Percs not looking too well

firecopemt

Member
My 2 percs dont look too well. They looked fine last night, but when I got up this morning and went to feed them I noticed that one in paticular looked like your lips do when they are chapped. I dont know how else to explain it. It just looked dry. The other perc looked as if he had been attacked by one of my hermits or something, with one small red spot on its side that looked like an open wound. They are currently in a reef tank, and I dont have a hospital tank. Does anyone know what is happening to them, and if you do, what are the chances that they will make it.
BTW, all the water parameters tested good. This is irritating ti me because I dont know that much about SW diseases. What they have lookes nothing like any FW disease that I know of though.
PS....excuse they mess ups in my typing .......its hard to type with a broken hand that is in a cast.:rolleyes:
 
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newreefers

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what else is in the tank with them?
how long have you had the fish?
 

firecopemt

Member
I have had the fish for 3 months. The only things in the tank with them are scarlet hermits, turbo snails, hammer coral, green star polyps, fungia, green open brain, shrooms, and a scooter blennie. They are still swimming around and are very active. I will try to get a picture of them when I get home tonight. I am baffled, I have been searching the net and cant find anything that looks similar.
 

firecopemt

Member
Just got a call from my fiance, and she said that one of the percs kicked the bucket. She said that she could not get to him to get him out, and that there were about 3 hermits onit already going to town. I really wish she could get it out, because I wont be home for another 4 hours to do it. Some one has to have some ideas????
 

firecopemt

Member
How come I dont ever get any helpful answers to my questions? It seems that the people that have been here awhile are always getting help, and new people to the board usually get passed up. I dont want to step on anyones toes, but it just gets irritating. If this is the way that this board functions then I will try to find another place.
 

firecopemt

Member
Thanks jwtrojan44 for the reply. It was the Perc with the dry skin that died. It looks like it has dried cracked skin all over. I know that it wasnt ich (ick), because I have had FW fish that have had it before.
Sorry about the lack or delay in responses. Keep in mind that not many folks visit this forum unless they have a fish emergency, and the moderators are here as often as they can be
This isnt the only thread I have posted on here, one in new hobbiest, and one on reef forum. The help was very limited, with only a couple of replies. Like I said, I dont want to offend anyone, but I just stated what I see.
I will get a picture whenI get home tonight in a coupel more hous of the dead fish.....that is if anything is left of him.
Thanks again for the reply.
 
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