Fish Are Sick Please Help!

[Dima]

Good day,

its a bad moment for me. SOmething happend with my 2 clowns, today I got back from work and bothj of them
covered in black tiny dots. I am not sure what happend to them.

The weeked I have bought and added one new coral nothing did before that for a couple of month.
Coral looks like small palm trees or deisies. Not sure.


When I bought it the guy in the store added a couple of drops into the bag to kill flatworms. At home I also
used Tropical Marine Coral cure stuff to kill them. After that I moved coral into the tank.

I dont really know what to do, please help!

[Melody]

I'm far from well versed on marine fish diseases, but I do know there is reliable info on About.com. It sounds like Black Spot Disease (http://saltaquarium.about.com/cs/compldiagnodisease/a/aa041701.htm), which is a parasite. If it doesn't sound like what your fish has, tour the other diseases (http://saltaquarium.about.com/od/saltwaterfishdiseases/Fish_Diseases_Health_Issues.htm) and you should find out what they're suffering from. Good luck!

[Shelley]

Yes it sounds like Black Ick. I did a bit of googleing and came up with this..Sorry I cant be of more help, but Ive never had it in my tanks. Read up on it before you try any Meds.. and dont medicate your reef tank, its much better to set up a quaritine tank. I dont like using any chemicals or meds. I have dealt with good ole Marine Ick twicw using UV and a diatom filter for 2 weeks. This seemed to wrk really well..

Black Ich
Black Ich disease appears as small black spots distributed over the fish's body. The spots are about half the size of a pinhead or smaller. They are primarily found on the body and are are especially easy to see on light-colored body areas or on the transparent areas of the fins. Affected fish will scratch on the bottom or other aquarium objects. Other signs of the disease include lethargy, development of a pale body color, and lack of appetite. The disease is caused by a small worm known as a tubellarian. After parasitizing a fish, the worms develop on the fish's skin and gills and acquire dark pigmentation. They are freely mobile and will tend to move over the surface of the fish. After five or six days depending on the environmental conditions, they drop to the bottom of the aquarium. There they mature, with the development of the young worms within their body. Once the development of the young is complete, the adult worms burst, releasing the free swimming young that infest new host fish. The worms can be controlled with various commercially available medications. Formalin based products or those containing organophosphate compounds such as trichlorfon appear to be the best medications. In addition to the use of medications, any excessive buildup or organic material and debris should be siphoned from the aquarium several times during treatment. Since the young worms develop on the aquarium bottom, the removal of debris will aid in controlling the disease by reducing their numbers.