sac10918
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Well, my two clowns and a bicolor blenny came down with what I thought was Ich on Easter. I put them in a makeshift quarantine tank. They looked good for a week and a half, then I cam home to them looking as if their skin was sloughing off their bodies. I posted pics and many people confirmed that it was most likely brooklynella. I did three formaldehyde dips for 45 minutes in lenth, each dip was one day apart from the last. I also kept their quarantine tank in hyposalinity, just in case ich was also present. They have been looking good, and I was planning on letting them into their reef home on June 7th....
However, I noticed that my female clownfishes coloring around the very edges/tips of her tail fin and her dorsal fin, as well as her pectoral fins have lost coloring and are clear.
Also, my male clown has a few white spots on him that I noticed only 3 days ago. They look very similar to the brooklynella like spots I saw on him only a few weeks ago.
Was three formaldehyde dips not enough? I dont believe that this could possibly be ich since they are in hypo (although I would say they are at 1.010 rather than 1.009). My only guess as to the color loss of the fins would be a poor diet? Since my qt is uncycled, I have been feeding flake foods rather than the normal mixture of frozen foods like cyclopeze since I am afraid of it causing an ammonia spike in the tank. I feed a mixture of four different flake foods, two are tetra marine products and two are omega one.
ANY THOUGHTS?
However, I noticed that my female clownfishes coloring around the very edges/tips of her tail fin and her dorsal fin, as well as her pectoral fins have lost coloring and are clear.
Also, my male clown has a few white spots on him that I noticed only 3 days ago. They look very similar to the brooklynella like spots I saw on him only a few weeks ago.
Was three formaldehyde dips not enough? I dont believe that this could possibly be ich since they are in hypo (although I would say they are at 1.010 rather than 1.009). My only guess as to the color loss of the fins would be a poor diet? Since my qt is uncycled, I have been feeding flake foods rather than the normal mixture of frozen foods like cyclopeze since I am afraid of it causing an ammonia spike in the tank. I feed a mixture of four different flake foods, two are tetra marine products and two are omega one.
ANY THOUGHTS?
