Brown Coloration On Fish

[tgaccarn]

MY FISH SEEM TO HAVE A BROWN CAST ON THEM ESPECIALLY MY PUFFER WHO IS USUALLY A BEAUTIFUL YELLOW AND MY PEARL SCALE BUTTERFLY. I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS HAPPENING MY SMALL FILE FISH TURNED VERY BROWN AND DIED TODAY. I ALSO LOST MY LAWNMOWER BLENNY. DO YOU KNOW WHAT MIGHT BE HAPPENING OR WHAT I CAN DO. I HAVE HAD MY TANK ABOUT 8 MONTHS AND OTHER THAN SOME AGGRESSIVE DAMSELS WHICH I HAD TO RELOCATE TO A SEPERATE TANK I HAVEN'T LOST ANY FISH. DID ABOUT 10 DAYS AGO PURCHASE SOME FISH FROM SALTWATERFISH.COM.
PLEASE HELP!!

 

[tgaccarn]

THANK YOU FOR RESPONDING.
YES I DO QUARANTINE MY FISH FOR ABOUT 10 DAYS. THEY ALL SEEMED FINE SO I ADDED THEM TO THIS TANK ABOUT 5 DAYS AGO. NONE OF THE NEW ONES HAVE DIED ONLY THE ONES I HAVE HAD FOR SOME TIME. THIS MORNING I LOST MY ROYAL GAMA. I DID A 40% WATER CHANGE AFTER THAT AND THE PEARL SCALE ANGEL IS SWIMMING ARROUND AND EATING BUT STILL LOOKS RATEHR BROWN OVER ENTIRE FACE. THE YELLOW PUFFER STILL HAS A BROWN CAST BUT SO FAR EVERYONE ELSE LOOKS FINE. MY OTHER ANGEL SEEMS TO SWIMMING AND EATING FINE BUT SWIMS AS THOUGH SLIGHTLY ON ITS SIDE.

 

[beth]

What are your water readings? How many fish in what size tank?
Can you post any pics of the sick fish?

 

[tgaccarn]

MY FISH SEEM TO BE DOING BETTER TODAY THE PUFFER IS SWIMMIMG ARROUND NICELY AND LOTS MORE COLOR AND VERY LITTLE BROWN THE PEARLSCALE BUTTERFLY IS ALMOST BACK TO NORMAL.
I HAVE A 55 GALLON TANK AND THE READINGS ARE AS FOLLOWS
NOW BEFORE MAJOR WATER CHANGE
PH 7.6 7.8
AMONIA 0 - .1 1.0
NITRTITE 1 .5
NITRATE 0 0
ALK 3.4 2.8
MY FISH NEVER SEEMED TO CHANGE THE BREATHING PATTERN EXCEPT THE FILE FISH WHO JUST SAT ON THE BOTTOM AND BEATEHED VERY SLOWLY BEFORE HE PASSED ON.
I HAVE ABOUT 9 FISH IN THE TANK NOW
PEARL SCALE BUTTERFLY
YELLOW PUFFER
MANDARIN
2 PERCULA CLOWNS
ORANGEBACK BASSLET
KORAN ANGEL
HENIOCHUS
PURPLE PSEUDOCHROMIS
MY FILE FISH AND ROYAL GRAMMA DIED, I HOPE THE REST ON THE WAY TO RECOVER COMPLETELY.