Good news.... and bad news...
Good news? My clowns are getting along fantastically!
Everything seems to be "peaceful" in the tank today.... sweet, gentle swimming together, calm attitudes... perfect.
Bad news? The clown that came out of QT after its 5 day treatment with Maracyn II may need to go back in there. Came home from work today and saw no marks, nothing on the clown. After dinner, went to observe the tank and saw a red patch on its side. Dangit!~
There isn't any aggression going on in the tank. I can only imagine that maybe it got stung by the elegance coral when it swam through the tentacles.
There are no marks on the other one. It is breathing, swimming, eating and acting like there's nothing wrong. Totally chill. I've been PM'ing all night with Sepulation (bless his heart, I really need to send him a check for his services this last week) and he wants me to just keep an eye on him and if it gets worse, then put him back into QT for another round of treatment and keep him in QT a week longer after treatment to be sure that he has regained his strength and got his immune system back on track before going back into the DT. I thought, and he agreed, that perhaps he ran into the elegance when his slime coat was weakened and got stung. We're hoping that just keeping an eye on him and continuing to feed them foods soaked in garlic and vitamins will help him pull through on his own without having to go back into QT for another round of treatment.
This is what he looks like
I'll be keeping an eye on him and go from there... bacterial infections suck.
Good thing I didn't break down the QT just yet. I just checked the water on it however, and there is .25 of Ammonia and .25 of Nitrites in it. Yikes. Gotta get some water for a water change tomorrow just in case!
ETA: Anyone know why Ammonia and Nitrite happened to spike AFTER the removal of the clown from QT?? While in QT, I was anal about checking the water; checked it first thing in the morning before adding Maracyn II and then checked it again before going to bed and it never showed any signs of Ammonia or Nitrite.