elfdoctors
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I finally tore apart my reef yesterday. I have a very timid sebae clown that I was unable to catch any other way. (It was replaced by a pair of aquacultured perculas that I purchased over 2 months ago from swf.com - already they are much more visible than the sebae ever was.) At the same time I moved my heater down to my sump.
This morning, my heniochus butterfly has popeye. Attached is the best picture I could get. (The fish moves around too much!)While I had the reef apart I did a large ~30% water change because my nitrates had been drifting upward (to ~15-20). The fish is still eating well this morning.
I have two questions for anyone, but am particularly interested in Beth's opinion.
1) Can you just assume that trauma played a role. If so and considering that the water quality should have improved with the large water change, is any further treatment necessary? I put some garlic into the tank this morning.
2) Shortly after I moved this fish from the quarantine tank (~4 months ago), it had a disease that I assumed was fin and tail rot, which I assumed was related to trauma. I treated that with garlic also and it has healed. (But you will notice that the top fin and the tail fin are still somewhat jagged). Beth posted a picture of a similar fish about 10 days ago in a thread started by Roggy23. I thought that was fin and tail rot but someone else thought that it was lymphocystis. Beth - can you enlighten us as to what disease the fish actually had?
This morning, my heniochus butterfly has popeye. Attached is the best picture I could get. (The fish moves around too much!)While I had the reef apart I did a large ~30% water change because my nitrates had been drifting upward (to ~15-20). The fish is still eating well this morning.
I have two questions for anyone, but am particularly interested in Beth's opinion.
1) Can you just assume that trauma played a role. If so and considering that the water quality should have improved with the large water change, is any further treatment necessary? I put some garlic into the tank this morning.
2) Shortly after I moved this fish from the quarantine tank (~4 months ago), it had a disease that I assumed was fin and tail rot, which I assumed was related to trauma. I treated that with garlic also and it has healed. (But you will notice that the top fin and the tail fin are still somewhat jagged). Beth posted a picture of a similar fish about 10 days ago in a thread started by Roggy23. I thought that was fin and tail rot but someone else thought that it was lymphocystis. Beth - can you enlighten us as to what disease the fish actually had?