Rockit
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had a QT tank that my wife decided needed to be a permanent addition to our bedroom.
Basic bare bottom... pvc...hob. I do a 10 -25% water change every 1..2...3 weeks depending on life schedule. I shoot for every sunday.
Tanks been running for about 8 months. Initially had pair clowns, 4 bar goby, pair pj cardinals and a yellow corris. About a week after initial set up, both clowns started to exhibit a heavy slime coat, lethargy and stopped eating. I dosed 5 days of Reef Rally. Within 24 hours of first dose both clowns appeared normal, eating and being the little aggressive jerks they had been prior.
About a month later I left the top off and we came home from work to find a dried bar goby stuck to the carpet. A couple days after that I again had the top off while doing a wc and didn't see 2nd goby go carpet surf.
Next day we replaced the 2 lost bar goby (s)... gobies... goby's???? We also added a chalk basket, 2 yellow ye
clown goby and a bicolor blenny. One of the clownfish was fairly aggressive towards the blenny and the two clown goby but nothing persistent. Occasional nipping and chasing.
Zero issues until last week. Came home to find the blenny dead. Was fine 12 hours earlier when I fed them. He was pretty torn up and the clownfish was actively ramming the deteriorated corpse so I assumed cause of death was clownfish.
Saturday I found both of the yellow clown goby dead. Both looked fine.... just dead. I had thought that they both had been a bit lethargic and timid after the blenny was murdered. I suspected the clownfish harassed them to death too.
Tuesday I see both clownfish with a heavy slime coat, lethargic and neither one was eating. I dose Reef Rally in the morning.
Wednesday one is back to normal, one (the jerk) is hiding and condition appeared unchanged. Dosed Reef Rally.
This morning. Thursday, jerk fish is dead. I've continued to dose Reef Rally.
I've attached pics of the guy. What does it look like? What would be my best course of action from here?
I have Reef Rally, Chloroquine Phosphate, Prazi, Rid ich+, Copper Power and API general cure on hand as well as 2 other small QT for tank transfer.
I believe the spots are fine sand stuck in the slime coat. I have a small bowl of sand for the wrasse and it gets all over. It comes right off. Do ich spots come off just touched?
had a QT tank that my wife decided needed to be a permanent addition to our bedroom.
Basic bare bottom... pvc...hob. I do a 10 -25% water change every 1..2...3 weeks depending on life schedule. I shoot for every sunday.
Tanks been running for about 8 months. Initially had pair clowns, 4 bar goby, pair pj cardinals and a yellow corris. About a week after initial set up, both clowns started to exhibit a heavy slime coat, lethargy and stopped eating. I dosed 5 days of Reef Rally. Within 24 hours of first dose both clowns appeared normal, eating and being the little aggressive jerks they had been prior.
About a month later I left the top off and we came home from work to find a dried bar goby stuck to the carpet. A couple days after that I again had the top off while doing a wc and didn't see 2nd goby go carpet surf.
Next day we replaced the 2 lost bar goby (s)... gobies... goby's???? We also added a chalk basket, 2 yellow ye
clown goby and a bicolor blenny. One of the clownfish was fairly aggressive towards the blenny and the two clown goby but nothing persistent. Occasional nipping and chasing.
Zero issues until last week. Came home to find the blenny dead. Was fine 12 hours earlier when I fed them. He was pretty torn up and the clownfish was actively ramming the deteriorated corpse so I assumed cause of death was clownfish.
Saturday I found both of the yellow clown goby dead. Both looked fine.... just dead. I had thought that they both had been a bit lethargic and timid after the blenny was murdered. I suspected the clownfish harassed them to death too.
Tuesday I see both clownfish with a heavy slime coat, lethargic and neither one was eating. I dose Reef Rally in the morning.
Wednesday one is back to normal, one (the jerk) is hiding and condition appeared unchanged. Dosed Reef Rally.
This morning. Thursday, jerk fish is dead. I've continued to dose Reef Rally.
I've attached pics of the guy. What does it look like? What would be my best course of action from here?
I have Reef Rally, Chloroquine Phosphate, Prazi, Rid ich+, Copper Power and API general cure on hand as well as 2 other small QT for tank transfer.
I believe the spots are fine sand stuck in the slime coat. I have a small bowl of sand for the wrasse and it gets all over. It comes right off. Do ich spots come off just touched?
