stupid_naso
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Ok guys, I need help here. Again, I tried pairing false perculas, Amphiprion ocellaris. When I first tried it about six months ago, they both ended up dead because of starvation and later ich. They, the previous clowns, did not eat and later had this white secretion dangling from their anus. I brought this up before, but still hasn't found an answer of the kind of disease this is.
Well I selected my fish more carefully this time. I made sure they both eat, and respond to me. Basically healthier, I might say. I even acclimated them using the drop method over a period of 20 minutes. I believed as soon as I put them in that they have paired considering their behavior: swimming together and never leaving each other's side.
Well here's the problem. They both ate live brine shrimp in the lfs, and I don't have any. I tried to feed them frozen brine shrimp. The female ate a little. The male, put them in his mouth but immediately spit them out. I thought it was the vitamin that I soaked the brine shrimp with. So this morning, after two days, I thawed a cube of blood worms. They ignored it. Later, however, the male ate lots of them. The female still hasn't eaten anything. And last night, I noticed that she had the dangling white secretion again. Also, another nerve wrecking behavior, they have separated themselves from each other.
Just in case of minor parasite attack I got a cleaner shrimp. But it hasn't touched the female either. I understand that the cleaner shrimp is still new. But last time, it didn't help.
OK, sorry for the long post. But I need to know what this is. I have no other fish in the tank. Mostly corals. Last time I checked water parameter was perfect zeros. Even nitrates, yup I couldn't believe it, but after more than a year I guess my tank has fully matured. Ph 8.2. Salinity is 1.026 sg.
For other info on the tank please refer to the list below.
Thanks,
Aditya aka "stupid_naso"
Well I selected my fish more carefully this time. I made sure they both eat, and respond to me. Basically healthier, I might say. I even acclimated them using the drop method over a period of 20 minutes. I believed as soon as I put them in that they have paired considering their behavior: swimming together and never leaving each other's side.
Well here's the problem. They both ate live brine shrimp in the lfs, and I don't have any. I tried to feed them frozen brine shrimp. The female ate a little. The male, put them in his mouth but immediately spit them out. I thought it was the vitamin that I soaked the brine shrimp with. So this morning, after two days, I thawed a cube of blood worms. They ignored it. Later, however, the male ate lots of them. The female still hasn't eaten anything. And last night, I noticed that she had the dangling white secretion again. Also, another nerve wrecking behavior, they have separated themselves from each other.
Just in case of minor parasite attack I got a cleaner shrimp. But it hasn't touched the female either. I understand that the cleaner shrimp is still new. But last time, it didn't help.
OK, sorry for the long post. But I need to know what this is. I have no other fish in the tank. Mostly corals. Last time I checked water parameter was perfect zeros. Even nitrates, yup I couldn't believe it, but after more than a year I guess my tank has fully matured. Ph 8.2. Salinity is 1.026 sg.
For other info on the tank please refer to the list below.
Thanks,
Aditya aka "stupid_naso"
