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bowfinger
04/22/2010, 08:57 PM
I have a fairly new 90 gallon set-up (go into details later) with a Disjardini that had a fair sized (1/4”) white fungus like patch on his pectoral fin. I later (couple days) noticed a smaller one on my Majestic Angel’s pectoral as well (see pictures). There are other fish with no signs of illness yet and for now it would be difficult to do a quarantine tank as recommended. I have considered lowering the salinity to 1.015, right now I use Scripps natural sea water. I also have considered getting a fair (50 gallons) of sea water, heating to tank temps. And flushing with fresh sea water at my already 1.026. Here are the pictures and I will go into more details later as I do some of the basic water tests and see if anything is high. Pictures are very faint, but they are fuzzy white with blotches that are a little thicker in the field. Fish are eating garlic dipped sea weed and Ocean Nutrition Formula 2.
http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x282/bowfingerd/ich2006.jpg http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x282/bowfingerd/ich2014.jpg

bowfinger
04/22/2010, 08:58 PM
The tank is a FOWLR, new set up using live rock, live sand and partially old filtration and partially new...it is stocked fairly heavy for being a new tank (rookie mistake), I was trying to prevent aggression. There is a 5-6" Mappa, 6" Foxface, 4-5" Yellow Tang, 3" Huma huma, 1" Damsel, 3-4" Majestic and a 6-7" Disjardini.