disease ID

dirk_brijs · 01/17/2019, 07:12 PM

Good morning all
Our tank is a 1800Lt L shape with currently only fish and life rock. The system is about 9 months old now and had cycled around 4 months before we added any fish (cycle only took 2 weeks as we used treated fresh ocean water and added bacteria from the start)
All fish went through a 3 weeks Cupramine treatment in a QT tank before being added to the system.
Since fish were added all fish eating well and seem very healthy eating both dry food regular Nori sheets added and every other day we add a freshly made frozen mix with garlic added to it.
Since a day or 2 now we have start seeing a condition on the Goldflake skin. It does not look like Ich or Velvet to me but rather a loss of slime coat and scales look burned or getting loose or something not really sure what to make of it....maybe you guys can help ID with the pictures attached (bad camera though) The fish itself is showing no effects at all still being super active not shy at all (eats out of our hand) eating well (being one of the more aggressive eaters in the tank even)
Water parameters look as good as possible to us with the following readings ApI test water shows 0 Nitrates 0 Phospahtes 0 Ammonia Saltlevels 1.025 temp 26C Ph 8.0-8.2
So not sure what is going on with the Goldflake here hope you guys can help ID this condition.....
Other fish in the tank are Black Tang, Purple Tang, Achiles Tang, 3 Yellow Tang, Powder blue tang, Blue Tang, Foxface, Flame Angel, several Blue Green Chromis, quit a large cleanup crew with a mix of crabs, Hermits, snails and 4 cleaner shrimp.

01/17/2019, 07:12 PM	#1
dirk_brijs Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Pattaya Thailand Posts: 1,457	disease ID Good morning all Our tank is a 1800Lt L shape with currently only fish and life rock. The system is about 9 months old now and had cycled around 4 months before we added any fish (cycle only took 2 weeks as we used treated fresh ocean water and added bacteria from the start) All fish went through a 3 weeks Cupramine treatment in a QT tank before being added to the system. Since fish were added all fish eating well and seem very healthy eating both dry food regular Nori sheets added and every other day we add a freshly made frozen mix with garlic added to it. Since a day or 2 now we have start seeing a condition on the Goldflake skin. It does not look like Ich or Velvet to me but rather a loss of slime coat and scales look burned or getting loose or something not really sure what to make of it....maybe you guys can help ID with the pictures attached (bad camera though) The fish itself is showing no effects at all still being super active not shy at all (eats out of our hand) eating well (being one of the more aggressive eaters in the tank even) Water parameters look as good as possible to us with the following readings ApI test water shows 0 Nitrates 0 Phospahtes 0 Ammonia Saltlevels 1.025 temp 26C Ph 8.0-8.2 So not sure what is going on with the Goldflake here hope you guys can help ID this condition..... Other fish in the tank are Black Tang, Purple Tang, Achiles Tang, 3 Yellow Tang, Powder blue tang, Blue Tang, Foxface, Flame Angel, several Blue Green Chromis, quit a large cleanup crew with a mix of crabs, Hermits, snails and 4 cleaner shrimp.