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Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2007 9:04 am
by Boxermom
That's an awful lot of fish in that small of a tank, IMO.
What were you feeding it?
Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2007 11:00 am
by OraLacerta
Nick wrote:I believe she said she followed a minimum two week quarantine on new additions and that the fish ate well right up until dying...
Ah I missed that at the end of her post. Two weeks minimum does not allow enough time IMO. I would do at least 4 weeks. And, if all fish were QT'd a minimum of two weeks why were the chromis added when they had obvious signs of illness? I agree with Corvus that the slime coat sounds like velvet, which kills puffers incredibly fast. I had a Hawaiian Spotted puffer quarantined for over a month that died within two days of showing symptoms of rapid breathing and excessive slime coat.
Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2007 11:11 am
by Pufferpunk
Velvet can sometimes kill a puffer within 24 hours, since they are scaleless.
Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2007 12:23 pm
by OraLacerta
That's scary! Even more reason to properly QT all new additions.
Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2007 5:29 pm
by crazedpuffer
What about Clownfish disease or Vibrio? My puffer had a lot of the same symptoms when it died and it died from either one of those 2 diseases.
Sorry about your loss.
Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2007 2:19 am
by Corvus
Vibrio is one of the possible bacteria, which can lead to red patches. However, mostly severly weakened or wounded fish are prone to it. Possible is a velvet infection destroying the slime coat of the fish and a secondary infection with Vibrio (or other bacteria) leading to the color change.
Clown fish disease has symptoms similar to velvet but is usually associated with extremly white patches of agglutinating mucous. AFAIK, in contrast to velvet, it is not common among puffers.