Mazilla's 180G reef

I'm not sure what actually killed the naso, if I had to guess i would say maybe from being a little overweight if anything. It ate like crazy, and was super active. I feed every type of fish food I can get my hands on rotating day to day, and feed macro from my fuge regularly so I know it wasnt a lack of anything nutrient wise.

 

Thank you.

 

Canon rebel xs, with the stock lense. I'm learning as I go how to use it, so far it's all camera and 0 skill on my part....other than earning the arm and leg to buy it.

 

new addition: naso vlamingi tang

I know they get large, and I am prepared for it.

 

Well, it's been a crazy month for my system. As a matter of fact it has been the worst series of fish loss I have ever experienced.

First off, I made the mistake of trusting an established and well known fellow reefer when he told me the powder blue tang I purchased was not exposed to the ich in his display("PBT was in separate tank"). I'm not saying the guy intentionally gave me a fish with ich, but I should have followed my own rule and QT'd the fish regardless of the source. The way I look at it, new additions to a tank should be treated the same way you treat a firearm, inspect it and take the appropriate actions EVERY TIME no matter who gives it to you.

As a result of my actions I have lost the following to a monster outbreak of ich. (Keep in mind I have NEVER EVER had an outbreak of ich in my history in reef keeping.)

Powder Blue Tang
red stripe anthias
royal gamma(my 1st or 2nd SW fish ever )
mandarin goby




Out of all this the only good news I have to bring to the table is my bamboo shark egg hatched tonight....so thats a nice bonus! The way I see it, everything happens for a reason. Had I not lost the amount of fish I had, the bio-load from the shark may have been the proverbial straw that broke the camels back. So I like to think there is some positive hidden in this mess. :-/

 

Sorry about your losses. The last month, I have experience the same thing. I think it may be due to some stray electricity. I bought a grounding probe, waiting for it to come in.

 

Just to clarify. All fish have ICK. it is an organism that lives naturally within a fish. It is stress or poor water quality that enable the ick to multiply to levels that make the fish sick

J

 

Actually, from what I have ever known Ich/Ick only grows inside the fish until it breaks out of the skin and then finds a suitable home somewhere(either in the substrate/plants/or near the gills/fins of the fish) to reproduce inside of a small sack. When the reproduction is complete the ich breaks free and finds a new host.


for all your ich related info needs, I suggest http://www.wetwebmedia.com/ichartmar.htm

 

nice setup... ah we all go through the ick thing some point or another.

Any more pictures of your marine betta. I had one for a couple years when I lived up north. I finally decided to take the family for vacation and I came back to find him dead. Mother in law was taking care of the fish so not sure what happened as everything else was fine.

When I get my big tank that is going to be one of my first additions.