Hi, quick introduction: I had a reef 120 gallon reef tank for about a decade but tore it down and sold it roughly 6 years ago due to a move. I am finally getting back into reefing. My main tank is a 75 gallon all in one. It has been cycled and running for a few months now. No fish currently, just some soft corals and clean up crew.
I have four fish in a 20 gallon cycled qt tank that I have been watching for about a week. I plan on following protocol and medicating with CopperSafe and then Prazipro. However… I have run into a couple of issues and would appreciate any advice.
Firstly, the fish:
- Two caramel clowns
- One blue/green chromis (started with three, two died within a couple of days from what I believe was Uronema. See pic)
- One bicolor blenny. This guy has actually been in the qt for a month waiting on friends.
The new arrivals apparently have an intestinal bug… all with white stringy poop that doesn’t want to fall off. I’ve been trying to feed them food dosed with Metroplex… they don’t like it much but they do eat some. I went ahead and dosed the qt twice with Metroplex to see if that would help. I think I’m seeing improvement as the poop is getting more of a normal brown most of the time.
My biggest concern is one of my clowns. In the last couple of days I have noticed a slight opaque coating on the back half of one of his sides. He also, has been very picky at eating, even with non-medicated food. He often charges up to the food (pellets or cubes) and stops just short of eating. He is active and breathing normal.
Please see photos and tell me what you think. I have a bottle of formalin on standby but only want to use it as a last resort. Not sure if I should start with either the copper or prazi or do something else first.
I have four fish in a 20 gallon cycled qt tank that I have been watching for about a week. I plan on following protocol and medicating with CopperSafe and then Prazipro. However… I have run into a couple of issues and would appreciate any advice.
Firstly, the fish:
- Two caramel clowns
- One blue/green chromis (started with three, two died within a couple of days from what I believe was Uronema. See pic)
- One bicolor blenny. This guy has actually been in the qt for a month waiting on friends.
The new arrivals apparently have an intestinal bug… all with white stringy poop that doesn’t want to fall off. I’ve been trying to feed them food dosed with Metroplex… they don’t like it much but they do eat some. I went ahead and dosed the qt twice with Metroplex to see if that would help. I think I’m seeing improvement as the poop is getting more of a normal brown most of the time.
My biggest concern is one of my clowns. In the last couple of days I have noticed a slight opaque coating on the back half of one of his sides. He also, has been very picky at eating, even with non-medicated food. He often charges up to the food (pellets or cubes) and stops just short of eating. He is active and breathing normal.
Please see photos and tell me what you think. I have a bottle of formalin on standby but only want to use it as a last resort. Not sure if I should start with either the copper or prazi or do something else first.