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Thanks for the offer. I might try some prazi even though its probably too late. I'm just going to pick some up at LFS.

Healthy clownfish still eating like a pig sick clown still not eating and still not as active. color seems better. also don't think it's brook now. Red spot looks much better but still there. Breathing rate more rapid than healthy fish. Ill be suprised if he is alive in the morning. I'm starting slow process of hypo salinity now. I read that hypo only cures MI so I'm just shooting in the dark at this point.

I took out a piece of rock to pick off a bubble algae and noticed a brittle star! I was so pumped and figured I would save it by placing it back in the tank and my tang swam over and gobbled it up then burped

Here is all i know on the spider. most of this you probably already know.They aren't as aggressive as in the movies lol.Afraid of people they run and only bite as a last resort (if teeth even developed enough) They are rarely fatal and identification often mistaken. My wife works in the ER almost 10 years now and has only seen one real bite despite the 100s that come in claiming they have been bit. These people usually get diagnosed with a skin cyst or herpies not saying I would want to live with them either hehe but I would kill them with a newspaper and possibly treat the outside. I would worry about overspray, setting a bucket unknowingly on the poison spray trail, a poisoned bug crawling in the tank to seek the light then dying and what treesprite said.

Whahoo neat *high five Lola!*

If a human has hole in intestines then they need major surgery then infection is likely. :(

It seems They love that food machine. This needs to be manufactured for consumers to buy.

I have two 10g QT tanks. The fish came in the mail in the same water bag so both have to be treated now and both have to be considered infected. Im not a fan of any kind of dip but if you see a poor helpless fish not eat and begin to gasp for air its time to try something other than feeding live food and taking away stressors to boost immune system. I copy and pasted this "TREATMENT METHODS: Formalin is the only treatment that is effective against this parasite and it can be used with scaleless fish also, but at half the recommended dosage. ALL fish should be placed into a quarantine tank for no less than 6 weeks, never added straight to your show tank. The same can be said of anything that is "wet"." Although I am going to research more on hyposalinity as the treatment. This blogger reccomends the formalin dip then hyposalinity to kill off the swimmers still in QT. That sounds like an aggressive way to handle the disease. It looks like hyposalinity will be an easier, but longer more healthy way for the fish to recover. It looks like he may be wrong and that hyposalinity alone can be the cure. Thanks for that cyclops idea ill give that a try!! Thanks chuck this will be my last order off saltwaterfish com their customer services is terrible

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I bought 2 clownfish and got them in the mail a few days ago. One is eating like a pig. the other ate 1-2 brine shrimp the first couple days and did not eat yesterday. When the sick one came in the mail, had good color, swimming normal but had a red spot near mouth. I attached pictures of the sick fish when first arrived. I placed them in my 10g quarantine tank immediatly and emailed fish store. Of course they emailed me back and said ORA diagnosed this as an abrasion and to do nothing. That made me angry because I knew darn well it wasnt and expressed that in my email. Today I did a bunch of research. Googled red spot lower jaw etc. Pretty much the reefcentral fourms all lead to dead fish or fourm with no ending. Luckily today I found a very good blog on brooklynella. This morning I woke up for work and checked on the clowns. Healthy fish still healthy and sick fish is starting to get slightly white or cyanotic lips with first signs of minor trouble breathing. Fish still has energy and not lethargic yet. My wife is not a fish person so I didnt trust her with doing a Formalin bath. Im at work for 24hours and need to buy time so I very kindly asked her if she felt comfortable doing a freshwater dip. She did it and stated that the red spot detached itself and sunk to the bottom of the container. This is good news. Ill keep yall updated. I will also have to treat the healthy clown and QT water for swimmers so it will be a long journey before they see their tank. Im going to follow the directions to this blog and consider any advice you all may have. Im also looking for some live food to feed fish. I live in frederick. http://www.chucksaddiction.com/brookynella.html

Love that hat! Gettin ready for peakness already?!

Keep fightin it bub! Yeehaw!

I go by the theory if it ain't broke don't fix it. Sounds like you are doing a good job!

We don't use A/C very often and i dont have a chiller. My tank has got up to 87 for short periods of time then cools off over night. Nothing seems to care but my fungi shrivels even birdsnest didn't care. Ill be using more AC next year have too much to risk now but wanted to let y'all know not to stress too much if it gets too hot for short periods of time.

Wow they have amazing clams

I add sw mix to sump or ATO my fish don't seem to care as long as its not a super quick rise.

I quit mine for a couple weeks as an experiment and the tiny spot of GHA expanded to other rocks lol I got it back up and running quick. Keep her goin good

I agree its nice to research. And some breeds are more aggressive by nature than others. But can't each individual fish vary? My yella tailed damsel is the most timid fish in the tank. He's afraid of his own shadow. I reAd all over that they were less aggressive than the blue damsel but still very aggressive. This was the 2nd to last fish I added but she has a rock and has established territory on it. Also in a 125 the brand new dottyback and damsel have space. They are both the smallest by far and least aggressive fish in my tank. From my research I won't have to worry about them until 4-5 years from now when I add new fish and they are larger.

I was new to smallie fishing at the time. Knew it was big even for a bucketmouth. Was probably just a pound shy of a state record and I didn't know it till I looked it up online later.

I'm brand new too. I tried to put some in but my MP40 blew it to the back. Too much flow :( thanks for offer though

Haha yea I figured. Wish my tank made my kitchen smell like the ocean. Sure looks like it though! Good luck with that sand wish my tank had some

Joshifer you seem like a great guy! But your mug shot I mean profile shot kinda freaks me out lol Jk

I catch smallmouth in the potomac all the time that have fish/minnow tails hanging out of their esophagus. Greedy little stinkers. Have to show off this bad boy

I have an evil maroon clown named Crusty. I will sell it to you any time my wife is at work. I just bought a purple dottyback. Love the coloring just hope she doesnt hide all the time like some and hope she isnt as aggressive as they say.

here is a stupid youtube video about peacock if anyone cares.