Hi
New to Hobby, cycled tank for roughly 2 months, parameters checked out good for adding livestock.
Live-stock:
3 x Red-legged hermits
2x Trochus snails
2x small Clownfish (roughly 2-3CM)
08/02/2022
PH - 7.9-8.1 (since the start)
NH4 - 0
NO2 - 0
NO3 - 8
PO4 - 0.1
Salinity - 1.026
I now have to 2x adorable small clowns - the first couple of days no issues at all eating healthy, swimming normally etc. I would say roughly 5 days after introducing them to my tank i started to notice their mouths were a bit white, since then it seems like there is mucus coming off/small whitish growths - it doesn't seem to be spreading or getting worse (only on mouths, during this time they have been eating normally, swimming normally - still are) See PIC. more videos or photos can be provided if required.
When I say eating and swimming normally, this is with my experience which isn't much - but they don't seem to be doing anything "weird" and swim as they did in the LFS. (seem to be staying near the feeding zone/front of glass)
Feed them roughly 3/4 times a day with just a couple of pellets at a time, they don't seem to be going after frozen foods though. (after de-frosting 1/4 block and adding small bits at a time)
Food used :
Pellets - Hikari Marine "S"
Frozen - Ocean Nutrient Marine mix
Now I'm trying to figure out what it is and what the cause may be or treatment, googling keeps on pushing me to :
- coral sucking (getting used to the sting) - I have no corals/anemone in the tank.
- Brooklynella (perhaps in very early stages?!)
Any advice or direction would be greatly appreciated.
New to Hobby, cycled tank for roughly 2 months, parameters checked out good for adding livestock.
Live-stock:
3 x Red-legged hermits
2x Trochus snails
2x small Clownfish (roughly 2-3CM)
08/02/2022
PH - 7.9-8.1 (since the start)
NH4 - 0
NO2 - 0
NO3 - 8
PO4 - 0.1
Salinity - 1.026
I now have to 2x adorable small clowns - the first couple of days no issues at all eating healthy, swimming normally etc. I would say roughly 5 days after introducing them to my tank i started to notice their mouths were a bit white, since then it seems like there is mucus coming off/small whitish growths - it doesn't seem to be spreading or getting worse (only on mouths, during this time they have been eating normally, swimming normally - still are) See PIC. more videos or photos can be provided if required.
When I say eating and swimming normally, this is with my experience which isn't much - but they don't seem to be doing anything "weird" and swim as they did in the LFS. (seem to be staying near the feeding zone/front of glass)
Feed them roughly 3/4 times a day with just a couple of pellets at a time, they don't seem to be going after frozen foods though. (after de-frosting 1/4 block and adding small bits at a time)
Food used :
Pellets - Hikari Marine "S"
Frozen - Ocean Nutrient Marine mix
Now I'm trying to figure out what it is and what the cause may be or treatment, googling keeps on pushing me to :
- coral sucking (getting used to the sting) - I have no corals/anemone in the tank.
- Brooklynella (perhaps in very early stages?!)
Any advice or direction would be greatly appreciated.
