clownfish brownish/black splotches

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  1. caliwavsurfer

    caliwavsurfer Astrea Snail

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    Hope soemone knows what this could be...I've had my tomato clown now for about 3 weeks and about a week ago he started becoming discolored. He has brown/black tinted marks all over his sides. He is also wanting a good cleaning by the shrimp but they aren't giving in. His swimming pattern is also off....he tilts to the side sometimes as if losing balance. I checked water parameters and they were all good. I do a 15% water change every 2 weeks.

    My camera isn't good enough so I am unable to get a good pic....
     
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  3. lillys Grandad

    lillys Grandad Horrid Stonefish

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    way too many things could be wrong here, It would be great if you could give a bit more info on your tank, filtration,size, other critters, what parameters are you checking....List numbers and what do you test for. I know this sounds like a bunch...but the more detailed you are...well, you get the picture....3 weeks is new. Lots to happen to a new kid/fish on the block. ; )
    Good luck...Love to hear more about the "whole" system.
    LG
     
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  4. caliwavsurfer

    caliwavsurfer Astrea Snail

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    alright here it goes...I test for the basics...nintrite (0), nitrate (0), Ph (8.4), and ammonia (0) every other day. I have 75-100 lbs. of live rock maybe even more. The aquarium has been up and running for a little over a year. I supplement with calmax part A and B everyday. I also add reef solution(reef and fish maintenance additive) once every 3 days or so. I keep the temp b/w 78 and 79.

    My tank is a 90 gallon bowfront tank with 2 hydor koralia's, tom aquatiocs pro series wet/dry filter with built in skimmer(really sucks), current satellite 4x65 watt pc fixture, and via aqua titanium tube heater.

    Livestock includes: 1 medium foxface, 5 green chromis, 1 firefish, 2 cleaner shrimp, tomato clown, bristle star, 5-6 hermits, 7 large turbo snails

    1 small head of frogspawn, nice colonies of various zooas, xenia, green star polyps, and a couple of ricordea.

    I feed the fish Tetra Marine salt water flakes, San Fransisco Bay frozen brine shrimp, and formula 1 w/ gell binder. i soak all the foods in GVH fish food soak. I also supplement the corals with Liquid Life bio plankton.

    I use Coralife salt......

    Hope that helps
     
  5. caliwavsurfer

    caliwavsurfer Astrea Snail

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    oh and salinity is 1.025
     
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    caliwavsurfer Astrea Snail

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  7. caliwavsurfer

    caliwavsurfer Astrea Snail

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    does anyone have any more suggestions? Does the link with the picture work at all?
     
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  9. Puffer Chick

    Puffer Chick Giant Squid

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    links work, i'll give ya a bump, hope someone can help you out