Whats wrong with my fish ??

[FWC]

Mm ,thats no good.

Its all that stupid second anthias's fault. Everyone was fine until her.


I picked up a little cleaner wrasse toight to help ease the fishes itching, all my fish are molesting him to clean them :P

[daniella3d]

Yes, fish are stupid, but also they don't have any ressources. If they have a parasite it is up to us to do what is needed and quarantine our fish, and treat them if they become sick or contaminated with any parasite.

Nothing a stupid fish can do on its own.

A cleaner wrasse is nice but it won't cure the parasites on the gills or it won't eliminate all of them.

Originally Posted by FWC

Mm ,thats no good.

Its all that stupid second anthias's fault. Everyone was fine until her.

[FWC]

Originally Posted by daniella3d

Yes, fish are stupid, but also they don't have any ressources. If they have a parasite it is up to us to do what is needed and quarantine our fish, and treat them if they become sick or contaminated with any parasite.

Nothing a stupid fish can do on its own.

A cleaner wrasse is nice but it won't cure the parasites on the gills or it won't eliminate all of them.

Very true

Also I know the cleaner wont fix things ,but the poor fish looked so itchy ,so I figured that the wrasse wouldn't hurt anything You can see in pictures 21,22 and 23 how all my fish clustered around the wrasse to be cleaned

So going from the pictures ,what would you say my fish have come down with ??

[janalta]

How long has your tank been set up?
Looks fairly new from the pics....way too new to have that many critters in it already.
It's not just the fish...none of your corals look very happy either

[Ripwoop]

Originally Posted by janalta

How long has your tank been set up?
Looks fairly new from the pics....way too new to have that many critters in it already.
It's not just the fish...none of your corals look very happy either

+1 on that! I would say at a MAX 1 or 2 fish. That bioload for a new tank is probably a issue.

[daniella3d]

when why would they pile up to get cleaned by the wrasse if it was water quality?

That could be but also there are maybe some parasites.

Unless there is some ammonia, I doubt the fish would scratch from water quality. But then again, the tank does look like it's brand new...how old is that tank?

Originally Posted by Ripwoop

+1 on that! I would say at a MAX 1 or 2 fish. That bioload for a new tank is probably a issue.

[janalta]

Originally Posted by daniella3d

when why would they pile up to get cleaned by the wrasse if it was water quality?

That could be but also there are maybe some parasites.

Unless there is some ammonia, I doubt the fish would scratch from water quality. But then again, the tank does look like it's brand new...how old is that tank?

Never said there wasn't a parasite issue....if they fish are all scratching against rocks and sand, they no doubt have either parasites or some sort of bacterial or fungal issue.
The state of the zoas looks like they have the same issue.

If you simply throw a lot of livestock into a brand new tank...you're going to have problems. This tank has no visable life in the sand bed yet, no growth on any of the rock or equipment.....it looks very new and barren.
From the sounds of it nothing was dipped or quarantined either.