Episode 77 pt1, Chromis Red Sore Disease, LA Fishguys

Come learn in the seventy seventh episode of LA Fishguys as Jim Stime of Aquarium Design in Thousand Oaks CALIF., deals with that red sore disease that comes with Chromis Damsels.

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• Chromis
• Damsel
• Red
• Sore
• Disease
• LA
• Fish
• Guy

[marvindeltoro]

lol sorry i forgot to specify i meant the water transport tank in begging of your video

[lafishguy]

hey M, it was a trade I made years ago with a former service guy.

[marvindeltoro]

HEY WHERE DID YOU GET THAT TANK I WANT ONE EXACTLY THE SAME? AND HOW MUCH WAS IT

[lafishguy]

hey M, i ordered it from the tank manufacture who got it from the cylinder manufacture. my end of this job was $40,000 which was for everything except the cabinetry. that tank only today is now $24,000 and the job would be closer to $50,000, plus cabinetry.

[russianrick8403]

An LFS in my area recommended using a product called Melafix for bacterial issues. I am currently using it to treat my tank to see if it helps at all, because my 6 green chromis damsels have red sores. Of the anti-bacterial medications I found, this one seemed to be the best fit and it boasts that it will not affect my biological filter. I haven't had any of my fish die yet and I have only been medicating for 2 days now. I'll let you know how it goes, because this stuff is natural.

[lafishguy]

hey R, i have been holding 3 dozen Chromis for the Cylinder Tank for 4 weeks now. I have been using Formalin daily. i was planning on delivering these today but I spotted one with the Red Sore and decided not to take any of them and just keep medicating.

[russianrick8403]

@lafishguy Well I'm a few weeks out and I'm not sure if the Melafix did anything. I lost three of my damsels, but the loss seemed to be more stress based than anything else. I still have three, two of which have red sores, but they are all swimming healthily and appear to be recovering. After removing the melafix I decided to raise my specific gravity from 1.022 to 1.024 and buffer my pH from about 8.0 to roughly 8.3, because I read that bacteria thrive on hyposalinity and such. Good for now

[lafishguy]

hey R, other than dosing Formalin I have no other tricks. I did get two batches from another wholesaler and they are in quarantine doing very well. I plan to add them back to the Cylinder Tank.

[russianrick8403]

@lafishguy Well Jim, at this point I've lost 2 of my 6 damsels and I'm pretty sure I'm going to lose another one tomorrow. That will leave me three and 2 of them have sores, but for now look healthy, obviously other than the sores. Considering that this has not been spreading to my other fish, I have readded my carbon and we will just see what happens. Is there something simple I could do to help my fish without stressing them out?

[lafishguy]

hey R, i have used it sucsessfully on FW tanks. keep us posted on your results.

[mrbigshot29]

formalin is excelent for dipping zoanthids.

[sublime250]

I completely understand your frustration with fish disease. Aquarium maintenance has its' highs and its lows that is for sure.

[clASicOner]

Thanks for another great episode! Also the episode with the scratch was good.

[lafishguy]

hey I, its part of the original 35 episodes that need to have their music re-done. i will get to it...someday.

[inthesump]

I understand you have many more episodes available to watch. Something about this cylinder tank being scratched? Love to see that episode. Any way to see it or how can I find it?

[rayme07]

I'm guessing the problem may be stress due to overstocking but that's just my opinion. Doing a great job on the vids keep them coming. =)

[MrTvshowuploader4]

nice video jim I always wanted a chromis fish but I have a clownfish and a yellow tang only? but jim chromis fish must be in schools just like neon tetra fish right?

[MrDolphins1975]

One way i found of dealing with that bacterial problem is i use a product in australia called

( Myaxin) witch will fix it and is safe for all fish but might play around with some corals. But it has no copper in it.

[barrettdesigns]

this video CONKS at 39 seconds, i had to just skip that section

[jakeisadane]

Jim its not funny but i can see you trying to catch those blues in that big tank hope it worked out guess ill keep watching on to the next one....

[epinkerton108]

Nevermind I watched Part 5.

[epinkerton108]

What are the books that you mentioned?

[viclizarraga]

thanks for da vids, ive been waiting for several weeks

[CoralMan24]

Wow what a mess chromis wiping out the whole system possibly. You should contact matthew wittenrich about the disease he is an expert and has written a few books about disease and other fish related things.

[AUSDAN100]

What if u took a sample of the affected tissue from an already dead fish and put it under the micro scope. If u could identify the bacteria even to a family you could then get some more precise info on the net and maybe an answer ( thats if you havnt already worked it out) ?. Anyway good work like always.