One dead fish a day HELP

corper · #1 10-22-2004, 12:26 AM

The fish in my tank are starting to die one per day. Their eyes are going cloudy and they are getting white spots (doesn't look like ich) on their fins an bodies. Even my clowns are sick, the anemone isn't helping. Cleaner shrimp arn't effective. Garlic doesn't work. What should I do.

Recently I added some seaweed. Green and red. The green I have seen in several reef tanks but the red, not so much.

Their also seems to be a whit coating on the fish. Slime coat falling off??

EmilyB · #2 10-22-2004, 01:33 AM

Yuk. What are your water parameters. For one thing, you probably have some serious ammonia going on after the first death. Did you introduce something new.

Do some serious water changes for starters.

danny zubot · #3 10-22-2004, 02:06 PM

Could it be a fungus from the introduced seaweed?

Delphinus · #4 10-22-2004, 02:42 PM

What is the seaweed that was added? Where did it come from?

dirtyreefer · #5 10-22-2004, 03:21 PM

It sounds like your clownfish have "clownfish disease". I've encountered this a few years ago where the slime on their body almost starts to "melt". You must have introduced another fish that was carrying the disease.

I would let the tank go fallow for a good six weeks to rid of all the diseases. I'm not too sure how long a clownfish disease can stay dormant in a tank, but you should cater for that as well.

corper · #6 10-22-2004, 10:24 PM

The water quality in the tank is good, just a little amonia from the dead fish. I have done a couple of water changes.

I was told to use nox-ich but am not a fan of the stuff my self. I'm trying to set up a sick tank for the fish but i'm not sure what to treat the fish with.

What do you mean let the tank go fallow?

The seaweed I purchased from a fish store. It is from ethier Indonesia or Fuji. I don't know the names of the two seaweeds though. I will take some pics and post them. Is it possible what I think is seaweed is really kelp?

Tarolisol · #7 10-22-2004, 10:28 PM

Let the tank sit running with no fish in it for 6 weeks. Thats what he means by fallow. And if you set up a sick tank there many different ways to treat different diseases. But it would be helpful to figure out what it was before treating it.

corper · #8 10-22-2004, 11:11 PM

The pet stores seem to think it is velvet?? If it is a fungus can maroxy be used??

bulletsworld · #9 10-22-2004, 11:29 PM

If its Velvet, let the force be with yeah. I have tried every product out there with no sucess. Only thing is get a QT tank and treat the fish left although maybe be too late but in Copper (Cupramine).

With velvet they do get white blobs through fins or body when really bad. Fish also can get cloudy eyes with velvet but when they get cloudy its already to late for the fish. If it is velvet, your fish will take on a goldy tinge in color all over there whole body.

It could be clown fish disease too and but as far as I know, it can be only treated with Formalin to be rid sucessfully.

I agree, either way you have to leave the tank fallow for at least 6weeks for either disease before adding new fish.

Tarolisol · #10 10-22-2004, 11:35 PM

I had a box fish that had velvet and it looked like it was goin to fall apart. It was incredibly bad but i put him in a Q-tank with copper and in a week he was all better. Ill post picks later to show you just how bad it was. So not all hope is lost. But you will need to Quaritine to use copper.