keri
Active Member
Ok, sorry about the poor quality of pics, this is the one fish i can NOT get a clear shot on, bugger moves too fast!
Noticed tonight a couple of pinkish bruise looking spots (one bigger one smaller very faint) seems to be colour Under the scales and not yet affecting the "texture' of the scales themselves. He is still super bright and quite hungry, acting normally. he's been in the tank since march 7th with no issues other than a tiny wound on his mouth (probably from netting) which cleared in a day. it's a 65 gallon reef with coral, inverts, 2 false percs, a scooter blennie and a LMB. No anemones to sting him other than 2 Tiny aiptasia that keep eluding my needle.
He (very eagerly) eats "marine cuisine" frozen food, frozen mysis and brine (brine just as a treat) and Formula one maine pellets, made by "ocean nutrition"
Tank has been up and running 3 months, params are listed below:
Salinity: 1025 (refractometer)
Temp:78
Calcium: 405
PH: 8.2
Ammonia:0
Nitrite:0
Nitrate:5 (it may actually be a touch lower but there is no "in-between" on my test, the colour is slightly lighter than the 5 but not 0)
I've been running a filter with carbon (changed every 2 weeks) and a skimmer, 3 powerheads 80lbs LS and 75+lbs LR.
Can anyone point me in the right direction? Could this be a bacterial infection even though the scales do not seem to be involved?
(BTW there is no aggression between the fishes, the false percs and wrasse are buds)
Noticed tonight a couple of pinkish bruise looking spots (one bigger one smaller very faint) seems to be colour Under the scales and not yet affecting the "texture' of the scales themselves. He is still super bright and quite hungry, acting normally. he's been in the tank since march 7th with no issues other than a tiny wound on his mouth (probably from netting) which cleared in a day. it's a 65 gallon reef with coral, inverts, 2 false percs, a scooter blennie and a LMB. No anemones to sting him other than 2 Tiny aiptasia that keep eluding my needle.
He (very eagerly) eats "marine cuisine" frozen food, frozen mysis and brine (brine just as a treat) and Formula one maine pellets, made by "ocean nutrition"
Tank has been up and running 3 months, params are listed below:
Salinity: 1025 (refractometer)
Temp:78
Calcium: 405
PH: 8.2
Ammonia:0
Nitrite:0
Nitrate:5 (it may actually be a touch lower but there is no "in-between" on my test, the colour is slightly lighter than the 5 but not 0)
I've been running a filter with carbon (changed every 2 weeks) and a skimmer, 3 powerheads 80lbs LS and 75+lbs LR.
Can anyone point me in the right direction? Could this be a bacterial infection even though the scales do not seem to be involved?
(BTW there is no aggression between the fishes, the false percs and wrasse are buds)


