nbd13
New member
Hi,
i was refered to you by some people.
anyway to make a long story short about 3 weeks ago i upgraded tanks. went from a 180 to a 275. its an SPS tank.
i had
1 lineatus fairy wrasse
1 labouti fairy wrasse
1 orange back fariy wrasse
1 rhomboid fairy wrasse
1 blue sided fairy wrasse
1 foxface lo
2 ocellaris clowns.
so after i trasnfered everything over, i got a Regal Angel from an online vendor to remain nameless at this point. the regal angel was eating very well and doing quite well actually!
BUT then after a week in the tank i noticed something. i started to notice these symptoms on the regal angel,
1. saw they started to ignore food
2. started to swim around less
3. heavier breathing
4. noticed some white batches (not spots, but a cluster of them) on thier fins
5. then they would not be able to swim right (fins not working right)
6. VERY heavy breathing
7. followed by death
this then repeated itself with ALL of my fairy wrasses dying!
this all happend 2 weeks ago and lasted for 1 week.
so now all the fish i have left are 2 ocellarsis clowns and 1 foxface Lo. nothing has been added to the tank is about 7-9 days.
so after reading your articles on marine velvet and ich. i am not sure which i have ich or marine velvet.
here are my questions to you,
1. What do you think i have ich or marine velvet.
2. what should i do if anything for the 3 fish left in the tank (clowns and foxface)
3. how should i go about adding more fish? i mean how do i know it will be safe to add fish and them not contract this disease and die?
4. i am guessing i should quartine new additions from now on correct? if so i was alittle unclear is 6 weeks ideal and 4 weeks ok? so ideally i should qaurtine for 6 weeks?
thanks for your help!
Nick
i was refered to you by some people.
anyway to make a long story short about 3 weeks ago i upgraded tanks. went from a 180 to a 275. its an SPS tank.
i had
1 lineatus fairy wrasse
1 labouti fairy wrasse
1 orange back fariy wrasse
1 rhomboid fairy wrasse
1 blue sided fairy wrasse
1 foxface lo
2 ocellaris clowns.
so after i trasnfered everything over, i got a Regal Angel from an online vendor to remain nameless at this point. the regal angel was eating very well and doing quite well actually!
BUT then after a week in the tank i noticed something. i started to notice these symptoms on the regal angel,
1. saw they started to ignore food
2. started to swim around less
3. heavier breathing
4. noticed some white batches (not spots, but a cluster of them) on thier fins
5. then they would not be able to swim right (fins not working right)
6. VERY heavy breathing
7. followed by death
this then repeated itself with ALL of my fairy wrasses dying!
this all happend 2 weeks ago and lasted for 1 week.
so now all the fish i have left are 2 ocellarsis clowns and 1 foxface Lo. nothing has been added to the tank is about 7-9 days.
so after reading your articles on marine velvet and ich. i am not sure which i have ich or marine velvet.
here are my questions to you,
1. What do you think i have ich or marine velvet.
2. what should i do if anything for the 3 fish left in the tank (clowns and foxface)
3. how should i go about adding more fish? i mean how do i know it will be safe to add fish and them not contract this disease and die?
4. i am guessing i should quartine new additions from now on correct? if so i was alittle unclear is 6 weeks ideal and 4 weeks ok? so ideally i should qaurtine for 6 weeks?
thanks for your help!
Nick