USMCARTY42
In Memoriam
Good eve to you work wary reefers,
I have a small question that I turn to our SoCal Society of Sea Senators for a solution.
The Back story: Bought these two from Marks in SC about a month ago (perhaps more) they are hosting in my elegance coral. Which much to their dismay, likes to retract at night.
They were doing fine, eating normally, until the Female looked as if she was beginning to develope a small pin sized hole on one of her fins. In addition, it seems she had a small white disc on her side... perhaps a flat worm. I monitored the situation. The hole got bigger.
Fast forward 3 days to last night: I noticed she didn't look good at all. Not able to maintain her buoyancy in the waterflow. I quickly set up a freshwater dipping station and did a water change on the QT and added some formulin (might have been a bad move).
Freshwater dip completed... a few mysterious white things left behind and expedited to the QT where they have been for 16 hours.
Hypothesis: Possible bacterial infection coupled w/ a parasitic one (Coral Beauty also has a white disc-looking as if she is shedding a scale). Declining health as a result until the onset of mortality.
If you please, your thoughts and comments on this situation. Because of my reef tank,. I am forced to sift through the garbage bin for dinner and thereby can not afford a digital camera :jester:
All my best to you and your tank.
Josh
I have a small question that I turn to our SoCal Society of Sea Senators for a solution.
The Back story: Bought these two from Marks in SC about a month ago (perhaps more) they are hosting in my elegance coral. Which much to their dismay, likes to retract at night.
They were doing fine, eating normally, until the Female looked as if she was beginning to develope a small pin sized hole on one of her fins. In addition, it seems she had a small white disc on her side... perhaps a flat worm. I monitored the situation. The hole got bigger.
Fast forward 3 days to last night: I noticed she didn't look good at all. Not able to maintain her buoyancy in the waterflow. I quickly set up a freshwater dipping station and did a water change on the QT and added some formulin (might have been a bad move).
Freshwater dip completed... a few mysterious white things left behind and expedited to the QT where they have been for 16 hours.
Hypothesis: Possible bacterial infection coupled w/ a parasitic one (Coral Beauty also has a white disc-looking as if she is shedding a scale). Declining health as a result until the onset of mortality.
If you please, your thoughts and comments on this situation. Because of my reef tank,. I am forced to sift through the garbage bin for dinner and thereby can not afford a digital camera :jester:
All my best to you and your tank.
Josh