markalot
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Howdy,
All my fish were moved to my display tank on June 1st. The display tank was running for 5 months with live rock, critters, cleanup crew, and easy polyps and mushrooms prior to adding the fish.
tank mates:
Six line wrasse
Common Clownfish (tank bred)
Red Hawkfish
I moved all at once and naturally had an ammonia spike, stupid mistake, that I controlled with Prime until it faded. This was a month ago.
related thread: http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2176009
The first day the Flame Angel showed an odd white splotch near the tail, then a couple of days later developed popeye in both eyes. I kept up with my weekly 10% water changes and the popeye cleared up very quickly, over one night actually, but the white splotch remained. Now when I say white splotch I mean an area about 1/8" without color.
2 weeks ago the white splotch faded but the Angel developed popeye in the left eye, which is now clouded over but still functional. I think he can partially use the eye because I've seen him find food and turn left to pick it, but it does not seem to be getting any better. Doesn't seem to be getting any worse either. :headwally:
All fish are eating enthusiastically, no stress behavior seen, and they all come to the front of the tank begging for food when I walk by. Color is good, no fin clamping, nothing that would otherwise indicate a stressed or sick fish (at least from my freshwater experience).
Parameters are all in line, tested last Saturday. 0,0,0 ammonia, nitrite, nitrate. Maybe a trace of phosphate, my API test is pretty bad. Calcium PH, and KH where they always are (I don't have the log book in front of me, but in the middle of the acceptable (reefkeeping mag recommended) range. I have a magnesium test kit but have yet to use it.
Salinity is 1.025 (refractometer), temp is 80.5ish during the day, 79.1 the lowest I've seen at night.
I do not want to catch and move him into what would become a hospital tank, it seems to me more stress would not be a good thing, especially if this isn't contagious.
Any thoughts will be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
All my fish were moved to my display tank on June 1st. The display tank was running for 5 months with live rock, critters, cleanup crew, and easy polyps and mushrooms prior to adding the fish.
tank mates:
Six line wrasse
Common Clownfish (tank bred)
Red Hawkfish
I moved all at once and naturally had an ammonia spike, stupid mistake, that I controlled with Prime until it faded. This was a month ago.
related thread: http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2176009
The first day the Flame Angel showed an odd white splotch near the tail, then a couple of days later developed popeye in both eyes. I kept up with my weekly 10% water changes and the popeye cleared up very quickly, over one night actually, but the white splotch remained. Now when I say white splotch I mean an area about 1/8" without color.
2 weeks ago the white splotch faded but the Angel developed popeye in the left eye, which is now clouded over but still functional. I think he can partially use the eye because I've seen him find food and turn left to pick it, but it does not seem to be getting any better. Doesn't seem to be getting any worse either. :headwally:
All fish are eating enthusiastically, no stress behavior seen, and they all come to the front of the tank begging for food when I walk by. Color is good, no fin clamping, nothing that would otherwise indicate a stressed or sick fish (at least from my freshwater experience).
Parameters are all in line, tested last Saturday. 0,0,0 ammonia, nitrite, nitrate. Maybe a trace of phosphate, my API test is pretty bad. Calcium PH, and KH where they always are (I don't have the log book in front of me, but in the middle of the acceptable (reefkeeping mag recommended) range. I have a magnesium test kit but have yet to use it.
Salinity is 1.025 (refractometer), temp is 80.5ish during the day, 79.1 the lowest I've seen at night.
I do not want to catch and move him into what would become a hospital tank, it seems to me more stress would not be a good thing, especially if this isn't contagious.
Any thoughts will be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
