Hi all--
I've posted this over at MFK, but haven't gotten much help. I hope someone here has some ideas! Sorry in advance for the following novel.
I'm seeing some strange symptoms on my Coral Beauty Angel. We've had her about 2 years. Recently, we moved our fish from a 75 to a 180 (within the last couple of months). I can say that she didn't have these symptoms prior to the move.
This began at the beginning of the month as a discolored patch on her head, along with some abrasion-or-something looking marks. Now, they have turned into what looks to me to be HITH. I am totally confused here, though, because I was either doing everything to prevent it (food variety, good water quality) or have begun to do so after the onset of symptoms (Selcon, grounded tank). Here's the info:
180 w. Sump, Protein Skimmer
Tankmates: Clownfish, Blue Tang, 8 inch Snowflake Eel, 1 Blue Chromis (working on getting more of these). No new additions.
Corals: Softies
Parameters:
pH 8.2
Ammonia 0
Nitrite 0
Nitrate 0
KH 6
Ca 380
Phosphate 0
There's about 120-140 lbs of live rock.
Supplements:
AquaVitro Fuel
Calcium by Seachem
Selcon (in food, water from the food)
We make our own saltwater, and use tap water with dechlorinator.
Feeding: Hikari Spirulina Brine shrimp, Mysis shrimp, Hikari Mega-Marine, Hikari Squid, Hikari Mega-Marine Algae. I feed a mixture of these daily, and she seems to eat it all, and isn't picky. Also, Hikari Marine -S-.
No other fish exhibit these symptoms. She is still acting quite normal.
Water changes are 50 gallons, about every 2 or 3 weeks.
Since the problem began, we began dosing the Selcon. We also bought a titanium-probe grounding kit and grounded the tank.
There was suggestion that this is being caused by the tap water that we use. I'm not ruling it out, but we've used the same tap water for the two years that we've had the fish. I just feel like this must have something to do with the move from the 75 to the 180, but I can't figure out what it is. We are in the process of beginning to use RO/DI for our water changes and in our auto top-off supply, but this will only slowly change the water over. That's beginning next weekend.
Here are some photos. The first two photos were taken on the 4th, when I first posted the problem on MFK. The last three photos were taken more recently, within the last couple of days. As you can see, it seems to be getting worse.
I'd appreciate any thoughts on what we can do to reverse what it is that's going on and save our fish. Thanks for any help.
I've posted this over at MFK, but haven't gotten much help. I hope someone here has some ideas! Sorry in advance for the following novel.
I'm seeing some strange symptoms on my Coral Beauty Angel. We've had her about 2 years. Recently, we moved our fish from a 75 to a 180 (within the last couple of months). I can say that she didn't have these symptoms prior to the move.
This began at the beginning of the month as a discolored patch on her head, along with some abrasion-or-something looking marks. Now, they have turned into what looks to me to be HITH. I am totally confused here, though, because I was either doing everything to prevent it (food variety, good water quality) or have begun to do so after the onset of symptoms (Selcon, grounded tank). Here's the info:
180 w. Sump, Protein Skimmer
Tankmates: Clownfish, Blue Tang, 8 inch Snowflake Eel, 1 Blue Chromis (working on getting more of these). No new additions.
Corals: Softies
Parameters:
pH 8.2
Ammonia 0
Nitrite 0
Nitrate 0
KH 6
Ca 380
Phosphate 0
There's about 120-140 lbs of live rock.
Supplements:
AquaVitro Fuel
Calcium by Seachem
Selcon (in food, water from the food)
We make our own saltwater, and use tap water with dechlorinator.
Feeding: Hikari Spirulina Brine shrimp, Mysis shrimp, Hikari Mega-Marine, Hikari Squid, Hikari Mega-Marine Algae. I feed a mixture of these daily, and she seems to eat it all, and isn't picky. Also, Hikari Marine -S-.
No other fish exhibit these symptoms. She is still acting quite normal.
Water changes are 50 gallons, about every 2 or 3 weeks.
Since the problem began, we began dosing the Selcon. We also bought a titanium-probe grounding kit and grounded the tank.
There was suggestion that this is being caused by the tap water that we use. I'm not ruling it out, but we've used the same tap water for the two years that we've had the fish. I just feel like this must have something to do with the move from the 75 to the 180, but I can't figure out what it is. We are in the process of beginning to use RO/DI for our water changes and in our auto top-off supply, but this will only slowly change the water over. That's beginning next weekend.
Here are some photos. The first two photos were taken on the 4th, when I first posted the problem on MFK. The last three photos were taken more recently, within the last couple of days. As you can see, it seems to be getting worse.
I'd appreciate any thoughts on what we can do to reverse what it is that's going on and save our fish. Thanks for any help.