- Location
- Cape Coral, Florida
Scarlett O'hara had been a real delight in my tank for 2 1/2 years now. A couple of weeks ago when I tried to target feed her (I did this about once a month) she ignored the food, and last week, she actually moved away from the food. In the past there were times when she was really interested in food, and periods when she wasn't so much- but never that she fled my fork.
The day before yesterday, her body turned a lighter color, and yesterday morning, there appeared to be white, fluffy stuff on her body. When the light came on, it appeared there was an abscess (for lack of better words). she was moving all around the tank, and a couple of hours later, to my astonishment, it looked like she was deteriorating right before my eyes. I took her out of the 160 gal. reef, acclimated her for 1 1/2 hrs.,then added her to the quar. tank, which I had added Melafix as a last resort. I was torn between this, and putting her in the freezer to end it. but, I had hope. We ran some errands, and when we returned she was dead, and her body much more deteriorated, especially where the arms met the body. we buried her, and I am heartbroken. What could have happened?? Could ick, or new sand sifters added, be the problem? I have been treating the Regal tang with Kick Ick for the past 3 weeks (no one else caught it). I added 10 lbs. of packaged live sand a couple of weeks ago. I added 3 new sand sifters 2 months ago, as it seemed I was down to one over the course of 3 years. After that, I lost 2 of them; one was kind of mushy, then another with part of it's body and arms gone. i'D NEVER HAD THAT HAPPEN BEFORE AS THEY ARE VERY HARDY. i BOUGHT 3 MORE, i THINK I NOW HAVE 4 IN THE TANK. i SAW ONE THIS A.M. ON THE GLASS, WITH ENDS OF LEGS LOOKING MELTY- i TOOK IT OUT.OOps caps lock. These are the only variables in the tank- water perameters the same, etc,. I have done a 20% water change4, added Chemi Pure and carbon that had been removed because of the "Kick Ick". What do you think happened? I have a book on fish disease- but they only cover fish. Help me to understand what happened to Scarlett.
The day before yesterday, her body turned a lighter color, and yesterday morning, there appeared to be white, fluffy stuff on her body. When the light came on, it appeared there was an abscess (for lack of better words). she was moving all around the tank, and a couple of hours later, to my astonishment, it looked like she was deteriorating right before my eyes. I took her out of the 160 gal. reef, acclimated her for 1 1/2 hrs.,then added her to the quar. tank, which I had added Melafix as a last resort. I was torn between this, and putting her in the freezer to end it. but, I had hope. We ran some errands, and when we returned she was dead, and her body much more deteriorated, especially where the arms met the body. we buried her, and I am heartbroken. What could have happened?? Could ick, or new sand sifters added, be the problem? I have been treating the Regal tang with Kick Ick for the past 3 weeks (no one else caught it). I added 10 lbs. of packaged live sand a couple of weeks ago. I added 3 new sand sifters 2 months ago, as it seemed I was down to one over the course of 3 years. After that, I lost 2 of them; one was kind of mushy, then another with part of it's body and arms gone. i'D NEVER HAD THAT HAPPEN BEFORE AS THEY ARE VERY HARDY. i BOUGHT 3 MORE, i THINK I NOW HAVE 4 IN THE TANK. i SAW ONE THIS A.M. ON THE GLASS, WITH ENDS OF LEGS LOOKING MELTY- i TOOK IT OUT.OOps caps lock. These are the only variables in the tank- water perameters the same, etc,. I have done a 20% water change4, added Chemi Pure and carbon that had been removed because of the "Kick Ick". What do you think happened? I have a book on fish disease- but they only cover fish. Help me to understand what happened to Scarlett.
