I'm new to this site, so bear with me.
So I have had my saltwater tank up and running for two years now. Things are going well, but today I noticed my lawnmower blenny scratching his gills on rocks and breathing heavy. He's also darting around the tank. I assume he must have a parasite, but I have a 75 gallon tank with corals and fish and 120 ponds of LR. No way on earth I'm catching him. What are the chances it may spread to my other fish and do you think he can "fight it off" on his own or is he a goner (unless I catch him, highly unlikely). I've recently started adding corals to my tank. I added some frags today. Other established corals inlcude:
candy cane, orange ricordea, purple mushrooms.
Fish: yellow tang, GSM clown, 3 green chromis, mandarin (doing very well, knock on wood). Most of these fish I've had for at least a year (with the exception of the clown, he's the newest addition). I also have 2 BTA's (one large, one small).
I have a webcam running that allows you to check out my tank. The more that log on though the slower it runs.
I've had this blenny for over a year and had no problems. Water parameters are as follows:
Nitrate 0
Nitrite 0
Ammonia 0-.25 (color hard to tell)
pH dropped to 7.8 this morning, will recheck tomorrow (added pH buffer)
temp 81.4
calcium: out of test material. will get more tomorrow.
I also run a UV sterilizer (15 watt gamma UV), 2 hot hagnums (tank is not set up for a sump, will take care of that when I move in a year), has 2 1200 gph powerheads (5 heads total in the tank with 2 from filters and 1 from UV sterilzer), excalibur protein skimmer.
Any ideas? Sorry for the length! I'd hate to loose my blenny or have it spread to my other fish! Please help.
So I have had my saltwater tank up and running for two years now. Things are going well, but today I noticed my lawnmower blenny scratching his gills on rocks and breathing heavy. He's also darting around the tank. I assume he must have a parasite, but I have a 75 gallon tank with corals and fish and 120 ponds of LR. No way on earth I'm catching him. What are the chances it may spread to my other fish and do you think he can "fight it off" on his own or is he a goner (unless I catch him, highly unlikely). I've recently started adding corals to my tank. I added some frags today. Other established corals inlcude:
candy cane, orange ricordea, purple mushrooms.
Fish: yellow tang, GSM clown, 3 green chromis, mandarin (doing very well, knock on wood). Most of these fish I've had for at least a year (with the exception of the clown, he's the newest addition). I also have 2 BTA's (one large, one small).
I have a webcam running that allows you to check out my tank. The more that log on though the slower it runs.
I've had this blenny for over a year and had no problems. Water parameters are as follows:
Nitrate 0
Nitrite 0
Ammonia 0-.25 (color hard to tell)
pH dropped to 7.8 this morning, will recheck tomorrow (added pH buffer)
temp 81.4
calcium: out of test material. will get more tomorrow.
I also run a UV sterilizer (15 watt gamma UV), 2 hot hagnums (tank is not set up for a sump, will take care of that when I move in a year), has 2 1200 gph powerheads (5 heads total in the tank with 2 from filters and 1 from UV sterilzer), excalibur protein skimmer.
Any ideas? Sorry for the length! I'd hate to loose my blenny or have it spread to my other fish! Please help.
