MichaelRyanSD
04-03-2009, 11:04 AM
So let me start off by saying that I have lost 6 clownfish as of now, 4 of which were mated pairs, and one of the pairs I have had since the very beginning.
Basically I would say about a month ago it looked like my Blue Tang broke out with ICH. Not a severe case or anything, but it looked like he was getting it a little bit.
No big deal, Im a firm believe that ICH is in the water or the fish even if they are kept in a sterile system. I've used the cocktail before and began using again this time, I have pretty good success with it, but this time around it seems to bot be as effective.
My fish are as follows (or at the time of the break out)
4 Clownfish
Blue Tang
Yellow Tang
Six Line Wrasse
Flamehawk
Goby
Chromis
Basically when the blue tang got it, the yellow tang broke out somewhat, and the clownfish had very faint signs of it.
Over the next few weeks it would get better, then get worse, then get better...basically back and forth.
Well about two weeks ago, I introduced and a carpet anemone to the tank. My clowns immediately took to hosting it. After a few days, they all broke out pretty bad in what appeared to be ich. well 5-7 laters, they all started dying one by one.
My only rationale to this was because they were sick with ICH and had a hard time adjusting to the toxins of the anemone, so it was kind of like getting pneumonia and strep throat all at once, either one of those are treatable, but to have em both at the same time can be deadly.
So that is what I equated to in the clownfish situation.
About a week later I introduce my second clownfish pair, they looks fine and great one day and started hosting the carpet anemone, the next day they looked like they broke in a bunch of little white dots(possibly ich), the third day they were dead.
The ICH on the clownfish has always looked like it was smaller in comparison to the other fish...and in greater numbers (as in it covered their whole body)
So here we are today, 6 dead clownfish later...and Im all out of options.
So what do you guys think it is and what do you guys suggest...mind you that through out this entire ordeal, all of my other fish have been fine (granted they still have ich)
Is it the ICH, Possible Brookynella, the Carpet anem, or something else???!!
And yes, my water parameters are fine
Basically I would say about a month ago it looked like my Blue Tang broke out with ICH. Not a severe case or anything, but it looked like he was getting it a little bit.
No big deal, Im a firm believe that ICH is in the water or the fish even if they are kept in a sterile system. I've used the cocktail before and began using again this time, I have pretty good success with it, but this time around it seems to bot be as effective.
My fish are as follows (or at the time of the break out)
4 Clownfish
Blue Tang
Yellow Tang
Six Line Wrasse
Flamehawk
Goby
Chromis
Basically when the blue tang got it, the yellow tang broke out somewhat, and the clownfish had very faint signs of it.
Over the next few weeks it would get better, then get worse, then get better...basically back and forth.
Well about two weeks ago, I introduced and a carpet anemone to the tank. My clowns immediately took to hosting it. After a few days, they all broke out pretty bad in what appeared to be ich. well 5-7 laters, they all started dying one by one.
My only rationale to this was because they were sick with ICH and had a hard time adjusting to the toxins of the anemone, so it was kind of like getting pneumonia and strep throat all at once, either one of those are treatable, but to have em both at the same time can be deadly.
So that is what I equated to in the clownfish situation.
About a week later I introduce my second clownfish pair, they looks fine and great one day and started hosting the carpet anemone, the next day they looked like they broke in a bunch of little white dots(possibly ich), the third day they were dead.
The ICH on the clownfish has always looked like it was smaller in comparison to the other fish...and in greater numbers (as in it covered their whole body)
So here we are today, 6 dead clownfish later...and Im all out of options.
So what do you guys think it is and what do you guys suggest...mind you that through out this entire ordeal, all of my other fish have been fine (granted they still have ich)
Is it the ICH, Possible Brookynella, the Carpet anem, or something else???!!
And yes, my water parameters are fine