I feed them frozen mysis and brine shrimp. 13.5 gallon tank. I do not have a QT tank cause I don't have the space or money. If something happens to these fish this will be an invert and coral tank only. (I hope)
Video/Pictures of fish first... Then the story...
Last weekend I noticed the RG Basslet had some shiny spots on him (sorry no pics of that). He was acting skiddish and didn't eat. So since I don't have a QT tank to do proper medication I did have some Fluconazle. I threw 1 capsule in the tank. The next day the Basslet ate. Then a few days later I noticed my Midas Blenny acting strange. He was nipping at his own tail or using his tail to scratch his face. Almost looked like a dog would if he had an itch. He would also swim to the top of the water like he was trying to surface for air, slowly swim to the sand and as soon as he hit the sand he would jump up like he was electrocuted. So I did a 30% water change. Today he is a lot calmer, he is still eating like a pig even though he is still doing that tail scratch thing.
My questions are :
(1) Is there a way I can send a sample of my water to some place that can ID what kind of pest or fungus or fish killing disease is in my tank?
(2) I noticed this started after I got a... cyphastrea coral and an emerald crab from a local store. Is it possible for fish parasites or disease to hitch a ride on those two things?
Aside from this their skin looks a little extra textured. I don't know how to describe it.
Either way I am pretty sure my nano is now Chernobyl for fish and that is the end of that. I'm not going to put fish in this tank and hope they do okay. That's not cool.
I definitely know more about handling corals than I do fish in my noobie experience.
Video/Pictures of fish first... Then the story...
Last weekend I noticed the RG Basslet had some shiny spots on him (sorry no pics of that). He was acting skiddish and didn't eat. So since I don't have a QT tank to do proper medication I did have some Fluconazle. I threw 1 capsule in the tank. The next day the Basslet ate. Then a few days later I noticed my Midas Blenny acting strange. He was nipping at his own tail or using his tail to scratch his face. Almost looked like a dog would if he had an itch. He would also swim to the top of the water like he was trying to surface for air, slowly swim to the sand and as soon as he hit the sand he would jump up like he was electrocuted. So I did a 30% water change. Today he is a lot calmer, he is still eating like a pig even though he is still doing that tail scratch thing.
My questions are :
(1) Is there a way I can send a sample of my water to some place that can ID what kind of pest or fungus or fish killing disease is in my tank?
(2) I noticed this started after I got a... cyphastrea coral and an emerald crab from a local store. Is it possible for fish parasites or disease to hitch a ride on those two things?
Aside from this their skin looks a little extra textured. I don't know how to describe it.
Either way I am pretty sure my nano is now Chernobyl for fish and that is the end of that. I'm not going to put fish in this tank and hope they do okay. That's not cool.
I definitely know more about handling corals than I do fish in my noobie experience.