whats on my fish

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  1. TurboPhish

    TurboPhish Astrea Snail

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    for a few weeks this has goten worse got better then back to worse
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  3. TurboPhish

    TurboPhish Astrea Snail

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    none of my outher fish show any signs of this
    my unicorn is doing great though health wise hes very active and probly the most agressive feeder in my tank
     
  4. IvIountainman

    IvIountainman Spaghetti Worm

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    Dunno, could be a fungus. Feed it lots of seaweed and put some garlic extract (from local fish store) in the water.
     
  5. TurboPhish

    TurboPhish Astrea Snail

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    he wont eat seaweed belive it or not ive tryed 4 diffrent brands and ive even gone to the local susi market and tryed pure seaweed he wont touch it my clown tang kills that stuff i feed them formula one and two witch have garlic in them is that not enough:confused:
     
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    IvIountainman Spaghetti Worm

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    try putting the formula directly on dried seaweed and use a veggi-clip. A weakened immune system cause them to lose desire to eat. Garlic has two benifits, strengthens immune system and encourages feeding, seaweed increases the immune system in all tangs as well as it is a natural food.
     
  7. TurboPhish

    TurboPhish Astrea Snail

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    would Aquarium Pharmaceuticals PimaFix
    or Aquarium Pharmaceuticals MelaFix
    fix this problem or should i just use the garlic
    im afrid that if i buy the garlic it still wont eat the seaweed
     
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  9. cosmo

    cosmo Giant Squid

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    Marine Fish Diseases and Parasites

    the garlic is still a good thing to add. Keep everything eating and strong at this point.

    Look through that and ID it if you can, hard to say from the pic.
     
  10. TurboPhish

    TurboPhish Astrea Snail

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    well no photos come close however there is one on there called tang fingerprint disease that sounds about right not sure sence there is no photo
     
  11. cosmo

    cosmo Giant Squid

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    I'm sure that one of the disease pro's will be on here soon to help ya, sorry, I don't know either. I'd hold off on dosing any med's other than selcon and garlic till ya ID it.

    good luck
     
  12. TurboPhish

    TurboPhish Astrea Snail

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    to add to it thay look like dry flaky patch best i can tell