NEW!! Please Help!!!

[Hermes3223]

Hello, I am new to the hobby. I started a 55 gal tank about 3 months ago. I have a few issues that I could really use some opinons on if anyone has any ideas. First off, I have checked all my water parameters using a nutrafin master test kit which is a 10 parameter test kit and everything is where it should be. I have a refractometer and my salinity is maintained at 1.024- 1.025 That being said, the issues I have is the brown spot on this coral that had formed. It started to get healthy, or so i thought, and then it came back and it seems to be staying the same. Any suggestions? Second issue I have deals with these white things that are forming on my glass and I have no idea what they are? Possibly a parasite? I also have white spots on my blue hippo tang which I can't figure out what that is either. I did a fresh water dip yesterday which reduced the spots by about 70 percent so I plan on doing another dip tomorrow to hopefully take care of the rest. I don't have any pics of the hippo tang but they are white bubbles and black dots all over if anyone has any idea what that could be. Any suggestions or comments are much appreciated!! Thank You!!

 

[Raggamuffin]

without a clearer picture I can't give you a 100% one #1 but I would guess cyano. #2 harmless micro feather duster things have thousands in my tank on the back walls, the larger version can be a pain (vermatid? SP??), #3 sounds like ick but I can't tell without a MUCH better pic and a freshwater dip will not help if it is ick...it is in your tank.

 

[10galclowns]

I have the white stuff on the my tank. Is there any way to get it off?

 

[Raggamuffin]

scrape it off, that simple

 

[Atg]

Use your hand to see if you can wave it away(the brown stuff)

 

[gmoney243]

your tang has an external parasite. you need to QT and treat him and any other fish on your tank. also you should go fishless for a few months to help kill off the parasites in your tank. its most likely ich or velvet. usually with velvet tho your fish would be dead by now

 

[SaltwaterParadise]

There are million different things said about ich and how to treat it, but ultimately the first step is to quarantine the fish so you can treat it properly. Don't leave it in a reef and just hope that fresh water dips will solve it.

The Cyano being on your coral is a good indication that something is wrong. Even if you test kits are telling you other wise. The fluctuation of chemicals/salt/temp can be a bigger problem then them being a little "off". You need to check your temp and PH in the middle of the night and/or several times in a day to track its movement. I recommend a controller to do this (check out the APEX). Its a big investment, but can certainly help track changes in your tank.

Good luck! Keep asking questions, its the only way to learn!

 

[Hermes3223]

So again being new to the hobby what is the best way to quarantine and treat something like that? Do i need to get a small tank, new filter and heater to keep him in? What kind of treatment would I start with to cure it? I was also looking into purchasing the Apex Jr. so that will be a big help in keeping track of the changes throughout the day. Any other suggestions? Thanks for your feedback.

 

[rajkovich207]

Yea a small tank with a heater preferably 10g or larger for each fish or a couple small ones per tank, a hang on filter with carbon to be used in between treatments and a fallow (fishless) display for a minimum of 6 weeks. I used noxich to rid my fish of ich (costs about $2.50) and no rock in the QT just use pieces of PVC.

 

[gmoney243]

http://www.reefhobbyistmagazine.com/

Latest issue has a great article on QT and treatments.

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[Hermes3223]

Thanks Ill look after work today!!

 

[cdangel0]

"White spots on my fish" will usually elicit the "you've got ick" response - it's important to make sure you know what you're looking at before you treat. I've had white spots on my fish - especially the blue ones (seems to stand out more on them) - generally what I've found is the fish has swam too close to, or through a puff of sand and has picked individual grains up in their scales. How is the fish acting? Any "scratching" it's body on the rockwork?

Brown stuff from a coral is a little vague - cyano is probably a fair guess.

White spots on the glass - could be a ton of answers to this one, feather dusters, eggs, the beginning of coraline algae, 99% of the time it's nothing to be concerned about.

Jumping back to the fish - if you decide that it is ick and want to treat for it - a hospital tank is the way to go, just remember that you need a large enough tank to not induce additional stress to a fish that likes to swim - tangs cover a lot of ground in a given day so make sure you put it in something that provides plenty of room to swim back and forth.

Fish can usually beat ick using their immune system, granted ick medicaiton provides a nice boost to the speed of remediation, make sure your feeding the fish extra while in the QT to keep it fat and happy, it helps prevent the immune system from slowing down because they're under stress due to being in the hospital tank.

 

[Hermes3223]

This is what he looked like with the white spots. Right now he is probably about 80 percent better than he is is the picture after two freshwater dips two days apart, but I am going to get him into a HT ASAP. I am just trying to figure out what exactly I am going to be treating him for. I don't believe it is "ick" but hopefully this picture is a little clearer for you guys to see. Thanks!

 

[cdangel0]

That doesn't look like ick to me. Unfortunately I can't tell you what it is either. It certainly doesn't look comfortable for the fish. I'd continue with the fresh water dips if they seem to be helping. How is the fish behaving? Still eating?