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If you have a tank and want to avoid dosing with copper here’s what I would recommend to try and keep your tank ich free. 1 - Quarantine all your new fish separately for at least 2 weeks before adding them into your main tank. Treat as necessary with either Ich-X or Formalin. 2 – Invest in a...

Hello, I recently set up my first saltwater tank, and I accidentally introduced a parasite in, I'm not quite sure what it is, but it killed one of my ocularis clownfish. I don't have any other fish or invertebrate in the tank, so I figured I could skip the quarantine process, but I just found...

I had an ick outbreak in my dt and pulled all of my fish and put them in a hospital tank with cupramine. I lost a lot of sensitive fish and now in my hospital tank are 4 chromis, 1 hippo tang and 2 clownfish. I completed 30 days with copper with the dosage that was written on the back of the...

Hello to all. I have a reef tank that got ick 1-2 months ago. The fish were living happily until now but there is a huge outbreak and everything is going downhill. My stock fishlist is: 2 dartfish 2 clowns 1 small hippo tang 1 large kole tang 1 foxface 1 flame angel 1 watchman goby 5 chromis 1...

I had this yellow belly hippo in copper quarantine for past 2 weeks. 2 days ago her body was completely clean of any visible parasites. Today I was about to transfer her to a copper free quarantine and I saw this white spots all over her. I have never seen ick this big. Is this ick or flukes...

Hello, I’ve had this powder brown for over 2 year in my frag tank with no issues. He recently has developed what looks to be ick, he is easy to catch so I put him in a container to view better. The only cause I could see was I recently added a captive bred Molly miller blenny, which doesn’t have...

Three Little white spots appeared on my copper band butterfly today and I don’t know for sure what it is, but I’m assuming it’s it if you could look at the photos and verify and any advice on how to treat it with coral in the aquarium I’d appreciate it. Don’t mind the water spots on the aquarium...

Hi there! I started a new tank a few days ago with Turbostart 900, the levels started to stabilize, so I added two clowns as it instructed (instructed to add in fish after dosing). This morning, I noticed some white spots on one of them. Is this ick, sand, or a part of her white color pattern...

Hello everyone! I bought 2 royal grammas, they looked perfectly fine, i did acclimation with the dripping method, but don’t have a WT, so i put the fish in my tank. They swam a bit and hid in 2 different corners. All this happened in the evening and in the morning the smaller one was dead and...

Hi, I would like someones help and knowledge as i am quite new to this hobby ive had my tank about 6 months and since adding my blue regal to my tank she had ick going on and off didnt really think much about it as i thought she was immune to it about 2 weeks ago ive added my long nose...

First I have to say thank god this popped up in my quarantine tank! but now a heavier hand of treatment is going to be needed. I picked up a clown tang and a good size Copper band butterfly from my LFS on Saturday. Both fish looked very healthy and the Copperband I even observed eating at my...

So I've got only 4 fish in my 32 gallon tank right now, two clownfish, an azure damsel and my Royal Gramma, all of whom have been in the tank for about a year. All fish added have been treated with Copper power and paracleanse, and have never shown any sign of sickness. Just today I noticed it...

Hi guys, Need some advise on urgent basis. I am new to the hobby and its my first time dealing with saltwater Ick my tank has now been running for about 6 months and everything was going great my parameters were great my fish were thriving there were no issues with bad algae and had good algae...

Noticed my fox face is breathing heavy and his gills are a bit bigger than usual but is color is fine. I saw him eating earlier off of the nori but haven’t seen him eat since even after adding food. He does have a spot of ick on him (he’s survived it before and it’s in the tank) I have a qt tank...

I started this hobby in 2020 and purchased a good deal of my livestock from LiveAquaria. I never received sick or infested items. Jump to 2024 and everything from fish to coral has arrived with disease or bad hitchhikers. My last two attempts at purchasing fish were ick riddled and died during...

Not sure about the discoloration around his gill plate. He’s been hanging out in the top corner of my tank all evening like he’s trying to get out of the water.

Just noticed this film on my goby. Has been in tank for a few months no problem. Any idea what it may be? Ick velvet or something else and how do I go about treating a tank full of corals?

I've recently had some issues with fish loss and after consulting several people in the local aquarium club 3 Rivers Marine Aquarium Society, I'm posting this with hopes that someone will be able to help us identify the issue and advice a course of action. Not sure if at mentions work here, but...

I woke up today and I saw my Royal Gramma dead and my clownfish looking like the Gramma did the night before. Please I need some help because I’m so confused, all my parameters are good and I make sure to test that every couple days. Any advise would be appreciated

I’m not sure what these white dots are on my clownfish? He’s been eating and being his normal self

Hi there reefers, I am fairly new here, now have two small tanks 120L and 160l and have been loving the hobby. I went away for the first time for 5 days and my nephew stayed at my place to look after my animals. He did a good job but I just got back and notice my blue tang has a bunch of white...

Hello everyone I am new to this forum, but I have been keeping an eye out on these forums and see many knowledgeable fish keepers on here. That’s why I am asking for some help identifying this disease to know which route I should go for treatment. My tank is a 300-gallon Fish only with live...

I got ick and treated it with Copper power at 2.9 ppm. the ick went away after 3 days of treatment, but now, it’s day 10 and i am seeing white spot again, normal? still at 2.9 ppm

Hey everyone, I noticed last night when I got home from work my blue damsel had a white spot on his tail. We recently added a valenti puffer, from petco, and last night it looked like he some white spots, that we’re hanging down. They were gone this morning, so I don’t know if they were Ick...

My bannerfish and clown have their bodies covered with white spots and patches. both fishes look dull. tried the freshwater dip and have been using Reef safe bio med from polyplab. the previous outbreak was contained with the above but now, the fishes dont seem to be getting better. Have been...