parasite

Orange shoulder tang didn’t have this on its front gill yesterday. Just noticed the spot today right before lights turning on. I have ParaGuard that I can use to treat it but before I do so what could this be? It was swimming just fine then started rapidly breathing. It still swimming but...

I am very new to having a salt water tank and I already am obsessed but there is still a lot to learn. When I first got my two clownfish I noticed this red dot near his gill. I figured it was normal and would heal itself (what do I know right?). I keep an eye on it but to me it looks redder than...

What is this on my coral

Hey everyone, I recently had an outbreak of Brooklynella in my fish tank which killed my 2 Clownfish , 1 Fairy Wrasse , and 1 Firefish. I have been doing some research and I know it says to go fish less for 6 weeks. That’s what I plan on doing, but is it possible for the parasite to die quicker...

"I have this little devil's hand frag, and a few days ago, it grew white and red spikes that are emerging from it. It's probably not the swaying tentacles since they don't move at all; these spikes resemble something else. Do you have any idea what it could be? Could they be spicules?"

I’ve had this blonde naso for a little over 3 months. He was 2-3 inches when we got him and is fat and happy. He has grown a little in that time, always eats a lot and mixed diet. I use nori, nori pellets, spirulina brine, mysis , and tdo- so he gets a very diverse diet. 3 days ago I noticed his...

My poor alveopora has been angry for about a week now. I thought it was the lights. Or flow. Well upon closer inspection, all the little things I thought were “pineapple sponges” were actually egg clusters. And these little pink stringy things picked off with tweezers. I believe they were some...

Hi guys, I know this has been discussed many times before and it’s not even worth posting pictures so this is more of me complaining to the world but I have montipora eating nudibranchs in my 8 gallon SPS tank. It seems like I’ve entered into never ending problems territory. This is after what I...

Hey everyone, we recently added a baby blue tang to our DT. At first she was going great, swimming around with everyone and eating no problem. Yesterday she had a white mark on one side we just assumed as from hiding in the rocks. This morning her one side was completely white and she wasn't...

I suspect that there is a worm-like parasite residing inside the mouth of my banggai cardinal fish. The fish is quite small and has refrained from eating for several days, even rejecting frozen foods. After a brief description to the AI model, it suggested that the parasite could possibly be a...

Hi gang! My little guy has a trilobite shaped critter on the left side of his body underneath one of his spots. Can anyone help me treat/identify this? Manual removal, soak etc. it looks like some sort of predatory isopod and am worried it could spread to my 6 sexy shrimp.

Can coral dip kill parasites like Brooklynella, I have a suspicion that my coral had been in contact with it.

Can velvet or brooklynella stay dormant in a clownfish for 4 weeks without appearing? I think my clownfish I have had for almost a month is starting to exhibit symptoms of brooklynella.

Hi everyone .So i’ve been lurking around for ages and its my time to traumatize you all .I set up a 20 gallon with 2 clown (orange ones) and a couple of soft corals (i’ll attach a photo) .Its been about 1 month ,and its going badddd .today i lost a clown ,so i’ve been doing research all day and...

So I came home and saw that my acans that have been flourishing are now sort of odd and shriveled looking. Almost appears to be brown in coloring. Any idea what this could be? They are frags btw they have 3 or 4 polyps each

I wasnt sure what heading to use for this question so I just put all the keywords in there. I have done research online but haven't found anything to be a solid enough answer. 3 Questions in short: - Is Saltwater Nitrifying Bacteria (SNB) exactly the same bacteria as found in Brackish water...

I got an acro frag from a friends tank that was struggling (STN) hoping to recover it. eventually I dipped it in revive and saw dozens of small black organisms coming off. After microscopy examination, I ID'd it as Philaster guamense based on morphology and having microalgae (zooxanthellae) in...

Hello My Foxface was in Copper Power Treatment (at 2.5 ppm) for 14 days due to an ich outbreak. During Copper Power Treatment i dosed the water with 200 miligrams of Nitrofurazone to avoid any bacterial infections and did 100% water changes every 3 days. The last day QT i noticed a spot like a...

Hard, tiny things all over zoas. They come off as strings when pulled. They do not seem to move at all. Among them was a small grub like animal that was ~2mm in diameter and had a see through body. It looked like a tiny shrimp, I could see two black eyes. Wasn't able to get picture. Also, red...

I noticed one of my clowns had some signs of his pelvic fin being nipped at, but I mistakenly thought this was from the female bullying him and establishing dominance.. A week or so later it looks like he’s losing coloration near his stomach, which looks like it’s turning transparent from his...

Over the last two weeks I’ve had two fish go on me, the first was my scopas tang. Looked so weak he was laying down all over the tank so I pulled him and put him in QT, however he eventually passed. Now, about a week or so later I find my blonde naso tang looking a bit weak and swimming a bit...

Hello, I recently started noticing 2 small white centipede like “bugs” on the glass of my tank. They have antennaes, many “feet” like a centipede, move slowly, and are completely white. The bugs are very small but still bigger than pods. My tank has been fallow for 8 weeks now following a...

Hello there, thanks for the forum. New to reefing, however if I may get some advice here. Cycling completed and added 2 clowns to begin. All parametres are fine however this little fella seems to be off a bit? Possibly a parasite infection? Foesnt appear to eat when food is put in? Any help...

I need help identifying these spots on my clownfish. They look like whispy gray blotches on top of the skin. Irregular shape. They have had these spots for a couple weeks. Doesn’t look like ich velvet or brook to me but I could be wrong. The video makes the spots look more circular than they...

I found these on the bottom of a ceramic plug rack that was on the sand. You can see a frag plug hole in one of the pictures. There seems to be a dark spot inside, it's not moving and one popped when I tried to flich it off