I just had my second False Percula die 
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I purchased the first clown after my tank had finished cycling. I purchased the second one after the first died. Both displayed the same symptoms: first they developed what I would describe as a light dusting of what looked like a white powder on their foreheads and eyes. As time went on, the symptoms got worse. If I pulled them out of the tank and stuck them in a container the white substance seemed to disappear (this may have been an optical illusion as they fish tank may have been magnifying the symptoms making them visible).
The first one eventually developed a patch of white fuzz on his side. I gave both a fresh water dip (5 minutes). The first one died the next day. The second one seemed hardier and seemed to even be recovering. Then things took a turn for the worse and he lost his tail. At that point I isolated him in a little breeder net (wasn't sure if the other fish were picking on him because he was sick) - he died the next day. Both started swimming directly into the stream from the power head a day or two before they perished. Both maintained their appetites till they died.
I have a JBJ Nano-24 reef tank. Other critters in the tank include: one coral beauty, one chevron tang, one firefish goby, one cleaner shrimp, an assortment of different snails and hermit crabs, a little green crab, a hammer head coral, a frog leg coral, a closed brain coral, a flower pot coral, and some purple (??) tree corals.
My pH is 8.4 - 8.5, my salinity is 33-34 with a specific gravity between 1.024 - 1.025. The temperature is 77.1f - 78.1f. The Ammonia, Nitrite, Nitrate and Phosphate levels are all 0 (phosphates bump around a bit, but mostly undetectable). I check the pH and salinity daily.
Could someone please help me figure out why I have lost two clowns when everything else is doing great?
Thanks!
.I purchased the first clown after my tank had finished cycling. I purchased the second one after the first died. Both displayed the same symptoms: first they developed what I would describe as a light dusting of what looked like a white powder on their foreheads and eyes. As time went on, the symptoms got worse. If I pulled them out of the tank and stuck them in a container the white substance seemed to disappear (this may have been an optical illusion as they fish tank may have been magnifying the symptoms making them visible).
The first one eventually developed a patch of white fuzz on his side. I gave both a fresh water dip (5 minutes). The first one died the next day. The second one seemed hardier and seemed to even be recovering. Then things took a turn for the worse and he lost his tail. At that point I isolated him in a little breeder net (wasn't sure if the other fish were picking on him because he was sick) - he died the next day. Both started swimming directly into the stream from the power head a day or two before they perished. Both maintained their appetites till they died.
I have a JBJ Nano-24 reef tank. Other critters in the tank include: one coral beauty, one chevron tang, one firefish goby, one cleaner shrimp, an assortment of different snails and hermit crabs, a little green crab, a hammer head coral, a frog leg coral, a closed brain coral, a flower pot coral, and some purple (??) tree corals.
My pH is 8.4 - 8.5, my salinity is 33-34 with a specific gravity between 1.024 - 1.025. The temperature is 77.1f - 78.1f. The Ammonia, Nitrite, Nitrate and Phosphate levels are all 0 (phosphates bump around a bit, but mostly undetectable). I check the pH and salinity daily.
Could someone please help me figure out why I have lost two clowns when everything else is doing great?
Thanks!
