McrRedBee
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Hi, I need advice on identifying a mysterious illness.
The tank is 205l and has 2 osc. clowns, 2 chromis and 1 sunburst butterflyfish. The parameters are 0 ammonia 0 nitrite 0 nitrate ph 8.0 temp 26°c. Fish only tank. Ive had tropical and marine fish for 14years but this tank was set up in October.
For background information, despite quarantining fish, there was an outbreak of ich in late January with I treated the tank with copper.
Also, i introduced a yellow tang (which I did not quarantine due to the lack of a large enough q.t tank) about 3 weeks ago. After I introduced it I did not see it eat once in the tank and sadly died 3days later. The parameters were fine at the time so I reckoned it was stressed and never settled.
A few days after the death of the tang my largest chromis (out of 3) began shaking badly (I have a video but the website doesn't seem to allow me to upload). I saw it flick itself once on the filter pipe but I never saw any white dots. It died just after a week of first signs of problems. It died overnight and i saw it in the morning. I have enclosed a pic. The other two chromis also soon began looking lethargic, hide in the shaded corner and seem to swim vertical nose-up. Yesterday I have also noticed white dots (similar to dry flaked skin on a person). There are no dots on the fins or on any other fish. They don't look like ich I've saw in the past. No fish is flicking. Is it flukes? Or something else? The problems seem to stem from the yellow tang. What treatment should I use?
Best Regards
The tank is 205l and has 2 osc. clowns, 2 chromis and 1 sunburst butterflyfish. The parameters are 0 ammonia 0 nitrite 0 nitrate ph 8.0 temp 26°c. Fish only tank. Ive had tropical and marine fish for 14years but this tank was set up in October.
For background information, despite quarantining fish, there was an outbreak of ich in late January with I treated the tank with copper.
Also, i introduced a yellow tang (which I did not quarantine due to the lack of a large enough q.t tank) about 3 weeks ago. After I introduced it I did not see it eat once in the tank and sadly died 3days later. The parameters were fine at the time so I reckoned it was stressed and never settled.
A few days after the death of the tang my largest chromis (out of 3) began shaking badly (I have a video but the website doesn't seem to allow me to upload). I saw it flick itself once on the filter pipe but I never saw any white dots. It died just after a week of first signs of problems. It died overnight and i saw it in the morning. I have enclosed a pic. The other two chromis also soon began looking lethargic, hide in the shaded corner and seem to swim vertical nose-up. Yesterday I have also noticed white dots (similar to dry flaked skin on a person). There are no dots on the fins or on any other fish. They don't look like ich I've saw in the past. No fish is flicking. Is it flukes? Or something else? The problems seem to stem from the yellow tang. What treatment should I use?
Best Regards
