Fish and tank problem

Angelo2004 · Sep 14, 2020

Yesterday. My saltwater aquarium fishes were having some white spots. I did some research and found out it could be flukes and high levels of ammonia. I had to do fresh water dips for 3 to 4 minutes each one of them and I did a 30% water change. Today after those treatments 3 of my clownfishes (saddleback clownfish and occelaris clownfish). And my pink skunk is only staying in one place and sometimes they suddenly swim eratically and returns to the place where they stay. But before all this they swim freely around the corals and had their own spot.

MaxxuM · Sep 14, 2020

Did you cycle your tank?

A lot to digest here. You're not supposed to keep different species of clowns together. If there is ammonia you need to use SeaChem Prime as soon as possible and dose every 2-3 days until you get the ammonia down (like adding bacteria as soon as possible). The tank is too small for that many fish. Freshwater dips usually wont cure anything, but give the fish a little longer to live.e

They all look extremely stressed out. Even if they are sick, the water is going to kill them before the disease/parasites.

scabbedwings616 · Sep 15, 2020

Check you levels on the tank. Nitrite, nitrate, ammonia specifically. how old is the tank? How bigs the tank? There are a lot of reasons the fish have the spots. doing a dip in fresh water may not cure it or help it. You could be giving them more stress by doing this.