matty29
08/06/2006, 12:36 PM
Hello from England, I am in need of some urgent help please.
I have a 6' long x 3' wide x 2' deep reef with a mix of 60/30/10 sps/lps/softies.
parameters- nitrate 5ppm
nitrite -0
ph 8
temp - 26
alk - 9 dkh
4 weeks ago I bought this acanthurus guttatus from my lfs where i work part-time and all was well for a few days then, what I thought was ick started to appear, (fish was quarantined for at least a month) In the last 2 weeks I noticed some small skin lesions on one side of the fish, the fish was feeding from hand and by far the most greedy of my 3 tangs. In the last week it got worse so I dipped the fish in seachems paraguard, There was an improvement for 3-4 days then it started to come back, as I'm writing this its getting worse FAST, I mean I can see its flesh being 'eaten' by the hour (see pic). 6 hour agos the fish was still eating fine but has lost its appetite in the last few hours. All my other fish are fine. Where the skin has been 'eaten' you can see redness althiugh the pic does not show it too well, Im pretty sure Im going to lose this fish. I've attatched a pic of the other 'good' side of the fish too.
Thanks in advance
Matt
http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i50/matts29/tangbadside.jpg
http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i50/matts29/tang1.jpg
I have a 6' long x 3' wide x 2' deep reef with a mix of 60/30/10 sps/lps/softies.
parameters- nitrate 5ppm
nitrite -0
ph 8
temp - 26
alk - 9 dkh
4 weeks ago I bought this acanthurus guttatus from my lfs where i work part-time and all was well for a few days then, what I thought was ick started to appear, (fish was quarantined for at least a month) In the last 2 weeks I noticed some small skin lesions on one side of the fish, the fish was feeding from hand and by far the most greedy of my 3 tangs. In the last week it got worse so I dipped the fish in seachems paraguard, There was an improvement for 3-4 days then it started to come back, as I'm writing this its getting worse FAST, I mean I can see its flesh being 'eaten' by the hour (see pic). 6 hour agos the fish was still eating fine but has lost its appetite in the last few hours. All my other fish are fine. Where the skin has been 'eaten' you can see redness althiugh the pic does not show it too well, Im pretty sure Im going to lose this fish. I've attatched a pic of the other 'good' side of the fish too.
Thanks in advance
Matt
http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i50/matts29/tangbadside.jpg
http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i50/matts29/tang1.jpg