greech
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I'm beginning to think my tank is cursed. I have lost numerous fish and I am really bummed with the most recent loss of my male B/W clown. Some quick history:
02/09 - Purchased an established 12G Aquapod with LR and a few mushrooms and corals.
02/09 - Added a pair of B/W clowns
06/09 - Upgraded to a 40 Breeder (relocated all contents of the AP into this tank plus a few more lbs of dry rock from BRS.
07/09 - Added a Yellow Head Jawfish which was great and healthy for about a week and then one day it came out of its borrow with a larger bump on its side, refused to eat and died later that night.
07/09 - Added a Black Cap Basslet which died within a week. No signs of disease were present on this fish but it started swimming strangely which from what I read may have been due to the way it was collected and/or swim bladder issue.
08/08 - Added a Midas Blenny. Everything went well with this fish for about a month and then started to devleop what looked like ich but would not be present all the time and also some raised (not white) bumps on its side. I fed garlic off and on which seemed to help but the blenny eventually died a couple weeks later.
10/09 - Added a Sunburst Anthia which lasted all of 3 days before it died. No parasites or issues were noted. This fish never ate in my tank despite eating mysis at the LFS.
This all brings me to yesterday when my male clownfish developed a white mucus coating (which also seemed to infect his gills) and heavy breathing overnight and died later in the day. Now I am left with one female clownfish who is showing no signs of illness but I am concerned that she will. From what I have read it looks like my clown came down with brooklynella so I am wondering if this clown may have been infected all along which caused my other fish deaths? It just seems odd both clown have never been affected by anything and almost seemed bulletproof compared to the other fish I have tried to add.
I went out yesterday and bought a hospital tank setup for my female clown but I am wondering if I should actually transfer her or leave her be and observe her.
Nitrate, Nitrite, Ammonia are all 0
SG = 1.025
pH = 7.9
I do weekly WC's of 10-20% and my parameters have never spiked that I am aware of. I use RO/DI water and mix my own water. None of the fish that died above were in the tank dead for more than a couple of minutes (yes I have had the misfortune to be at home and watch them pass). I never QT'd and of my fish which was obviously a bad move! I have never had any issue with corals or my shrimp. Corals are open and full, eat well and are showing growth.
If the feamle continues to do well and show no signs of disease should I leave her in the DT or go ahaed and treat her with formalin? I would like to have fish in this tank so if she does ok without treatment am I looking at more deaths? Does brook only affect susceptible fish? I could use some input on how to proceed from here. Thanks for looking. Here is a recent FTS in case it helps.
02/09 - Purchased an established 12G Aquapod with LR and a few mushrooms and corals.
02/09 - Added a pair of B/W clowns
06/09 - Upgraded to a 40 Breeder (relocated all contents of the AP into this tank plus a few more lbs of dry rock from BRS.
07/09 - Added a Yellow Head Jawfish which was great and healthy for about a week and then one day it came out of its borrow with a larger bump on its side, refused to eat and died later that night.
07/09 - Added a Black Cap Basslet which died within a week. No signs of disease were present on this fish but it started swimming strangely which from what I read may have been due to the way it was collected and/or swim bladder issue.
08/08 - Added a Midas Blenny. Everything went well with this fish for about a month and then started to devleop what looked like ich but would not be present all the time and also some raised (not white) bumps on its side. I fed garlic off and on which seemed to help but the blenny eventually died a couple weeks later.
10/09 - Added a Sunburst Anthia which lasted all of 3 days before it died. No parasites or issues were noted. This fish never ate in my tank despite eating mysis at the LFS.
This all brings me to yesterday when my male clownfish developed a white mucus coating (which also seemed to infect his gills) and heavy breathing overnight and died later in the day. Now I am left with one female clownfish who is showing no signs of illness but I am concerned that she will. From what I have read it looks like my clown came down with brooklynella so I am wondering if this clown may have been infected all along which caused my other fish deaths? It just seems odd both clown have never been affected by anything and almost seemed bulletproof compared to the other fish I have tried to add.
I went out yesterday and bought a hospital tank setup for my female clown but I am wondering if I should actually transfer her or leave her be and observe her.
Nitrate, Nitrite, Ammonia are all 0
SG = 1.025
pH = 7.9
I do weekly WC's of 10-20% and my parameters have never spiked that I am aware of. I use RO/DI water and mix my own water. None of the fish that died above were in the tank dead for more than a couple of minutes (yes I have had the misfortune to be at home and watch them pass). I never QT'd and of my fish which was obviously a bad move! I have never had any issue with corals or my shrimp. Corals are open and full, eat well and are showing growth.
If the feamle continues to do well and show no signs of disease should I leave her in the DT or go ahaed and treat her with formalin? I would like to have fish in this tank so if she does ok without treatment am I looking at more deaths? Does brook only affect susceptible fish? I could use some input on how to proceed from here. Thanks for looking. Here is a recent FTS in case it helps.
