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Hello Brains trust,
looking for some guidance on what to do next...
Tank:
- Red Sea Reefer 350, no corals. Fish only at the moment.
- 2 Designer clownfish
- 4 reef chromis
- 1 Purple tang
So, the clownfish and chromis were the first fish in to the tank (didn't quarantine these guys). After 4 weeks I got a purple tang and placed him in a quarantine tank for 4 weeks. 1 week observing, 2 weeks in copper at full dose then 1 week coming out of copper. All was well so placed him into the DT.
4 days later... the dreaded spots appear on the Purple tang. WHAT THE ACTUAL F###. So I got some snake oil (Medic) and started doing a full dose. You're probably thinking why
didn't I take the fish out and re-quarantine... well the day after I put the the purple tang in I bought some wrasse and placed them in my quarantine setup.
2 weeks on and the ich got worse. so went to my LFS and they kindly gave me the Australian version of Medic to try (reef revolution parasite remover) and also suggested I drop my salinity which I did (down to about 1.015) and after 5 days the tang was clear of spots. WHOOOOOP! So I continued to dose.
Here's the kicker
About 3 days after the Tang stopped showing signs of Ich, my 2 clownfish started to act a little sluggish and breathing heavily. The next morning they had white spots on them so I obviously thought they had ich, HOWEVER, they were also showing signs of Brooklynella, excessive slime coat production. The next day they were both dead...
5 days now since the Clownfish died and the tang is alive and ich free and the chromis have had nothing happen to them.
My question now is, where did the Brook come from? was it actually Brook? or did my captive bred clowns just get hit hard by the ich and couldn't handle it?
Now do I go fallow? or just leave the tank as is for now and not add anything new for a month or so observing the tang and chromis in the process?
Guidance appreciated!
looking for some guidance on what to do next...
Tank:
- Red Sea Reefer 350, no corals. Fish only at the moment.
- 2 Designer clownfish
- 4 reef chromis
- 1 Purple tang
So, the clownfish and chromis were the first fish in to the tank (didn't quarantine these guys). After 4 weeks I got a purple tang and placed him in a quarantine tank for 4 weeks. 1 week observing, 2 weeks in copper at full dose then 1 week coming out of copper. All was well so placed him into the DT.
4 days later... the dreaded spots appear on the Purple tang. WHAT THE ACTUAL F###. So I got some snake oil (Medic) and started doing a full dose. You're probably thinking why
didn't I take the fish out and re-quarantine... well the day after I put the the purple tang in I bought some wrasse and placed them in my quarantine setup.
2 weeks on and the ich got worse. so went to my LFS and they kindly gave me the Australian version of Medic to try (reef revolution parasite remover) and also suggested I drop my salinity which I did (down to about 1.015) and after 5 days the tang was clear of spots. WHOOOOOP! So I continued to dose.
Here's the kicker
About 3 days after the Tang stopped showing signs of Ich, my 2 clownfish started to act a little sluggish and breathing heavily. The next morning they had white spots on them so I obviously thought they had ich, HOWEVER, they were also showing signs of Brooklynella, excessive slime coat production. The next day they were both dead...
5 days now since the Clownfish died and the tang is alive and ich free and the chromis have had nothing happen to them.
My question now is, where did the Brook come from? was it actually Brook? or did my captive bred clowns just get hit hard by the ich and couldn't handle it?
Now do I go fallow? or just leave the tank as is for now and not add anything new for a month or so observing the tang and chromis in the process?
Guidance appreciated!
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