I have 2 clowns left and here is a video and some stills of them from 15 minutes ago:
They have been rubbing in the sand for a while now but only just today did I notice the little spots on them were as bad as they are. I'm about to run out and get a qt 10 gallon and do this properly but I want to be fairly certain that it is ich before I run the DT fallow and attack this head on. ( the wife will roll her eyes at ANOTHER tank for sure but I'm determined to save these dudes)
Thanks for your help and I'm hoping I can keep these friends alive!!
I think I made an error introducing some unclean chaeto or possibly the last fish (firefish - my last post was about this) into my system and now have ich?
Lost my Gramma suddenly today and am quite upset about it.. She had such a big personality for a little fish. I couldn't see any spots leading up to this and thought the change in behavior was concerning but didnt really know what to do. See my last post for video of her behavior if interested.
These are pictures of her when found this morning.
It might be worth noting i was out of town for the 38 hours preceeding this and had an auto feeder running for the first time. Normally she would eat mysis shrimp and pellets x2 a day but I thought she would be alright missing just one day of mysis and pellets only... I guess I was wrong. The only other thing I can think of is I have been having a lot of evaporation and am running my salinity on the higher end at 1.026.. which might have ticked a little higher before I topped off with rodi when I got back... I wonder if this could be making things worse and if I should lower it some.. I am literally hooking up an auto top of as we speak.
Anyway on to the important part now! - saving the remaining fish in the tank!
I want to confirm that my ich suspicions are true - I have 2 clowns left and here is a video and some stills of them from 15 minutes ago:
They have been rubbing in the sand for a while now but only just today did I notice the little spots on them were as bad as they are. I'm about to run out and get a qt 10 gallon and do this properly but I want to be fairly certain that it is ich before I run the DT fallow and attack this head on. ( the wife will roll her eyes at ANOTHER tank for sure but I'm determined to save these dudes)
Thanks for your help and I'm hoping I can keep these friends alive!!