MD Aquatic
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Here is the scoop, I have a new tank thats been running two months and its been pretty stable for the last few weeks. I decided to go ahead and add my stock list to it, all of the fish added at the smallest size I could get them to make things easier on the tank. All the fish came in two days ago except for two which will be here tomorrow and the lawnmower that went in sooner. I drip acclimated them for an hour at a slow drip using an AccliMate.
Added are a lawnmower, purple firefish, a clown goby, and an African Flameback. The lawnmower and firefish is pretty active and hang out in front of the tank. The other fish disappeared after I added them and I haven't seen them since, the tank does have a full screen top.
Today I came home from work and noticed this on my fish, He doesn't sit still so I can't get a good look at it. I can't tell if the other fish bothered him, if he got scraped or something or if its a parasite. I can tell you that it materialized in a flash. It wasn't there last night and its there now at 10am the next morning. Here are the best photos I can get and some questions answered. Im gunna keep trying to get better pictures.
UPDATE: I found my clown goby. He made it through the grates on the intakes and I found him sitting on top of the floss. Removed him and going to do a 25% change. Could have been there over 24 hours.
1. How old is this aquarium?
Its two months old setup with cured dry rock
2. If less than six months old, what is ammonia level?
0
3. What is SG of this aquarium? How measured?
1.024 on a standard refractometer backed up by an apex probe
4. When was the last fish added to this aquarium?
This fish and to others added saturday, one a week before that
5. Was it quarantined? If so, how? And how long? Was it prophylactically treated? How?
No. I do not have the ability or space to quarantine
6. If you are using a copper based medication, which one? How often do you measure level? When?
I am not
7. If you are using hyposalinity, how did you calibrate your refractometer?
I am not
8. Please describe in detail, the appearance of the fish? If there is one or more pimples, are they lumpy? What color?
It looks like white spiky protrusions, three of them, at least one is pointy and it appears the mucous is damaged or deteriorated around them.
9. Please describe the behavior of the fish as best you can. Is it acting reclusive? Is it always up towards the top of the aquarium? Is it avoiding light? How active is the fish?
The fish is very active as and behaving as you would expect swimming around nipping at things it thinks or are food in the water and darting about.
10. Is the fish eating? What?
The fish is currently eating anything I give it, I've given omni flake food and BlueZoo mix
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