saulsilver1
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So last Saturday one my local fish stores had a sale for their two year anniversary and had 30% off of fish. So I picked up a BW Ocellaris and a Black Photon. The Photon died Monday overnight and the BW died overnight Thursday. I had a Pink Spotted Goby and a normal Ocellaris in the tank before I got these two for 1 month and everything was normal between the two.
Now, all water parameters checked out fine, 0ppm Ammonia, 0ppm Nitrite, and 20ppm Nitrate. The Black Photon started out staying in the bottom corner at the back of the and was breathing franticly and wouldn't eat. It wasn't long before he was starting to tip on his side. He died and I didn't notice any signs of disease when examining his body. And then 36 hours later the other two clowns started showing the same signs the black photon did.
It started out with heavy breathing and staying in the bottom corners of the tank and wouldn't eat. A few times over the course of Wednesday and Thursday their bodies would be horizontal for a half a second. They still weren't showing any signs of any diseases other than what was listed. The BW Ocellaris died Thursday night and I put the other ocellaris in a QT Bucket with 2 drops of Formalin per gallon and he was in a 5 gallon bucket. He seemed to do fine the entire time in the bucket (Wasn't swimming horizontally but seemed to do noticeably better than in the DT).
So while he was in their I got two QT tanks set up and moved the Goby to one and then this morning moved the clown to the other. I was thinking that clown and now the Goby have Brooklynellosis. So I set up a formalin bath for the Clownfish and he is currently in there now.
Does it seem like that's what disease they have? I have kanaplex and successfully treated the goby when I first got him a while ago (Had fin rot his tail was completely gone and now its almost grown entirely back).
I wouldn't normally treat my fish unless I knew for sure what they had. But, I was 99.999% sure my last clown was out the door and figured it was worth a shot. I'll post updates if I can.
Thanks for any advice.
Now, all water parameters checked out fine, 0ppm Ammonia, 0ppm Nitrite, and 20ppm Nitrate. The Black Photon started out staying in the bottom corner at the back of the and was breathing franticly and wouldn't eat. It wasn't long before he was starting to tip on his side. He died and I didn't notice any signs of disease when examining his body. And then 36 hours later the other two clowns started showing the same signs the black photon did.
It started out with heavy breathing and staying in the bottom corners of the tank and wouldn't eat. A few times over the course of Wednesday and Thursday their bodies would be horizontal for a half a second. They still weren't showing any signs of any diseases other than what was listed. The BW Ocellaris died Thursday night and I put the other ocellaris in a QT Bucket with 2 drops of Formalin per gallon and he was in a 5 gallon bucket. He seemed to do fine the entire time in the bucket (Wasn't swimming horizontally but seemed to do noticeably better than in the DT).
So while he was in their I got two QT tanks set up and moved the Goby to one and then this morning moved the clown to the other. I was thinking that clown and now the Goby have Brooklynellosis. So I set up a formalin bath for the Clownfish and he is currently in there now.
Does it seem like that's what disease they have? I have kanaplex and successfully treated the goby when I first got him a while ago (Had fin rot his tail was completely gone and now its almost grown entirely back).
I wouldn't normally treat my fish unless I knew for sure what they had. But, I was 99.999% sure my last clown was out the door and figured it was worth a shot. I'll post updates if I can.
Thanks for any advice.