Aborygyny
New Member
Hi all,
This is my first post so apologies if it is missing any information, let me know if it needs more and I can try to provide it. My tank has been going for about 4 months now. Early on, I had added two clownfish that were doing great. A month or so later added a yellow watchman goby and tiger shrimp (paired, both are pretty tiny). And around 3 weeks after that added a swissguard basslet. Everything was going great in the tank, until around 3 weeks after I added the swissguard I noticed some odd behavior.
The swissguard had some labored breathing and was no longer interested in food (prior to this, he was growing more and more comfortable in the tank and was eating well). I then noticed he had white stringy poop. No other symptoms and no visible spots or parasites. We treated the tank with prazipro under the assumption it was an internal parasite. The swissguard hung on for 4 days before he died. He had increasingly labored breathing, and in the last two days his tail began to fray. This may have been due to the clownfish bugging him at the end, though we never saw them go after him at all.
I kept a close eye on my tank after this and all the other fish had been eating fine and showed no signs of illness. Today I woke up and checked the tank and my 2 clownfish were dead, with some white slime on them and some tail/fin fraying. I know this could potentially be brooklynella, but I guess I am at a loss considering the swissguard's death ~5 days prior. It seems like it would have been related to that illness, but it killed the clowns much quicker before I even had time to notice anything was wrong.
The watchman goby is still alive and looks healthy, and is eating.
The only change in the tank prior to the first fish getting sick was the addition of two corals: green star polyps and clove polyps. Both were dipped in CoralRx before adding them to the tank. I also added a single trochus snail at that time. Corals and snail are doing just fine.
My best guess at this point is a bacterial infection, and we did treat the tank this morning with melafix. How likely is it that this was two different diseases? Any suggestions moving forward? For now, I am going to keep an eye on the remaining livestock and wait a few weeks before adding anything new.
Parameters:
Salinity: 1.024
pH: 8.0
temp: ~74F
Ammonia: 0
Nitrite: 0
This is my first post so apologies if it is missing any information, let me know if it needs more and I can try to provide it. My tank has been going for about 4 months now. Early on, I had added two clownfish that were doing great. A month or so later added a yellow watchman goby and tiger shrimp (paired, both are pretty tiny). And around 3 weeks after that added a swissguard basslet. Everything was going great in the tank, until around 3 weeks after I added the swissguard I noticed some odd behavior.
The swissguard had some labored breathing and was no longer interested in food (prior to this, he was growing more and more comfortable in the tank and was eating well). I then noticed he had white stringy poop. No other symptoms and no visible spots or parasites. We treated the tank with prazipro under the assumption it was an internal parasite. The swissguard hung on for 4 days before he died. He had increasingly labored breathing, and in the last two days his tail began to fray. This may have been due to the clownfish bugging him at the end, though we never saw them go after him at all.
I kept a close eye on my tank after this and all the other fish had been eating fine and showed no signs of illness. Today I woke up and checked the tank and my 2 clownfish were dead, with some white slime on them and some tail/fin fraying. I know this could potentially be brooklynella, but I guess I am at a loss considering the swissguard's death ~5 days prior. It seems like it would have been related to that illness, but it killed the clowns much quicker before I even had time to notice anything was wrong.
The watchman goby is still alive and looks healthy, and is eating.
The only change in the tank prior to the first fish getting sick was the addition of two corals: green star polyps and clove polyps. Both were dipped in CoralRx before adding them to the tank. I also added a single trochus snail at that time. Corals and snail are doing just fine.
My best guess at this point is a bacterial infection, and we did treat the tank this morning with melafix. How likely is it that this was two different diseases? Any suggestions moving forward? For now, I am going to keep an eye on the remaining livestock and wait a few weeks before adding anything new.
Parameters:
Salinity: 1.024
pH: 8.0
temp: ~74F
Ammonia: 0
Nitrite: 0
