he has been in qt for 3 weeks now and is developing black spots on its head. still eats real good and active. is the liverock dooing this to him? ther are no nems in the qt tank only some sps and a few zoos. and an emrald crab. if he is ill let me know what meds to use and ill set up a hopital tank and trap him and trat what yall think.
is ther something wrong with my flame angel?
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Hey senji. I am going to move this to Lee's forum. He will see your question and be able to help you. Hopefully.
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Not to say that others here can not help. Most of them can, but this is a better place to post this concern.
Hope he's okay.
Hope he's okay.
I think your first post indicated the fish was in quarantine. What is LR and corals doing in the QT? That is not a quarantine tank. So, anything might be happening, although I'd say the black spots is from being stung by something -- hypermelanization. It is not unlike the black spots on Anemonefishes. Please read through this post: http://www.reeffrontiers.com/forums/f15/small-black-smudges-your-anemonefish-50750/
If you're serious about performing quarantine of newly acquired marine specimens, then you want the best possible QT and process, such as this one: http://www.reeffrontiers.com/forums/f15/quarantine-process-27022/
ok its not a qt by defination but as a place to hold for 6 weeks to monitor and watch closely of anything defore it goes into the display. i do have a true qt/hospital tank so i can start a treatment for anything that i notice when the time arrises. and on the stinging would hydnophora do it only poisinous thing in the tank i know of.
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could it be a sting from bumping into a long spine sea-urchin.
mfinn
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Or it could just be it's color.
My flame has some dark mottled areas on it's head that look similar to your picture only bigger.
Without more detail on the picture I couldn't they are exactly alike.
I've had my flame for about 4 years.
My flame has some dark mottled areas on it's head that look similar to your picture only bigger.
Without more detail on the picture I couldn't they are exactly alike.
I've had my flame for about 4 years.
