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Not black Ich! This sounds like Oomycetes, a type of water mold infection. Try separating the fish and treating him with Erythromycin or Maracyn (not Maracyn 2 this will not work).

Black dots are fish lice (Argulus) You need to quarantine the fish and treat him with some Praziquantel for 3-5 days. When a fish has Cryptocarayon Irritans (Ich), it will be covered in white dots.

Usually when a heater fails, it will stress the fish quite a bit. Just like bringing them home in the bag... the temp drops. This will make a fish lose color and act docile. He should be fine in a couple of days, if not... Keep an eye out for Ich (Cryptocarayon) within the next 7-10 days...

My lettuce nudibranch went to town on my colt coral, is this normal for them to do that?

Thanks for all the replies. I am very busy over here at National Fish Pharmaceuticals, and deal with many importers/exporters of marine/freshwater fish and Koi. It's hard for me to go through the "library" of books we have here since I hardly have time. Flukes, and a weird strain of resistant...

Well, I'd better get some liquid plankton then.

Wondered if anyone could tell me what is growing in my reef. I set up a 29 gallon reef about 3 years ago. It has some toadstools, green rhodactis, sponge corals, yellow pollips, galaxea and a couple of anemones in it. Figi live rock. Just a basic reef. Anyway, I suddenly have 3 grey, fleshy...