My 10 year old tank-raised Ocellaris female has been sick for week.
Parameters =
1.025 salinity
78 degrees
0 ammonia
0 nitrite
10 nitrate
0.08 phosphate (hanna)
Of note, my 55 gallon is ~4 months old and to start up I transferred my live rock / corals etc over, waited a month, then added my clowns from my old 29 gallon, which I've had for 9+ years. These were the first fish I bought.
Could be unrelated, but a few weeks ago she got very large (I assume carrying eggs - which I haven't seen that often over 10 yrs, prob cause I underfeed) then back to normal. After this, she kind of hovered in the corner and I noticed a minor lump on her stripe - i thought it was an internal worm or parasite looking back at it, though it could have been nothing.
I added a Coral Beauty last Saturday, and a few days later things went downhill. Large white poop followed (first one with a reddish tint - blood?), and has been stringy white ever since. She hovers in the corner, hovers at the top, and swims erratically with labored breathing (although at night she seems fine sleeping in the toadstool coral). I fed metroplex + focus for a few days, and she ate it. Added carbon during & after. For some reason today she looked worse (stays in the bottom corner) and i dosed the DT Prazipro. Saw the few white marks on skin and I thought flukes for some reason. She also has a small red dot by her abdomen and her right pelvic fin seems to always be clutching it.
Doesn't look like ich, Brookynella for tank raised seems rare and it's been a slow decline. Been breathing heavy for a week. Male clown looks fine.
Any thoughts? I assume adding the CB was a stressor event, or maybe she caught something from it, although the CB looks great. I don't have a QT or hospital tank, so I am basically stuck with whatever I can do in the display. I have hermits/ snails /and mostly softies. Thanks!
![PXL_20230522_212147622.MP - H2.jpg PXL_20230522_212147622.MP - H2.jpg](https://test.reef2reef.com/data/attachments/3092/3092603-2ece5459beb7cc4ddcf9b6c93c269407.jpg)
Parameters =
1.025 salinity
78 degrees
0 ammonia
0 nitrite
10 nitrate
0.08 phosphate (hanna)
Of note, my 55 gallon is ~4 months old and to start up I transferred my live rock / corals etc over, waited a month, then added my clowns from my old 29 gallon, which I've had for 9+ years. These were the first fish I bought.
Could be unrelated, but a few weeks ago she got very large (I assume carrying eggs - which I haven't seen that often over 10 yrs, prob cause I underfeed) then back to normal. After this, she kind of hovered in the corner and I noticed a minor lump on her stripe - i thought it was an internal worm or parasite looking back at it, though it could have been nothing.
I added a Coral Beauty last Saturday, and a few days later things went downhill. Large white poop followed (first one with a reddish tint - blood?), and has been stringy white ever since. She hovers in the corner, hovers at the top, and swims erratically with labored breathing (although at night she seems fine sleeping in the toadstool coral). I fed metroplex + focus for a few days, and she ate it. Added carbon during & after. For some reason today she looked worse (stays in the bottom corner) and i dosed the DT Prazipro. Saw the few white marks on skin and I thought flukes for some reason. She also has a small red dot by her abdomen and her right pelvic fin seems to always be clutching it.
Doesn't look like ich, Brookynella for tank raised seems rare and it's been a slow decline. Been breathing heavy for a week. Male clown looks fine.
Any thoughts? I assume adding the CB was a stressor event, or maybe she caught something from it, although the CB looks great. I don't have a QT or hospital tank, so I am basically stuck with whatever I can do in the display. I have hermits/ snails /and mostly softies. Thanks!
![PXL_20230522_212147622.MP - H1.jpg PXL_20230522_212147622.MP - H1.jpg](https://test.reef2reef.com/data/attachments/3092/3092601-d995661308e902434950617306454e08.jpg)
![PXL_20230522_212147622.MP - H2.jpg PXL_20230522_212147622.MP - H2.jpg](https://test.reef2reef.com/data/attachments/3092/3092603-2ece5459beb7cc4ddcf9b6c93c269407.jpg)
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