Hi Guys,
I am hoping someone will be able to help and point me in the right direction, My tank is about 2 years old and has never seen any diseases (that i am aware of), Over the past week my mature Regal Tang has been acting a little strange in that she darts to the bottom of the tank and looks likes she is nibbling at algee, just like shes does when nipping at the rock, only she is going a bit crackers, imagine a dog tugging on a toy moving its head from side to side, well that's how my Regal is looking, She does not appear to be rubbing on anything so i cant see it being ich (im not qualified to make this decision though) she can be absolutely fine and then all of a sudden she will just dart and act up. She is eating ok.
I have noticed that she has some lumps around her body but i can not see any white spots, a friend came over last night who has kept marine fish for some time and likes to think he a bit of an expert (not to sound patronizing, as he most certainly knows his stuff) he says he thinks it is ich and that my FoxFace appears to have it too and my Clown. I am unable to see it to be fair, but i most certainly can see the lumps on Regal.
There have been NO issues in the life of my tank, i have recently added some Frags from a very well known store, Cockfields, also some pulsing Xenia that i bought of a guy on eBay, i went to collect it and his tank didnt look the most cared for but certainly not a mess by any means, i did not add any of his water to my tank.
I noticed my regal acting up about a week ago but didnt think much of it at the time.
I have also added another pair of T5s (i am sure she was the same before i bought them though), i had cleaned my filter media in one of my filters but left the water in it and also replaced the wool at the same time i added some JBL PhosEX Ultra. Again, i am pretty sure Regal was the same before i did this.
I can not be 100% but i think my Regal started like this after i added the Gonipora and Torch from Cockfields.
PLEASE help me chaps!
I have a BlueSpot Jaw fish that i have had since very young and is my little gem! i must do my best to ensure it remains healthy so i just want to get some advice on my tang and how best to treat any issues i may have.
This was a week or so ago, i am fairly sure she was just starting to act a fool
and i have taken this just now on my iPhone (sorry for poor quality)
When i got home last night i had noticed that the tang had got a fair bit worse and was coming out in more spots. Around an hour later i checked back when i had charged my camera to get some pics and i then noticed my Torch had retracted and had all slime coming off of it, i got myself all worried and got photo happy and took over 800 photos of my tank in 30 minutes! my Tang was eating all the slime looking stuff that the Torch was producing.
I have also noticed a white dot on my Mandarin but i am not sure if it has been there since day dot or weather it is recent.
I turned all of my powerheads off and both filters whilst i fed the fish, i added a lot of garlic to the food and target fed making sure the Tang got plenty, i then fed my A+B for the corals and also target fed them too, my Goni got some and retracted where as the torch didnt look that interested, Any way, ill start a new topic for the Torch.
Here is the link to my album please take a look as there a dozens of shots of the tang so i dont want to post them All here:
http://s969.beta.photobucket.com/user/SH4D0WM4NZ/library/Fish Tank
Here are some pics:
I am hoping someone will be able to help and point me in the right direction, My tank is about 2 years old and has never seen any diseases (that i am aware of), Over the past week my mature Regal Tang has been acting a little strange in that she darts to the bottom of the tank and looks likes she is nibbling at algee, just like shes does when nipping at the rock, only she is going a bit crackers, imagine a dog tugging on a toy moving its head from side to side, well that's how my Regal is looking, She does not appear to be rubbing on anything so i cant see it being ich (im not qualified to make this decision though) she can be absolutely fine and then all of a sudden she will just dart and act up. She is eating ok.
I have noticed that she has some lumps around her body but i can not see any white spots, a friend came over last night who has kept marine fish for some time and likes to think he a bit of an expert (not to sound patronizing, as he most certainly knows his stuff) he says he thinks it is ich and that my FoxFace appears to have it too and my Clown. I am unable to see it to be fair, but i most certainly can see the lumps on Regal.
There have been NO issues in the life of my tank, i have recently added some Frags from a very well known store, Cockfields, also some pulsing Xenia that i bought of a guy on eBay, i went to collect it and his tank didnt look the most cared for but certainly not a mess by any means, i did not add any of his water to my tank.
I noticed my regal acting up about a week ago but didnt think much of it at the time.
I have also added another pair of T5s (i am sure she was the same before i bought them though), i had cleaned my filter media in one of my filters but left the water in it and also replaced the wool at the same time i added some JBL PhosEX Ultra. Again, i am pretty sure Regal was the same before i did this.
I can not be 100% but i think my Regal started like this after i added the Gonipora and Torch from Cockfields.
PLEASE help me chaps!
I have a BlueSpot Jaw fish that i have had since very young and is my little gem! i must do my best to ensure it remains healthy so i just want to get some advice on my tang and how best to treat any issues i may have.
This was a week or so ago, i am fairly sure she was just starting to act a fool
and i have taken this just now on my iPhone (sorry for poor quality)
When i got home last night i had noticed that the tang had got a fair bit worse and was coming out in more spots. Around an hour later i checked back when i had charged my camera to get some pics and i then noticed my Torch had retracted and had all slime coming off of it, i got myself all worried and got photo happy and took over 800 photos of my tank in 30 minutes! my Tang was eating all the slime looking stuff that the Torch was producing.
I have also noticed a white dot on my Mandarin but i am not sure if it has been there since day dot or weather it is recent.
I turned all of my powerheads off and both filters whilst i fed the fish, i added a lot of garlic to the food and target fed making sure the Tang got plenty, i then fed my A+B for the corals and also target fed them too, my Goni got some and retracted where as the torch didnt look that interested, Any way, ill start a new topic for the Torch.
Here is the link to my album please take a look as there a dozens of shots of the tang so i dont want to post them All here:
http://s969.beta.photobucket.com/user/SH4D0WM4NZ/library/Fish Tank
Here are some pics:
