ID skin issue on Royal Gramma
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any aggression from tank mates ?
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This is not aggression issue but rather secondary bacterial which may have started as injury but treatment is warranted and fish will need to be placed in quarantine setting and treated with seachem Kanaplaex. If no Kanaplex, Maracyn 2.Can anyone suggest what's going on with this little guy?
TWYOUNG
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Possibly. I added six Grammas about two months ago thinking they were docile fish who wouldn't bother each other or anyone else. I also didn't think any others would consider them a threat. One disappeared and two died with no sign of disease. One of those had a laceration on its side which I considered most likely a post mortem cuc issue. Now I'm wondering if a surgeonfish could have been responsible.
The suspects would include, 1) White Tail Bristletooth Tang, 2) Yellow Tang, 3) Foxface Rabbitfish, 4) Six Line Wrasse
I do have a number of timid species, (Firefish, Filefish, gobies), which are fine but were in the tank before the tangs.
jkcoral
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Six Royal Gramma is going to be a guaranteed blood bath.
Like someone mentioned above, it looks like a secondary infection is developing and this guy probably needs some treatment.
Based on the previous comment, it sounds like you still have 3 gramma. Consider finding and rehoming one or two. In my experience, if there are others of their kind around they will wake up every morning and choose violence.
Like someone mentioned above, it looks like a secondary infection is developing and this guy probably needs some treatment.
Based on the previous comment, it sounds like you still have 3 gramma. Consider finding and rehoming one or two. In my experience, if there are others of their kind around they will wake up every morning and choose violence.
TWYOUNG
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The Grammas are captive bred and came from the same tank. Biota thought they'd be fine but I believe they were raised in a tank where there was no ability to establish territories. There were dozens of them and only PVC for shelter. Perhaps putting six in a tank with 100# of rock is an entirely different story.
TWYOUNG
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I guess the folks at Biota were unaware of that. I don't normally trust the purveyor's for advice but I don't think Biota would have any difficulty unloading their fish without me.
Bucs20fan
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Ive only seen them in more than single specimens in LFS's on a few occasions, if thats anything to tell you of their reputation with each other.
TWYOUNG
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No, I didn't think you were accusing me of anything. I'm just disappointed how things are turning out for my fish. So often in this hobby you try to do your best and things still go terribly wrong. On the positive side I learned something, and my phyto and copepod cultures are doing good lol!
Bucs20fan
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Heyyyy!!! thats one heck of a positive. It sucks to learn something a the death of one of our critters.
Bucs20fan
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Oh yeah for sure! The survivor is gonna be a thug. Good genetics in that one LOL
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