Something weird happened(death of a fish)

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simple_mr2

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so last night i went out (Prior to the WVU-Texas Tech game :) ), and went i returned home one of my clownfish had white dots all over him, they were just like tiny white dots, any way when i woke up this morning he was dead, what happened to him, and should i be worried about a diasease that is still in the tank.


thanks
jared
 
If the white dots were like grains of salt it sounds like ICH. If so you should treat your tank. There is a good article on ICH and treatment in the article section.
 
The article, regretfully, won't be muchhelp. Marine ich has a very similar life cycle, but it is not the same parasite, and regretfully, requires different treatment.

Are there other fish in the tank? If not--keep it fish free for at least 6 weeks, raise the temp up to about 84. This forces the parasite to go through it's life cycle quicker, and without a fish host it can't complete and dies.
 
Another victim of ich. :( Read up on it, lots of good info out there. Plus, in the marine newbie forum, I had a post titled "Ich! Help!" where a lot of people had great input as to what to do.
 
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