JoelATX Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 First fish in the new tank and this is what happens. My beautiful new Pink Square Anthias looked good in the store and when I got him home. Mouth had a little spot, that I thought was from transport. But by later Sunday night, the spots started to appear. He was hiding so I didn't get a good look at him. I treated with Melafix on Monday after work. I removed the carbon filter and turned off the protein skimmer. When I got home today, he looked like this. He is coming to the front of the tank. I haven't seen him eat. I've feed him mysis shrimp and frozen krill. Breathing looks OK, much less than when he was going through the acclimation process. The LFS had the water at 1.02 (maybe less) the tank was at 1.024. So it took me a couple of hours for the acclimation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glumslum Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 Could be stress? My coral beauty is like that time to time it will go away Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juiceman Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 Flukes I did a freshwater dip with my clowns, and it worked great. Otherwise, there's food additives out there, but I don't know how they work with the display. They almost looking like tiny white leaches. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prettyfishy76 Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 Yes, looks like external parasites. Anthias are quite prone to flukes in particular. FW dips, like Juiceman said, work well. Or, you could always treat with PraziPro. Your guy will feel much better after either or both of these treatments. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoelATX Posted March 12, 2014 Author Share Posted March 12, 2014 I lost him! He was not covered in any thick coat of slime, all the spots appear to have been gone. There appeared to be some damage to his scales. Like he had been moved roughly a few times. One thing I forgot to provide was the water conditions of the main tank: Salt - 1.024 Ammonia - 0 Nitrate - <15 ppm Nitrite - 0 KH- 180 PH - 7.8 What do you think killed him? I have pictures if that would help. What should I do with the tank? How do I move forward? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juiceman Posted March 13, 2014 Share Posted March 13, 2014 Qt all fish. If flukes damage them too much it will leave open wounds and they'll bleed to death believe it or not. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoelATX Posted March 13, 2014 Author Share Posted March 13, 2014 This was the only fish in the tank, should I be able to introduce other fish into the tank without any danger? There is two hermit crabs and two snails. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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