Velvet ? Brooklynella ?
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oama
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Not without more info.
Is the fish eating?
Is it breathing heavy?
Is it "Scratching"?
How long has it been in this tank?
When was the last fish added?
What is the diet?
What other fish are currently in the tank?
Is the fish being harassed by tank mates?
What are the tank water quality parameters?
Is the fish eating?
Is it breathing heavy?
Is it "Scratching"?
How long has it been in this tank?
When was the last fish added?
What is the diet?
What other fish are currently in the tank?
Is the fish being harassed by tank mates?
What are the tank water quality parameters?
Dear friends, the sick Hepatus is mine. Here I have more information:
The fish is eating normally and the breathing is normally too. I don't add any fish to the tank since December 2005. The hepatus isn't scratching and it is in the tank since September 2005. I give it a very varied diet, including nory, fish eggs, cyclop ezze, spectrum marine formula and growth formula, spirulina and sea food. In the tank I have 2 Amphiprion ocellaris, 1 gobiodon okinawae, 1 gobiodon atrangulatus, 1 cntropyge bispinosus, 1 six line wrasse and 1 Lo vulpinus (all very young), but no one had harassed the Hepatus. My parameters, yesterday reading, were:
pH 8,2
Alkalinity 3.75 meq/l
Specific Gravity 1.025 (refractometer)
Temperature 25 Ã"šÃ‚ºC
Nitrite 0
Nitrate <0.2 ppm
Amonnia 0
Calcium 400
Magnesium 1320
Silicate 0
Phosphate 0
Another fact was this week monday I introduced a very large quantity of montipora in the aquarium, and the mucus in the water column was notorius, do you think the big quantity of mucus could sting or stress the hepatus?
Thanks a lot.
saimus,
Your fish has at least two visible problems. The first is MHLLE. You might want to consider:
In order of what I think is most likely:
Vitamin deficiency (A and/or C); Poor Nutrition; see this reference:
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=785228
Chronic Stress
Poor water quality (including high levels of dissolved organic matter and/or nitrate)
Activated carbon (either removing something the fish need or the dust clogging the pores on the fish)
Stray Voltage (is your system grounded properly?)
Retrovirus
Hexamita
Amyloodinium-like dinoflagallate
See this article for more info on MHLLE:
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2005-06/sp/index.htm
The second seems to be some white and whitish marks on the fish, most of which are at the edges of the fish's body.
It sounds like either a problem came in on the montipora as you suspect, or the fish is suffering from a slow deterioration of health, or both. I suspect at least one of the fish's conditions is chronic, not acute. If you handle the MHLLE concern, the other might clear up.
I hope you did a large water change after the montipora acted up.
:rollface:
Your fish has at least two visible problems. The first is MHLLE. You might want to consider:
In order of what I think is most likely:
Vitamin deficiency (A and/or C); Poor Nutrition; see this reference:
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=785228
Chronic Stress
Poor water quality (including high levels of dissolved organic matter and/or nitrate)
Activated carbon (either removing something the fish need or the dust clogging the pores on the fish)
Stray Voltage (is your system grounded properly?)
Retrovirus
Hexamita
Amyloodinium-like dinoflagallate
See this article for more info on MHLLE:
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2005-06/sp/index.htm
The second seems to be some white and whitish marks on the fish, most of which are at the edges of the fish's body.
It sounds like either a problem came in on the montipora as you suspect, or the fish is suffering from a slow deterioration of health, or both. I suspect at least one of the fish's conditions is chronic, not acute. If you handle the MHLLE concern, the other might clear up.
I hope you did a large water change after the montipora acted up.
:rollface:
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