disease

I got an acro frag from a friends tank that was struggling (STN) hoping to recover it. eventually I dipped it in revive and saw dozens of small black organisms coming off. After microscopy examination, I ID'd it as Philaster guamense based on morphology and having microalgae (zooxanthellae) in...

I have a LFS that qt their fish but I am not sure if their process is completely safe. They have all tanks connected together with presence of coppersafe (2.00-2.50 ppm). They receive new fishes and put them into the same system. Is it possible for fishes that have been in the tanks get...

Hi guys, Me again - this fish has previously had flukes which I dealt with several FW dips, moving tank in between each one, prazi pro and NT labs antiwork/flukes and he has was fine after that. He's been eating fine and is very active. He had one of these warts before and thought at first...

Hey everyone I have a purple tang in qt rn and it has a single spot on its dorsal fin and has since I got it. Not gotten worse or better in any sense I’ve been watching the fish like a hawk. No medication has been dosed and the singular spot hasn’t changed. It also doesn’t really protrude the...

Hi all, need some help if possible ..my royal gramma just died after only having this guy for a month. Found him dead today, was eating fine as of last night but has been hiding frequently the past few days but coming out to eat. Had another gramma previously that only lasted a few months. My...

Hi everyone I’m back again , so I rescued a adult yellow tang about 5 inches but it does not have any dorsal fin or bottom fins will this grow back? also fish face is very white as seen in pic how can I help this guy

Just got a Fiji Puffer today and put him in to my tank while I went to work. He sat in a breeding box with a net that I use to reduce aggression and let the fish check out the new fish before adding (all day). I came home, let him out and he swam into a cave but I noticed some sort of sore with...

Hello. I have a newly set up tank and started with a filefish. He was doing well for about a month and then we added two clownfish. The tank is 26 gallons. The filefish mysteriously disappeared. Mind you the ammonia and nitrite had been zero before we put the fish in. Two days later one of the...

Okay so I’ve just upgraded my mixed reef tank from a fluval nano to a 170 I quarantined the fish for 5 days before over loaded the power in my house 3 times!! So I moved the fish over. 5 days the fish had some suspicious looking marks on the fins. Today i the tail is completely shredded, red...

Hello, So I had a small piece of live rock I wanted to add for my new angel from my other tank which likely has ich in it. I dipped this piece of rock in freshwater for about 20-30 minutes and then added to the tank. After about 20 minutes I removed from tank as realized perhaps the cysts...

Hi all, One week ago my cleaner shrimp’ gills started to turn blackish. At the moment didn’t really think much of it and after a molt it was back to normal. Then several days ago it came back and now it’s really black (see picture). I searched the internet and only found 2 similar cases where...

I was wondering if this stuff on my Midas blenny was black ich, and if so how would I go about treating it? I do not have a qt tank, and if it is black ich I’d assume it’s probably spread.

Hey all! I was fortunate enough to pick up a Sarcophyton elegans (I think a Yellow Fiji just not coloured up yet) a couple of weeks ago online. It arrived pale but in one piece. Unfortunately the foot of the coral has begun to disintegrate rapidly into white debris. The head seems okay, but the...

Hey guys relatively new to reefing and our tank is now five months old, so we thought it would be a good time to introduce the Elegance coral into the tank. It has been two weeks and all parameters were normal. However, since we noticed sand clumping, we introduced five conch snails. Now, it...

https://youtube.com/shorts/1cM8Y0QlHic?feature=share A bit of a description she is behaving normally no swimming into flow of return eating normally breathing is kind of labored not really though and her size is about 2 inches she also has been like this for almost a week, and is...

I started my reef tank back in April and it has been nothing short of a nightmare from the get go. I added a pair of clowns to the tank a few days after the startup bacteria to help with the cycling process. I elected not to QT the fish since there was nothing else in there to contaminate at the...

Hello all, this is my first post on here and I first want to say thank you to everyone that contributes on here. This place has helped a lot this past few months. And although I’m still struggling to find balance in my reef tank, I’m thankful for all the advice I have found on here. Now I wanted...

Hi, 4 days ago one of my cleaner shrimp suddenly died. I noticed that he lost appetite but didn’t think much of it. 1 day later I found him death between two rocks. Didn’t really see a cause of death on the little corpse. Then 2 days ago the other shrimp started to act the same. He seems really...

Hey guys i have several fish that are presenting with symptoms that i feel could be described by several different dieases so im having a real hard time figuring out what it is and how i should act from here. My Midas has like a white dusting around his head area with white strings coming off...

I've had this PBT in quarantine with a Foxface for the last 45ish days after using hybrid TTM to treat ich. My DT is fallow, has been at 82 degrees and has been fallow 60 days as of today, so the plan was to reintroduce him today. This morning I noticed these brown blotches on his skin. Are...

Hi everyone. Out of nowhere I noticed that almost all my LPS corals (except Euphyllias) have small "bumps" of mesenterial filaments hanging around tissue edges, and those edges look like they're slightly swollen or something and like they are receding. It's a large system with literally hundreds...

Hi all, My clowns have this thin layer of white particles/film. They have had for some time now. Is this velvet? What should be my next steps? TIA!

I have a like new Pentair 80w UV . In excellent condition, will come with plumbing as I had it, all items as new, and a wall mount kit. Works great and huge discount from new! Will ship for a fee, would prefer local as it's so big. Still have the original box.

Just got back from LFS and got it in the tank and noticed this. If it is a disease or ich please let me know how to treat it/what product to use. Thanks!