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This morning I lost 1 of 2 clowns. I believe it was Ich although the speed in which she went down makes me wonder. Clowns have been on the tank for a month. Currently the only fish. Couple zoa frags, hermits, and trochus snails. Both clown have been eating since day one.
A couple weeks ago I spotted what I thought might be Ich on them both although the female was very covered. Thought it might have been sand as my power head had kicked some up while I was playing with the flow. No one was acting weird and they continued to eat. 48hr later nothing on them. Then 2 days ago same thing, figured it was in fact Ich. Last night female was swimming fine but was hanging closer to the bottom than usual. Breathing looked normal. She did not eat. Male was acting fine and eating. Decided it was time to QT (as I should have done to start). She was dead by morning. Male still acting and eating fine.
my question is does this sound like Ich? Seems like a really fast decline. Is this typical? My plan is to Run the tank fallow. QT the male (and add another female at the same time?) and go through the proper steps as outlined in the updated QT guidelines. All future fish will go through the same….idk about coral.
no detectable ammonia
30 nitrate (today was WC day)
.07 phosphate
A couple weeks ago I spotted what I thought might be Ich on them both although the female was very covered. Thought it might have been sand as my power head had kicked some up while I was playing with the flow. No one was acting weird and they continued to eat. 48hr later nothing on them. Then 2 days ago same thing, figured it was in fact Ich. Last night female was swimming fine but was hanging closer to the bottom than usual. Breathing looked normal. She did not eat. Male was acting fine and eating. Decided it was time to QT (as I should have done to start). She was dead by morning. Male still acting and eating fine.
my question is does this sound like Ich? Seems like a really fast decline. Is this typical? My plan is to Run the tank fallow. QT the male (and add another female at the same time?) and go through the proper steps as outlined in the updated QT guidelines. All future fish will go through the same….idk about coral.
no detectable ammonia
30 nitrate (today was WC day)
.07 phosphate