brian762
New member
Its been awhile since I've been on here. However, I am having a big issue. I put a E. Quad in my tank 2 years ago and was doing great. About a year and half ago, i introduced a H. Crispa. The Crispa thrived from about 2 inches bleached, to about 8-9 inches full purplish green color. It was beautiful and my clowns loved it. Once it started growing, my RBTA never really grew, even when feeding krill and mysis, but was never deflated or unhappy. They lived happy together in a 55 for at least a year. A few months ago I had a horrible cotton candy algae and cyno outbreak. My BTA would wonder and deflate, but my Crispa was always large and happy. Fast forward about a month, and now its reverse. Crispas mouth started getting puffy, but now its deflated and insides coming out. I have done multiple WCs to combat the algae and got it under control. Everything is happy in my tank except a the Crispa and a few head of hammer that is a few inches away that are opening more and more as my Crispa gets worse. Does this sound like chemical warfare?
