stevepaynr84
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Help please! Can anyone tell me what this is on my anthia? Wasn't there a few hours ago and no sign of it on any other fish
HELP!!!!
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JaimeAdams
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jsker
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That is looking like velvet but the Pro's would know @melypr1985 @Humblefish @Brew12
If so start treat and use these guidelines link
If so start treat and use these guidelines link
Brew12
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I would agree, but I've never seen brook on an Anthias. Poor lil guy.
Have you recently added any new fish to the tank?
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stevepaynr84
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No nothing new added in a good long while and water is testing same as ever. Hoping to god its just something bacterial and he pulls through. Didnt notice it on him this morning when i got in from work but was there when i woke up this afternoon (I work nights). Nothing else looks like it has it (yet) so fingers crossed its nothing too bad and he pulls through
melypr1985
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Being that it's an anthia I would lean towards bacterial infection. Do you QT your fish/corals/inverts? Are you able to set up a QT?
It would be best if you can put him in a QT and treat with kanaplex or furan2, but you can feed the meds to him by soaking them in the food coupled with focus to bind it and make it a reef safe, if much slower acting, option.
It would be best if you can put him in a QT and treat with kanaplex or furan2, but you can feed the meds to him by soaking them in the food coupled with focus to bind it and make it a reef safe, if much slower acting, option.
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stevepaynr84
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thats great thank you
4FordFamily
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I agree. Good luck!
I had an one with a similar growth/whatever. Move fast, mine didn't last long.
Anthias actually seem prone to both brook & uronema. Not as bad as clownfish & damsels, but more so than most other species.
I agree with Meredith, except I would treat with Kanaplex + Furan-2 + Metroplex. The latter just in case brook is in play here. It would be much better to dose all 3 in a QT, as opposed to food soaking for this situation.
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stevepaynr84
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Anyone think they could be war wounds? I only ask because my firefighters jas suddenly shown up with no tail left so assuming something has attacked him in the night and wondering if this could be the same as on the anthia?
melypr1985
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More probably the infection is spreading to other fish and has eaten away that fish's tail
+1, I would start treating with the suggested meds ASAP
Gram negative can. Certain strains are fast spreading and can kill within hours. Others take days or even weeks.
A healthy fish's natural immune system is usually able to fend off a gram positive bacterial infection without any assistance. If the fish is unhealthy or if the immune system has already been compromised from battling parasites, it usually takes weeks (or sometimes even months) to eventually succumb to gram positive bacteria.
Brew12
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+1
Some gram negative bacteria can double their population in under 20 minutes. That is some crazy exponential growth.
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stevepaynr84
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the anthia is now looking slightly better and has now eaten for the first time in 3 days
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stevepaynr84
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Thanks for all the help and adice but unfortunately came home from work this morning and found the anthia dead
