gbr
Premium Member
Hello Steven, great article in October. You probably don't remember but I had a Sohal Tang that you commented on in the disease forum about not using Formalin in FW. Well he did good after the first dip and was looking great but is now dead along with all of the other fish in my tank. I had taken them all out and put them in a 30 gal QT. The blennies (lawnmower and bicolor) died due to lack of food as did the leopard wrasse and scooter blenny. The tang was the last hold out and died for unknown reasons. He was looking great and doing much better but when I got home today he was covered in slime and almost white. Upon his eventual death two hours later I disected him and saw absolutely nothing parasitic on him but I don't know what to look for. This is getting long for what boils down to "I don't know what I am doing." On a good note...the tank looks great with all corals and no fish.
How do you QT a fish that doesn't eat anything but algae? The sinking tablets didn't work. I think I can handle the pod eating fish with amphipods and brine.
What should I have done with the tang? I am really ticked that he died. If you can't ID a disease, what do you do?
As I do not have access to good meds locally, can you recommend a good stock list for my medicine cabinet so I can be prepared when I start buying more fish (one at a time this time)?
How do you QT a fish that doesn't eat anything but algae? The sinking tablets didn't work. I think I can handle the pod eating fish with amphipods and brine.
What should I have done with the tang? I am really ticked that he died. If you can't ID a disease, what do you do?
As I do not have access to good meds locally, can you recommend a good stock list for my medicine cabinet so I can be prepared when I start buying more fish (one at a time this time)?