Dan Kyle
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- Birmingham
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- United Kingdom
As the title says I’m a total loss. I’ll begin by saying I had 7 fish and now I’m down to just 1. About a month ago I introduced the latest addition into my tank which was a fairy wrasse. From the moment he went in he was very happy, he was exploring, eating and swimming amongst the others and a week later he was beginning to hide but non of the others was bullying him. All other fish were peaceful. He stopped eating. He was flicking up the sand bed in the pet shop and he was doing the same in my aquarium. I was told that this was normal behaviour for the fairy wrasse. They do this looking for food I was told. About a week after having he had this film on him that was like a white dust. It definitely wasn’t ick.
Few days after I noticed, she sadly passed. The day after that I lost my blue reef chromis. 3 of them, 1 a day. I then lost my Midas blenny. The day after that I lost both of clown fish and all I have remaining now is my orange spot goby. All fish presented with this white film which I originally thought was velvet but then I questioned it because surely my goby would also be gone by now? It’s worth mentioning that all fish were breathing heavy as well and directly in front of my powerheads. Typical symptom on velvet I believe.
Ultimately I’m a total loss and nothing right now is making any sense. Surely if I’ve had velvet in my reef I wouldn’t have the goby left? He is flicking up sand too as I write this post and he does have this white coating but it’s so incredibly hard to see or photograph because he is white. It was easier to see on my black and white clown fish.
All other livestock is doing great, no issues with corals. I don’t feel confident in buying anymore fish because I haven’t got a clue what I’m dealing with! I won’t post my tank parameters at this point because I don’t believe any of that will be relevant to anyone regarding disease but I have checked everything and there’s no red flags.
Few days after I noticed, she sadly passed. The day after that I lost my blue reef chromis. 3 of them, 1 a day. I then lost my Midas blenny. The day after that I lost both of clown fish and all I have remaining now is my orange spot goby. All fish presented with this white film which I originally thought was velvet but then I questioned it because surely my goby would also be gone by now? It’s worth mentioning that all fish were breathing heavy as well and directly in front of my powerheads. Typical symptom on velvet I believe.
Ultimately I’m a total loss and nothing right now is making any sense. Surely if I’ve had velvet in my reef I wouldn’t have the goby left? He is flicking up sand too as I write this post and he does have this white coating but it’s so incredibly hard to see or photograph because he is white. It was easier to see on my black and white clown fish.
All other livestock is doing great, no issues with corals. I don’t feel confident in buying anymore fish because I haven’t got a clue what I’m dealing with! I won’t post my tank parameters at this point because I don’t believe any of that will be relevant to anyone regarding disease but I have checked everything and there’s no red flags.
