So here the story goes....
I bought a new black ocellaris clown about .5 inches, very small, two weeks ago. I thought that the white spot on his back fin was part of his coloring, it sincerely looked natural and the little guy didn't stop swimming fast enough for me to really get a good look! I didn't have a quarantine tank that was cycled completely at the time so I hoped for the best and put him in my 55 display. Well my clown seemed fine, everyone seemed fine......until I started seeing my leopard wrasse scratching against the rocks a little bit (not knowing AT ALL this was a big sign of Ich). That was two days ago. I came home last night after a family dinner to find the little black clown swimming upside down and doing all sorts of what looked like drunken acrobatics and I assumed he was a goner. I then found the wrasse laying on the sand (on top of it!) and I also assumed the worst. I stuck my hand in there to pick out the leopard which I assumed was dead, boy was I wrong. She shot around the tank and looked awful. I couldn't see any spots on her, anywhere.....her color continued to fade right before my eyes...she was dying it seemed.
I fed the tank with mysis with a little garlic solution. Her color returned, and got better as the night went on, I watched that tank like a hawk lol. I went to bed to find her dead as a doornail this morning half buried half unburied on top of the sand. The small clown is also dead.
I guess this post is just me venting, I loved that leopard, the clown was new so I was not so attached. But a loss stinks either way. I still have 2 small Gobies and a larger black clown that seem fine, who knows. I thought Ich worked slower than this, I did not see any small visible signs, no real obvious white dots on either fish, other than the small black clowns fin. Anyone think maybe I'm wrong in my diagnosis?
I'm pretty discouraged and I guess being new at this hobby this is part of the adventure. My corals are fine, my parameters are perfect, I have good lighting and I don't over feed. I guess I just didn't realize he had Ich....or is it something else. Idk..what do you all think?
55 gallon bowfront
12 gallon sump
24 bulb Cree LED DIY fixture
ASM mini-G in sump skimmer
Running Carbon and small amount of Rowa Phos in my sump bag
Do not dose anything and according to all test my parameters are perfectly in range
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I bought a new black ocellaris clown about .5 inches, very small, two weeks ago. I thought that the white spot on his back fin was part of his coloring, it sincerely looked natural and the little guy didn't stop swimming fast enough for me to really get a good look! I didn't have a quarantine tank that was cycled completely at the time so I hoped for the best and put him in my 55 display. Well my clown seemed fine, everyone seemed fine......until I started seeing my leopard wrasse scratching against the rocks a little bit (not knowing AT ALL this was a big sign of Ich). That was two days ago. I came home last night after a family dinner to find the little black clown swimming upside down and doing all sorts of what looked like drunken acrobatics and I assumed he was a goner. I then found the wrasse laying on the sand (on top of it!) and I also assumed the worst. I stuck my hand in there to pick out the leopard which I assumed was dead, boy was I wrong. She shot around the tank and looked awful. I couldn't see any spots on her, anywhere.....her color continued to fade right before my eyes...she was dying it seemed.
I fed the tank with mysis with a little garlic solution. Her color returned, and got better as the night went on, I watched that tank like a hawk lol. I went to bed to find her dead as a doornail this morning half buried half unburied on top of the sand. The small clown is also dead.
I guess this post is just me venting, I loved that leopard, the clown was new so I was not so attached. But a loss stinks either way. I still have 2 small Gobies and a larger black clown that seem fine, who knows. I thought Ich worked slower than this, I did not see any small visible signs, no real obvious white dots on either fish, other than the small black clowns fin. Anyone think maybe I'm wrong in my diagnosis?
I'm pretty discouraged and I guess being new at this hobby this is part of the adventure. My corals are fine, my parameters are perfect, I have good lighting and I don't over feed. I guess I just didn't realize he had Ich....or is it something else. Idk..what do you all think?
55 gallon bowfront
12 gallon sump
24 bulb Cree LED DIY fixture
ASM mini-G in sump skimmer
Running Carbon and small amount of Rowa Phos in my sump bag
Do not dose anything and according to all test my parameters are perfectly in range
[h=3][/h]
Sorry to hear. Maybe someone around here can help shed some light.
