I ordered 7 blue chromis -- they shipped on the 10th and arrived ~9:30am on the 11th.
Of those 7, I had two deaths due to pre-existing issues (history below). Two more are showing some signs of problems and I need some help diagnosing and recommending treatment. Also any advice/critique of my methods is appreceated, it bothers me to loose fish like this.
I've attached three pictures:
Fish "A" -- has an issue with one of it's gill openings. It's not inflamed, but is gaping slightly. It eats ok, but definately is 'hiding' more than the others.
Fish "B" -- has a small white spot (dot) on one side and a red patch on the other. It eats okay, but needs more rest than the others, though less than fish "A".
I have a fish disease identification/treatment book but it's hard for me to identify the actual problem from the pictures/descriptions, so hoping somebody here can help.
I apologize for the quality of the pics -- fish are hard to photograph! Let me know if you need any more info.
Current QT stats:
Sal: 35ppt (via 35ppt solution calibrated refractometer. Brougt from 34ppt at time of introduction and increased via evaporation, then held steady at 35ppt via dialy topoff
NH3 - 0
NO2 - 0
NO3 - .25-.50
Temp 79
History:
QT is a 55 tank with ~35g water in it. Has one PH for flow, and an air driven sponge filter for filtration. Usual heater and PVC hiding places.
QT was prepped with fresh ASW. Sponge filter was in my DT/Sump for a while. I added pure NH3 and once I verified the biological filter could handle it, I placed the order. QT was up for ~5 days before arrival. Salinity was 34ppt at the time.
Fish arrived at 30ppt. I floated the bags for a while, then put all the fish together in a bucket and brought their salinity level up to 33.5 via drip addition over 50 minutes before introducing them to the QT. I dumped half the water after 25 minutes. It went ~1g->4g->2g->4g in the process. No Shipping water was transferred to the QT. Why didn't I follow Sk8r's advice? I'll explain that below.
Two of the fish had significant problems from the start -- one with a damaged eye (was 100% dark, no "pupil") that had problems staying upright. It fed once and then perished from the effort.
The other one had a gash covering 20% of it's side -- scales and flesh were scraped off. It fed and acted ok for a while but perished this morning (~4 days)
Here's why I didn't follow Sk8r's advice -- this is my 2nd batch from the same vendor. The first one I followed Sk8r's method. The fish came in at 25ppt, I diluted my QT to 25ppt and moved them rapidly into the tank. All the fish perished within 3 days. I confirmed with the vendor that the fish should not have been shipped at 25ppt, and they were going to follow up with their supplier.
Anyway, it's been 6 weeks since I did that -- this recent order I followed to a 'T' the instructions provided by the vendor.
Thanks much in advance for any help/advice you can offer.
-Ian
Of those 7, I had two deaths due to pre-existing issues (history below). Two more are showing some signs of problems and I need some help diagnosing and recommending treatment. Also any advice/critique of my methods is appreceated, it bothers me to loose fish like this.
I've attached three pictures:
Fish "A" -- has an issue with one of it's gill openings. It's not inflamed, but is gaping slightly. It eats ok, but definately is 'hiding' more than the others.
Fish "B" -- has a small white spot (dot) on one side and a red patch on the other. It eats okay, but needs more rest than the others, though less than fish "A".
I have a fish disease identification/treatment book but it's hard for me to identify the actual problem from the pictures/descriptions, so hoping somebody here can help.
I apologize for the quality of the pics -- fish are hard to photograph! Let me know if you need any more info.
Current QT stats:
Sal: 35ppt (via 35ppt solution calibrated refractometer. Brougt from 34ppt at time of introduction and increased via evaporation, then held steady at 35ppt via dialy topoff
NH3 - 0
NO2 - 0
NO3 - .25-.50
Temp 79
History:
QT is a 55 tank with ~35g water in it. Has one PH for flow, and an air driven sponge filter for filtration. Usual heater and PVC hiding places.
QT was prepped with fresh ASW. Sponge filter was in my DT/Sump for a while. I added pure NH3 and once I verified the biological filter could handle it, I placed the order. QT was up for ~5 days before arrival. Salinity was 34ppt at the time.
Fish arrived at 30ppt. I floated the bags for a while, then put all the fish together in a bucket and brought their salinity level up to 33.5 via drip addition over 50 minutes before introducing them to the QT. I dumped half the water after 25 minutes. It went ~1g->4g->2g->4g in the process. No Shipping water was transferred to the QT. Why didn't I follow Sk8r's advice? I'll explain that below.
Two of the fish had significant problems from the start -- one with a damaged eye (was 100% dark, no "pupil") that had problems staying upright. It fed once and then perished from the effort.
The other one had a gash covering 20% of it's side -- scales and flesh were scraped off. It fed and acted ok for a while but perished this morning (~4 days)
Here's why I didn't follow Sk8r's advice -- this is my 2nd batch from the same vendor. The first one I followed Sk8r's method. The fish came in at 25ppt, I diluted my QT to 25ppt and moved them rapidly into the tank. All the fish perished within 3 days. I confirmed with the vendor that the fish should not have been shipped at 25ppt, and they were going to follow up with their supplier.
Anyway, it's been 6 weeks since I did that -- this recent order I followed to a 'T' the instructions provided by the vendor.
Thanks much in advance for any help/advice you can offer.
-Ian
