Well...
It happens to all of us at some point in this hobby... nature takes it's course, and our clean-up crews get a steak dinner.
I lost 1 of my Pseudo's yesterday or the day before. A month or so ago, I noticed that it appeared to have some sort of wound on it's back near it's dorsal fin which appeared to be healing over. A wk or so ago, another similar looking wound appeared, and this also appeared to be healing. On Sat, I noticed a similar, but larger wound on it's lower abdomen, and he was less active than usual and not eating. His fins also appeared to be frayed. This was new and different, and concerned me enough to run to Jack's for some Marcyn 2. Based on the appearance of the wound and his reaction to it, I felt that it might be a fungal infection.
Whatever it was, took him out, before the meds could help. He's always been shy so I don't have any good pics of the area.
System setup:
Mixed reef
75 gallon AGA with 20 gal fuge/sump with macro and LR on reverse lighting period
2 x 175 MH
2 x 110 VHO Atinic
2 MJ 1200's + Via Aqua 2600 return pump for circulation
skimmerless
The Fridmani was added on 2/28/2004.
Other inhabitants:
1 YT (added 2/12/2004)
1 False Perc (added 2/20/2004)
1 LMB (3/12/2006)
1 Green Mandarin (3/12/2006)
1 Coral-banded Shrimp (added 2/28/2004)
1 Emerald Crab
3 Skunk Cleaners
3 Peppermint Shrimp
1 Sand Sifting Star
1 Red Sea Star
Assorted snails/hermits
This tank has been up and running since 12/2003 so it's stable.
All water parameters are in line
A couple of questions:
Can a fungal infection take down a fish this fast?
Is there any benefit in completing the Marcyn 2 treatment if I've lost the fish in question and the other fish in the system do not show any signs of being ill?
I'll try and attach a couple of pics for comparison....
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