breeze
Member
ok my male tyretail anthia has been scratching for a week one of his eyes is cloudy and 2 days ago had some slime coming off it over all he looks skinny and his color is washed out but he eats like crazy
then i noticed my female anthia and my diamond goby scratch a few times
lfs said ick but there is none showing
can it be something else protazoa or bacteria?
i've had these fish for over 2 months with no problems then i added a small alt.blue tang without qt and he started scatching right away i tried to get him out but couldnt a few days later he developed dark blotches between his pec. fins and mouth and between his mouth and eyes he got skinny even with eating and grazing all day
i went to the lfs where i bought him and they had an atl blue tang with the same thing i showed the manager and he said it may be uronema and to do freshwater dips or treat the tank with malachite green so i went home to try the fresh dips but it was too late he was dead
a week later is when the anthia started to scratch SO is it all related
and what can i do ?it is impossible to catch these fish to QT i've tried many times
i have a 75gal with 60lbs live sand 120lbs LR with 12 or so corals
PH 8.2
AMMO 0
NITRATE 0
NITRITE 0
SALT 1.025
TEMP 76
sorry for the long post just trying to give all the info
any help would be great
thanks
then i noticed my female anthia and my diamond goby scratch a few times
lfs said ick but there is none showing
can it be something else protazoa or bacteria?
i've had these fish for over 2 months with no problems then i added a small alt.blue tang without qt and he started scatching right away i tried to get him out but couldnt a few days later he developed dark blotches between his pec. fins and mouth and between his mouth and eyes he got skinny even with eating and grazing all day
i went to the lfs where i bought him and they had an atl blue tang with the same thing i showed the manager and he said it may be uronema and to do freshwater dips or treat the tank with malachite green so i went home to try the fresh dips but it was too late he was dead
a week later is when the anthia started to scratch SO is it all related
and what can i do ?it is impossible to catch these fish to QT i've tried many times
i have a 75gal with 60lbs live sand 120lbs LR with 12 or so corals
PH 8.2
AMMO 0
NITRATE 0
NITRITE 0
SALT 1.025
TEMP 76
sorry for the long post just trying to give all the info
any help would be great
thanks