disease

Hey guys, five days ago I bought a Sapphire damsel for my tank and today a noticed a white mark on him. I haven’t been able to notice because he’s usually facing the other way and hides in the rock work. He might’ve got the mark from my male clown since he would try to attack the damsel for the...

My parents recently got a Tiger Wardi Goby and the little fellow is in quarantine. He's been doing fine so far, but within the past couple of days he had what looked to be a bruise on his lip which has formed into what (to me) looks like it's rotting off. None of us have any idea what could've...

Something that looks like ich/velviet showed up on my clowns yesterday. I’m leaning towards ich because I’ve had them in the dt for a month with no problems and there were quarantined before that. No other fish have been affected yet. Any help would be appreciated. Pictures attached

Hello, I am looking for assistance in identifying this disease that had unfortunately taken one of my clownfish. The clownfish was perfectly fine for over a week after I had picked it up from my LFS. Today I look at my tank and notice that it was sitting at the bottom of the tank looking...

Hi guys, After my first flame angel fixed I thought I’d dry another from the same seller (mistake I guess) and this was was fine for 2 weeks until I woke up this morning and it was super lethargic and it’s fins look damaged. I checked the other fish and they have no damage. He looked fine...

I am new to the saltwater aquarium community and just got my first damsel fish. The only problem is it has some weird marks on it. I don’t think it resembles ich or velvet, but am concerned on what it could be and if it is harmful. He also is hiding and not eating food, but it’s only been one...

Hi I bought two black storm clowns on Saturday and they’ve been in the store for 4 months, they’ve been feeding well and acting fine but when I got home today I noticed the male was sat in the bottom of the tank not doing much just breathing heavily with a cloudy eye and a few patches of his...

Hi guys, Very worried as this morning came to check on one of my tanks and noticed one of my watanabei females was laying there - basically dead - heavy breathing. No strange markings or things to be alarmed about. Please see the video below. As I said, still sort of alive but on it's way out...

I’ve had this leather for almost 4 years now… every 5 months in under goes a shedding process! Suddenly now there A HOLE being formed on the head, I’m worried it’s caught something as it looks like the hole is signs of rotting. It’s now day 6 and a darker than usual slim has covered the top of...

Hello, i've recently bought a pair of clowns to a 10g Fish only Aquarium i wanted, one of them died during acclimation, but since i got this clown he havent eat a bite, i've had him for 3 weeks now, and on the 3rd day of having it a hatched some brine shrimp to try to make him eat, and he did...

Hello friends, I just wanted to know your opinions and experiences about this symptom around the beak of this butterflyfish. Any exact diagnosis? Do you have suggestions for medication? Amoxicillin in water and food couldn't help, I may go for Florfenicol today This one feeds on dried shrimp...

Hello everyone! I did a bit of research on fin diseases and parasites before I dipped my Midus Blenny, in FW for 5 minutes to try and fix whatever is on his fin. It definitely looks like some parasite to me, but he appears completely healthy, after just getting him two days ago from my LFS. I...

Nice to meet everyone! Long time lurker, first time poster. I have had my tank running since January of this year (~6 months) and have been fortunate enough to not experience any major problems with any of my livestock thus far. This morning, I was feeding the tank and noticed that my firefish...

Hello everyone, I have a question mu sailfin has these black spots they lighten and darken here and there through the day, breathing seems fine, eats like a pig daily Water parameters are in normal limits, phos is slightly high but still not too bad. Sailfin resides solo with a cleaner wrasse...

Hi all I’ve noticed the past 2 days my clown has been acting strange sitting on the sand bed for long periods of time he’s eating fine and will swim actively I’ve read on a thread that behaviour like this can happen eventually leading to death and not knowing the cause all parameters are fine...

Hi guys, So a bit of context here - I've just moved in a watanabei angel pair to make a trio with my other female. To avoid any aggression after the acclimation box , I've covered the tank to be mostly dark for the last few days. However, on uncovering, I noticed this concerning mark on the...

Hi reefers, recently discovered that my purple tang is covered with white spots. It looks very like ich, but the spot is much larger and some of them are peeling off from the skin (still attached, looks like the skin is peeled off). It still eats, and looks fine.

Hi All, My purple tang and lipstick tang got white spots. However this is my first time with disease on any of my fish so I’m not sure whether this is ich or velvet or something else? It started around week and a half ago. First I’ve turned on UV light and I feel like it helped slightly for a...

Hello. My Box fish has white blotches on its fins and skin. It also has a cloudy eye. He is in quarantine and has been since I purchased him 3 months ago. He didn't start showing any disease until my Blond Naso Tang, also quarantined (but separated by an acrylic barrier). Got sick and...

So I have a Lepto and there’s a clear like substance on it. It can’t be blown off and doesn’t look like bleaching. Anyone seen anything like this before?

I’ve been treating my hippo tang with copper in a qt for almost three weeks and at first I was seeing results and now it’s worse. No water changes have been don’t. Should I increase the dosage of copper? (Look near face and on spine near tail)

This is my wife and I’s first foray into salwater. Our tank has cycled and got a pair of clowns. One of the little guys had been isolated from others since they were being aggressive and even nipped his caudal fin. The store associate ended up giving him to us for free as a pair to another...

My wife recently picked up this beautiful clown. Not sure what kind he is but his pattern is quite unique. He was sold as a “premium” clown from Petco at one of their magnet stores meaning they get all the good stuff. Their tanks are pretty immaculate and they even have saltwater specialists...

Hi all. I have had this clown exactly a year now. It's had this spot on its side since shortly after I got it but it's always been quite small. In the last few weeks it's gotten to be quite large and I'm not sure what it could be. It's never caused problems but lately he's been having trouble...

I had an ich outbreak in my DT about 26 days ago, and yanked all of my fish out of the tank, moved into multiple QT tanks. I have way more fish than tanks, and some would kill each other, so they are split over 7 QT tanks of different sizes. I consistently treated all of the tanks with Copper...