• The fish got sick...

  • Anne4851

55 gallons, temperature 79-82 (F). Nitrates 0, nitrites, pH, ammonium are normal (water test was conducted 2 days ago at a specialized store). Feeding 2 times a day (marine flakes and spirulina flakes). Salinity 1.021. Fish: Yellow Tang. Bought it 3 weeks ago. For the last 3 days in the evenings, the fish swims in small circles, sometimes dashes around the aquarium, rubs against the live rock... Eats as usual... BUT - a white coating has appeared on its body (like on teeth in the morning)... Photo of the fish: Who knows anything?

Breanna9982

check this link for my crypto... uf sterilizer + copper

Angel2396

How about this: "It is not recommended to use it in reef aquariums. This is because UV radiation does not act selectively and harms all microorganisms that enter the field of UV rays, meaning that planktonic organisms, which serve as food for corals, are killed."

Russell8484

I have the same problem, I added three new fish, and when I chose them, they looked perfect, no spots or scratches. Two days later in the morning, I sent one off to swim, and the second one developed this white stuff, then it started appearing on the other fish as well, but the shrimp are trying to clean them. In general, now there are two very speckled fish swimming in the aquarium, and it's been almost a week. I also don't know what to do, should I send them off to swim or leave them? I'm getting tired of catching invertebrates to treat them.

Natasha7622

Transfer the fish to a separate container and treat them there; otherwise, it cannot be done with copper. Change 25% of the water every day to the same fresh water. You won't keep them like this all the time; I think that nothing terrible will happen in 4-5 days, but it will destroy the cysts in the main tank. You can also feed the polyps, and if the lighting is set up properly, they will have enough photosynthesis.

Kyle

Well, it's clear that pouring copper into the reef won't help... Hmm, I think nothing will happen to the reef in a week, but if crypto shows up elsewhere...

James5103

This is definitely a crypto. There’s no point in treating it, it’s a waste of time and resources. Apparently, the aquarium is young, and in a new aquarium, various diseases often flare up. Be sure to install UV and keep it on constantly; it does almost no harm (I have an aquarium with hard corals and the UV is always on, and the corals are doing well), if the water parameters are fine and the fish are not stressed, everything will resolve itself...

Laura4892

I would add a cleaner wrasse to the shrimp.

Nancy758

Yes, the wrasse is good, it works. Of course, it's off-topic, but I'll tell you, I woke up this morning, and the tridacnas don't want to open fully. The same picture in the evening. It turned out that the wrasse started nibbling at them. It would be a shame if it kills them...

Angela6489

That's how it will be!!! Sell it!

Shelby3182

I seem to have cured the fish. The store said to put it in fresh water for 3-5 minutes. They also mentioned that if the fish gets agitated and swims around the bucket, it should be urgently returned to the aquarium... Then call the store to figure out what to do next... If the fish lies on its side at the bottom and breathes, that's normal - you just need to wait and then release it back. Everything went according to the second "scenario." Now the fish is not darting around the aquarium, not rubbing against anything, and its fins have become clean; nothing new or strange has appeared on its body. Four days have passed since the "procedure." A photo is attached.

Daniel8015

Pavlik, sometimes I use the services of a guban. Grinding my teeth but allowing it.

Anthony7814

Clowns do not allow gobies to approach them, as if a clown lives in an anemone, the latter becomes a torus for him.

Melissa2062

Yes, it lives in the anemone and is quite large. And it constantly rubs against it. But I wouldn't say anything if I hadn't seen (a couple of times) how the wrasse cleaned the premnas around the gills. Moreover, the premnas was sitting in the anemone. The last time I observed this was this past weekend. As for the chrysiptera, I won't say anything because I haven't seen it (I didn't pay attention since it constantly hides). However, the apogon doesn't allow them close. The premnas very rarely might allow it. Mostly, the wrasse sits either on the helmon or the zebrasoma, occasionally on the dogface.