Here is my situation:
Bad, bad, luck the past few months!
I've had all of my fish for over a year in a 100 gallon reef tank, so a parasite must have gotten in via a rock, coral, or invert, or my fish have been asymptomatic.
In May, I moved the tank to our new house. Everything went fine, but I did lose my cleaner shrimp a week later. Then, I had a tank leak a couple of months ago and had to move everything to temporary quarters for about a week. Finally, I moved everything back into the new tank a little over a month ago.
Well, I noticed the flame angel had white spots (like it was sprinkled with salt) a couple of weeks after the move to the new tank. Then my royal gramma was covered in it and hid constantly. I lost these two a couple of weeks later. After that, I have had about one fish death a week. Some had labored breathing and flashing on the rocks before they died. I lost 4 fish.
Last week I decided to remove the remaining fish to a quarantine tank and allow the tank to go fallow. Both of my ocellaris clownfish looked like they had been lightly sprinkled with powdered sugar around their head region, and the yellow tang frantically visited the cleaner shrimp, and scratched on rocks.
I am currently performing TTM on my remaining fish. The first morning after the move, I lost one clownfish. I did the second tank transfer last night, and this morning I lost my yellow tang. He was breathing very fast after the transfer last night, and this morning he was on his side before he died. I took some photos of him that I can upload later. What is strange is that he looked like he was covered in powdered sugar. I placed him into freshwater to see if anything came off and some tiny white flecks are floating in the water. He is very red around his mouth and his tail area, almost like a bacterial infection was beginning.
So what should I do now? I plan on finishing the TTM and keeping them in quarantine for the full 72 days (while the DT is fallow). Could this be Brooklynella or Velvet? I don't think it is because everything didn't die quickly. Can crpto get so bad on a fish that they look cloudy? The slime coat is intact and not coming off in sheets. There is no velvety sheen. I have a microscope at work, so should I try to perform a gill scrape on the tang? Ideas? Thanks!
Bad, bad, luck the past few months!
I've had all of my fish for over a year in a 100 gallon reef tank, so a parasite must have gotten in via a rock, coral, or invert, or my fish have been asymptomatic.
In May, I moved the tank to our new house. Everything went fine, but I did lose my cleaner shrimp a week later. Then, I had a tank leak a couple of months ago and had to move everything to temporary quarters for about a week. Finally, I moved everything back into the new tank a little over a month ago.
Well, I noticed the flame angel had white spots (like it was sprinkled with salt) a couple of weeks after the move to the new tank. Then my royal gramma was covered in it and hid constantly. I lost these two a couple of weeks later. After that, I have had about one fish death a week. Some had labored breathing and flashing on the rocks before they died. I lost 4 fish.
Last week I decided to remove the remaining fish to a quarantine tank and allow the tank to go fallow. Both of my ocellaris clownfish looked like they had been lightly sprinkled with powdered sugar around their head region, and the yellow tang frantically visited the cleaner shrimp, and scratched on rocks.
I am currently performing TTM on my remaining fish. The first morning after the move, I lost one clownfish. I did the second tank transfer last night, and this morning I lost my yellow tang. He was breathing very fast after the transfer last night, and this morning he was on his side before he died. I took some photos of him that I can upload later. What is strange is that he looked like he was covered in powdered sugar. I placed him into freshwater to see if anything came off and some tiny white flecks are floating in the water. He is very red around his mouth and his tail area, almost like a bacterial infection was beginning.
So what should I do now? I plan on finishing the TTM and keeping them in quarantine for the full 72 days (while the DT is fallow). Could this be Brooklynella or Velvet? I don't think it is because everything didn't die quickly. Can crpto get so bad on a fish that they look cloudy? The slime coat is intact and not coming off in sheets. There is no velvety sheen. I have a microscope at work, so should I try to perform a gill scrape on the tang? Ideas? Thanks!
