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Thanks for the photos Beth. Our clowns did not have the patches seen on your photos. The back fin and side fin got paler and there was a long skinny pure white string from the bottom of the fish and possibly that thin white film on the body. Breathing looked labored and my husband said the clown...

Thanks for all the help everyone. Unfortunately, I live in a small town and there is only one fish store (*****). We bought one small piece of live rock from them and 3 days later one clown is dead and the other is almost gone. The tang looks and acts great so I think that rock had clown fish...

Hi, I am confused about my cycling test results. I have 2 fish in the tank right now plus a shrimp and a crab. The fish are a clown and a yellow tang. Here are my test results: Aug. 6th ph - 8.4 nitrate - 0 nitrite - 0.05 ammonia - between 0.5 and 1.0 (did 20% water change Aug7th) Aug 8th ph -...

Hi, I hope you guys can help me. I had 2 clowns and a yellow tang. One clown got pale fins and white strings hanging from his butt (?) and died within hours. Someone told me it was a parasite and if the other fish started to look bad to give them a fresh water dip. Well, the other clown was...

Thanks, I will do the water changes and stock the tank slowly. But this was not an expensive first lesson actually. We have had 2 other tanks (and one more that just my husband had) that were NEVER cycled and we did not lose a single fish. We used live rock and 3 types of filtering systems. So...

Originally Posted by PerfectDark IMO I wouldnt treat anything unless you are sure of what the cause is. From what you are explaining the only disease I can see is stress, and ammonia poisoning. If you were still cycling and your fish were exposed to dangerous levels of ammonia they were most...

Hi, I am very new at this so please be patient. I have (had) 2 clowns, a yellow sailfin tang, a cleaner shrimp, a sally crab and a couple hermit crab type things. We have sand (not live), plastic plants and Texas holey rock. The tank is 55 gallons. The tank is in the middle of cycling. Yes I...