saltcreepy
01/15/2007, 05:19 PM
I bought a pair of tiny ocellaris (1inch) about a month ago. I lost one last week. Before it died, it was sitting on the sand respiring rapidly. There were no external signs of disease. Now the other surviving one is on the sand, but isn't respiring rapidly (yet). It is also feeding fine at the moment. The other fish in the tank (tangs, dwarf wrasse, coral beauty) are fine. Water params are fine (no phospate, ammonia, nitrate, nitrite, 99.5% O2 saturation, pH 8.3, temp 26.0). Equipment: skimmer, carbon, phospate, UV. I'm concerned that this surviving one will go the same way as the one I lost.
Should I worry? Should I take it out and quarantine it? If so, what medication? I did hear on another forum that tank bred clowns suffer when introduced to wild caught fish and live rock as they aren't able to handle the newly introduced parasites and viruses.
I would greatly appreciate any advice!
Should I worry? Should I take it out and quarantine it? If so, what medication? I did hear on another forum that tank bred clowns suffer when introduced to wild caught fish and live rock as they aren't able to handle the newly introduced parasites and viruses.
I would greatly appreciate any advice!