mfinnegan
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Ok...we set up a tank over a month ago....it was an already put together tank...we transported everything home with us in rubbermaid containers...well...when we got the tank, some fish had HLLE. That was on the mend....everyone was looking good. I ended up bringing a huge sailfin to LFS and giving it to them, cuz he was picking on the other fish....he was huge.......
Everything was going along great.....no problems, we bought a Eheim filter system, and had a Red Prism protein skimmer we could never get to work......but...everything was moving along great......THEN......the LFS was having a blow out sale.....the beginning of this month.....we bought two sally lightfoot crabs, a conch, and a lawnmower blenny.....
Well....the conch died right after about a week of having him.....A couple of weeks ago, we noticed dots on some of our original fish, so...we thought it was ick....so we treated for ick.....(we bought the treatment you could do with inverts).....Well....last week...we lost all the new stuff.....lawnmower, crabs......Also, our clown fish started to get this slimmy stuff on him....and....he died on Saturday
Now, my issue.....my other sailfin.......he is on the verge of dying I think.....He started off with dots......then on a certain area of him his skin started to get bumpy.....now, he is shedding this slimmy stuff, his tail looks like it's looking the skin on the end of it.... and....his skin is looking pitty (almost raw)....he's not eating......
We went to the LFS....they said it's not worth putting him in a quarentine tank now....something is in the tank and we need to treat the tank.
We are putting in vitamins, garlic, essential elements......
We have a Remora Protein Skimmer coming in tomorrow......
LFS has been testing the water.....and it is good.......we did have a nitrate spike, but....that is normal now.....
Please help.....my fish are yellow tang, blue hippo tank, one clown, the sailfin, snails, watchman goby and bar goby now.......I so don't want to loose these guys......
Please let me know what info you need to help me....
Everything was going along great.....no problems, we bought a Eheim filter system, and had a Red Prism protein skimmer we could never get to work......but...everything was moving along great......THEN......the LFS was having a blow out sale.....the beginning of this month.....we bought two sally lightfoot crabs, a conch, and a lawnmower blenny.....
Well....the conch died right after about a week of having him.....A couple of weeks ago, we noticed dots on some of our original fish, so...we thought it was ick....so we treated for ick.....(we bought the treatment you could do with inverts).....Well....last week...we lost all the new stuff.....lawnmower, crabs......Also, our clown fish started to get this slimmy stuff on him....and....he died on Saturday
Now, my issue.....my other sailfin.......he is on the verge of dying I think.....He started off with dots......then on a certain area of him his skin started to get bumpy.....now, he is shedding this slimmy stuff, his tail looks like it's looking the skin on the end of it.... and....his skin is looking pitty (almost raw)....he's not eating......
We went to the LFS....they said it's not worth putting him in a quarentine tank now....something is in the tank and we need to treat the tank.
We are putting in vitamins, garlic, essential elements......
We have a Remora Protein Skimmer coming in tomorrow......
LFS has been testing the water.....and it is good.......we did have a nitrate spike, but....that is normal now.....
Please help.....my fish are yellow tang, blue hippo tank, one clown, the sailfin, snails, watchman goby and bar goby now.......I so don't want to loose these guys......
Please let me know what info you need to help me....
