RIP little potter angel :(

Well, the potter angel attempt last a few weeks She was doing so well too... I still don't know what did her in. Yesterday I noticed her pectoral fins had gone from bright yellow the day before to transparent and covered in white spots... didn't look like marine ich / crypt from the pics I've looked at, not sure what it was... and her body was clean....whatrver it was that did her in I'll probably never know... damn wild caught fish.

The clowns are looked better today... after a cold weekend with no flow in their tank they got a really weird white mold/slime coating on the heads and back, it's all but gone today... a slight trace of it at most on the male.

One chromis also died, but I suspect it was fom taking a trip to the sidewalk when I accidently siphoned him out of the tank a few days ago... he lost a lot of scales and never eally did look good after that, and as the smallest he didn't ever get enough to eat.

I have a trip planned for the middle to end of next month, so as much as I would love to do a full medicated QT tank, I'm not sure I can right now. I can treat for about 2 weeks, then keep them out of the DT for a couple weeks, then treat again... but would that be effective? I'll have someone watching the fish, I just can't imagine he'd do the daily WC's and medication for me... maybe I could bribe him.

ugh this sucks. I'm in the middle of a very stressful move right now and barely have time to maintain my tank at work, let alone deal with sick fish... poop.

-Doug

 

im sorry

 

Sorry to hear about your loss. Some fish are just a test of your patience.

 

Sorry to hear about the loss of your angel. Keep us posted on the clowns and other livestock, I try to keep up with posts where people move so I can see what to expect or what to keep an eye out for.
I am getting ready to move and I am more stressed about moving the tank than anything else. I hope it goes without a hitch or at least fairly smooth.

 

Dang, sorry about your potter's. I'm going through the same thing with my Heniochus right now it was doing fine for the 3 weeks I've had it then yesterday I noticed it had white dots all over it's fins....I hope it makes it.

 

fortunately the tank is NOT moving. it's at my shop and should stay put for the foreseeable future.

 

Are you going to try another Potter's or get something different?

 

sorry bout the potter... hope all else works out for ya..

 

Sorry about the angel. I hope things get better soon.

 

I will maybe try a potter again some day. I'm going to give it a few months before i add anything major tho. The clowns are still "iffy". I'll probably replace the chromis I lost. He was so small the others bullied him relentlessly.