Coral Beauty multiple illness?

[skabooya]

So my husband bought me a coral beauty last week as a surprise. One pectoral fin was torn up and her opposite side had a cut on it (probably from being caught) Anyway. After she settled in for a couple of hours i checked her out. The base of her torn fin was kind of fuzzy and white. Over the next couple of days it was going away and her fin didnt look as ragged but then her gills were getting a cloudy slime? over them almost looking like transparent velvet. But now it looks like its going away. Last night I noticed her eye (the one on the side with the torn fin) was going cloudy around the edges and the top of her dorsal has a white fuzzy spot on it.
What the heck is going on?

She eats like a pig, perfect swimming seems completely normal. My other two clowns are fine too. The coral beauty was in quarentine in the lfs for about a month prior to purchase. My husband had it on hold and its policy there to have saltwater fish in quarentine for a minimum of 3 weeks before sale.

Anyone have any ideas on what her issues are. Ive been doing research but I cant tell if its one disease or a bunch of them.
Help!!!

[skabooya]

Shes going pale now. Does anyone have any suggestions ???

It could be an internal infection, the torn area may have become infected and is now showing signs of Ick due to the stress. feed lots of garlic and give a FW dip You have to QT her. You may try medicating her food and water in the QT. An anti-biotic maybe someone that is familiar with the medications maybe able to give you some added info. I would use a broad spectrum medication. If her gills are not looking very good a FW dip will help in this department also a lower SG in the QT will her her get needed oxygen. Also raise the temp in the QT to 82 this help to speed up the cycle of Ick and other parasitic infections. If when you do a FW dip you see flukes come off her then Prazi-pro is the best med to help her out. It does not seem to bother the fish, corals or inverts even. Nem's close up and loos a bit of mass. But they come back from the treatment. You have to run the whole 7 day treatment it works better and normally you do not have to retreat the fish or tank.

If she looks like she has a dusting of white or gold powder on her then she has Marine velvet, only treatment is Copper and you have to treat all fish she was with. I would prefer to treat the fish in separate tanks. This helps to stop any fish that has not contracted the MV from actually getting it from the sick fish while in treatment. The tank would have to sit fish less for 3 months to get rid of the MV in the tank.

Anyways I hope this helps and we are not to late, can you post some pic's
Bill

[skabooya]

Finally someone responded. Thank you!!!!
Alright I have the QT set up. Its currently being heated up to 82F and I mixed a new batch of salt. It should be ready for tomorrow to put her in.
What salinity should It be around? 1.022 ?? Less?
How long of a FW dip? 5 min?
Should i feed chunks of minced garlic?
I will need to go to the lfs to see if they have any broad spectrum antibiotics.

No she doesnt look like she has a powder on her at all. Its like an overall cloudyness now but her colour is very very pale. Her eye is very cloudy now too. The clowns are still fine. But my coral have been closed up for most of today. Something is going on with my tank. Im going to test it again now. A couple days ago all params were perfect, no changes from any previous tests.

I have no idea whats going on.

well If she is very pale she is definitely stressed, could be ammonia; corals will close up when there is excess ammonia present in the tank. can you heat up the salt water quicker and get her in there tonight. If she does have an internal parasite you do not want it infecting the rest of your tank. is her poo stringy that is one of the signs internal parasites. cloudy eye is poop eye easily cured and may go away with the other treatment.
can you post a pic?
can you post your peramiters?
what size tank and the equipment you are using?

Bill

[skabooya]

Ok I just got back from testing the water
SG 1.025 (refractometer)
PH 8.2
Ammonia not detected
Nitrite and Nitrate not detected
Alkalinity 3.00 (Added baking soda to bring it up to 4.00)
Calcium 380 (ive been bringing it up gradually to get to 420. This used to be very very low)
Temperature 78F
I have a 28gal long tank. Tunze 9002 which runs 12 hours a day.


I took a really good look at her after the testing. Her fin is getting a lot better. The pale-ness of her skin looks like its from a film on her body. No dots at all. Normal poop. Her eye is cloudy but more white than her skin is. The other eye is fine.

I will try and get a picture of her but she likes to hide behind my rockwork with the peppermint shrimp. We will see what i can get.

I would like to dip her tonight and get her in the QT tonight but i want to make sure the water temp doesnt fluxuate in case I have the heater on too low or too high. Currently its at 82F which is good but not all the salt has dissolved for some reason. I still need to test SG in that tank but i wanted to wait until salt was completely dissolved.

Do i feed garlic pieces?
How long should she be in a fw dip? 5 min?