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[blpring]

Hello
I need help. :help: i came home from work today and had two sick fish. Now they are in a hospital tank. The Bicolor Angel appears to be sheading and the Yellowtail Butterfly gills are red and around mouth is red. i checked Ph(8.0), Ammonia (0.0), Nitrite (0.0), Nitrate (40), and Calcium (420). All my other fish and anemones look fine. Does anyone know what it could be?
Thanks
Blpring
:help:

 

[plumbjohn]

Check the disease forum. There is a sticky on diseases and cures. The red sounds like a bacterial infection. Also post this question there with all tank parameters and items in tank. Good heads up on having a Hospital tank set up. Hope this helps and good luck

 

[guineawhop]

i would have to say the cause was due to stress from the nitrate, make sure in the hospital tank the parameters are good otherwise you just stressed them out some more, also you know that the bicolor needs live rock right?

 

[lion_crazz]

Sounds like a reaction to the high nitrates to me as well. Anemones will not tolerate that high of a nitrate in a tank either. It will just take a little longer for an anemone to show signs of a problem. Both angels and butterflies need to be kept in tanks that are heavily populated with live rock, and with nitrates that are 10 and below. A large water change is a definite must in this situation. I would send this post over to the disease forum so that Beth could help you decide which medications to use too. Also, like stated, make sure you keep an eye on the QT's parameters because you do not want them anywhere close to 40ppm of nitrates or else the fish will not fully heal. If it were anything but an angel or butterfly I would say that 40 is not horribly high in most cases, but you are dealing with two very delicate types of fish.
How often do you feed the fish and how often are you doing water changes? Also, of what quantity are the water changes (how many gallons per week in what size tank)?

 

[blpring]

Hello
Thanks for the reply
I have a 125 Gal. Tank with 2 Ocellaris Clowns, 2 Tomato Clown, 1 maroon Clown, 1 Green Mandarinfish, 1 Midas Blenny, 1 Yellowheaded Sleeper Goby, 2 Anemones, 2 Star Fish, 1 Salley Light Foot Crab, 1 red and white shrimp, 15 hermet crabs, 4 snails and lots of live rock. (i think thats all)
I feed them 3 times a day in the morning i give them pellet and flake, in the afternoon brine frozen shrimp and other frozen foods, in the evening pellet and more brine frozen shrimp.
Water changes we do 15% every two weeks.
Im going to do a water change right now.
Thanks
Blpring

 

[plumbjohn]

I would say that you are feeding to much for one. Cut it back to what your critters can eat in less than 5 mins. And once a day. I feed my fish once a day and the rest of there hunger is sated by them eating algae off the live rock. I also give them seaweed on a clip once a day and it is gone over night. My girlfriend feed them in the mornig when she gets home from work and I give them seaweed in the evening. Try cuuting down and see if that helps lower your nitrates. Good luck Also what is your substrate? CC or LS. LS is better as it does not trap waste and excess food as much as CC does.

 

[lion_crazz]

Yes, I would also cut it back down to once a day, and pick up on water changes (once per week) until you get the nitrates down. Good luck with your fish!