Hello,
I am pretty new to salt water reefing and made the mistake of not setting up a QT.
I added a Pearly Jawfish to the tank which died in 5 days.
6 days later I woke up to my Clown looking like he was close to dying from either velvet or brook he was fine the night before so I knew I needed to act fast. I attached a photo below of the Clown after successful treatment. No other fish were showing symptoms.
I immediately set up a hospital tank to treat all fish.
Its a 10 gallon tank and houses 5 small fish (Blue Flasher Wrasse, Clown, Wheeler Goby, Purple Fire Fish, Tail Spot Blenny) I realize its some what small for the quantity of fish but it is all I had to work with.
All fish went through a freshwater bath for 5min + 30min in "Rid Ich Plus" which contains Formaldehyde 4.26% (11.52% Formalin) and Zync-Free Chloride Salt of Malachite Green before being added to the HT.
The HT has been ramped up to a copper level (Copper Power) of 1.5 (I am aiming for a level of 2). I added Prime & Bio Spiria to control ammonia. I also as of yesterday added Metro + to treat Brook if Brook is present.
The Clown and Tail Spot Blenny are doing great but my Purple Fire Fish is not doing well he is lethargic heavily breathing. I am not sure how much longer he will make it. He was fine up until yesterday morning. I tried giving him another freshwater bath last night but there has been no improvement so im not sure if parasites are the issue. (I also did a 50% water change yesterday and added an air-stone because I thought maybe the single pump was not sufficient). I have also noticed rapid breathing from the Wrasse and Wheeler Goby but its not as severe as it is on my fire fish.
I understand testing ammonia with prime will lead to false positives so im pretty lost regarding what I should do and am incredibly overwhelmed. Im considering adding him back into the DT even though I need to go fallow for 76 days.
My nitrates are not high & Salinity is at 1.023. The alklinity is at 1.0 which is maybe signifying an imbalanced PH level? Im going to get a new PH test right after work as the strips I have are terrible.
I feel like this is a water peram issue but im not sure as the parameter's that I can measure seem in line.
Let me know if any of you all have advice
Some other less urgent notes are
My Wheeler Goby has not really been eating either since introducing him to the HT so I added some sand in a food safe plastic bowl in hopes to comfort him I will see how he develops.
I am pretty new to salt water reefing and made the mistake of not setting up a QT.
I added a Pearly Jawfish to the tank which died in 5 days.
6 days later I woke up to my Clown looking like he was close to dying from either velvet or brook he was fine the night before so I knew I needed to act fast. I attached a photo below of the Clown after successful treatment. No other fish were showing symptoms.
I immediately set up a hospital tank to treat all fish.
Its a 10 gallon tank and houses 5 small fish (Blue Flasher Wrasse, Clown, Wheeler Goby, Purple Fire Fish, Tail Spot Blenny) I realize its some what small for the quantity of fish but it is all I had to work with.
All fish went through a freshwater bath for 5min + 30min in "Rid Ich Plus" which contains Formaldehyde 4.26% (11.52% Formalin) and Zync-Free Chloride Salt of Malachite Green before being added to the HT.
The HT has been ramped up to a copper level (Copper Power) of 1.5 (I am aiming for a level of 2). I added Prime & Bio Spiria to control ammonia. I also as of yesterday added Metro + to treat Brook if Brook is present.
The Clown and Tail Spot Blenny are doing great but my Purple Fire Fish is not doing well he is lethargic heavily breathing. I am not sure how much longer he will make it. He was fine up until yesterday morning. I tried giving him another freshwater bath last night but there has been no improvement so im not sure if parasites are the issue. (I also did a 50% water change yesterday and added an air-stone because I thought maybe the single pump was not sufficient). I have also noticed rapid breathing from the Wrasse and Wheeler Goby but its not as severe as it is on my fire fish.
I understand testing ammonia with prime will lead to false positives so im pretty lost regarding what I should do and am incredibly overwhelmed. Im considering adding him back into the DT even though I need to go fallow for 76 days.
My nitrates are not high & Salinity is at 1.023. The alklinity is at 1.0 which is maybe signifying an imbalanced PH level? Im going to get a new PH test right after work as the strips I have are terrible.
I feel like this is a water peram issue but im not sure as the parameter's that I can measure seem in line.
Let me know if any of you all have advice
Some other less urgent notes are
My Wheeler Goby has not really been eating either since introducing him to the HT so I added some sand in a food safe plastic bowl in hopes to comfort him I will see how he develops.