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Posted: January 23 2014 at 7:32pm |
On Monday i noticed that my Fire Angel, Fire Beanie, had a big fishy glaucoma on just one of his eyes. it looks almost like an air bubble over his eye. I researched and because it hadn't occurred on his other eye and he looked otherwise healthy i figured he'd damaged it some how and it just needed to heal. He is still acting completely normal and has a great appetite. But today we noticed that my tail spot blenny, Dr. Dot, is "graying" on his side. It really looks as though he is going prematurely grey and extends up into his dorsal fin. That in combination with Fire Beanie I'm worried something is going on. Dr. Dot is acting completely normal too and eating just fine. On Monday i took my tank stats and everything is fine: pH 8.1 Ammonia 0, Nitrates 10, Nitrites 0. What do you guys think??
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Posted: January 23 2014 at 7:45pm |
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It looks like some of the coral are not doing so well. That indicates some environmental problems. How are the Big Four: Temperature, Salinity, Alkalinity and Calcium?
How long has the tank been set up?
May we see a full tank pic?
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Posted: January 23 2014 at 8:24pm |
If multiple fish seem to have things wrong with them, you may have a bacterial or fungal infection in the tank. Best thing to do is to quarantine them and do several large water changes in the main system.
The fire angel looks like it may have pop-eye. This is caused by bacteria or fungus. The blenny looks like it has a bacterial infection also.
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Posted: January 23 2014 at 10:58pm |
The tank has been up in this place for a year and a half, previous it was set up in another location for 6-8 years. It is a 72 gallon bow front, My temp is 79 F, like always, salinity 1.024 Cal 420 and my alk is low, 5.3, so I put some reef builder in to bring that up. I'll do a big water change as soon as I can tomorrow. but I don't have a quarantine tank to put these guys in, so I'm not sure what to do about that :( I have some pics of my tank from the fish pics I took earlier(top 2), the full one, I took one right now and is at the very bottom, but it is night so everything is closed up and asleep. the corals are pretty happy and strong. Thanks for all the help 
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Posted: January 24 2014 at 12:26pm |
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What % water change would you recommend?
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Posted: January 24 2014 at 12:46pm |
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Is the blenny getting worse? If so, it looks like it is either uronema or vibrio...both of which are bad news. If it is not progressing, it is probably a minor superficial injury that should heal unless it becomes infected.
Popeye in fish can be treated if it is caused by bacteria or flukes. Even if untreated, the fish often heals on its own or just loses the eye...but it will be just fine without the eye.
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Posted: January 24 2014 at 3:04pm |
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man it sucks when you see things like that on a blenny. looks like its a bacterial or fungal infection. In my experience and from what I've seen from friends when they get sick like that usually they don't recover from it. They just go downhill slowly if its not treated. Plus 1 to what Nikki said about the flame though.
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Posted: January 24 2014 at 7:36pm |
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UPDATE: So fire beanie is looking much better today, he just had a little pop out around the edge. Dr. dot's infection hasn't spread. Both are acting totally normal and eating lots. I got some gvh fish food soak and soaked their seaweed in it and they are chewing on it as I type. I just finished a 20% water change. Here is crossing our fingers. Thanks again for all your advice. I'll keep you updated.
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Posted: January 24 2014 at 9:44pm |
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That's great to hear. I would recommend keeping a close eye on your fish to make sure there isn't any fighting going on. Popeye can occur from an injury...and so can Dr. Dot's spot. Keep your nitrates down.
You may also want to lower your temp slightly in case it is an infection. Many bacteria will reproduce faster at higher temps...try bringing it down slowly over several days to around 75 degrees. Your corals will probably thank you too (their internal temperature is usually around three degrees higher due to metabolic processes, and once they reach about 83 degrees, they can start to decline. This does not leave you much room for error.)
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Posted: February 05 2014 at 9:56am |
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Fire Beanie is all better and Dr. dot, looks a little worse but his behaviour is unchanged, still swims still eats, I'll just keep watching him for changes.
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