I'm still a newbie, I noticed some white dots on my fish nothing major but it bugs me. I was curious to know how many of you have this in your reef and how do you deal with it.
My parameters are all good NO I DO NOT QT MY FISH (I know shame on me) and for the past 2 weeks my fish have been dropping 1 by 1 , 2 by 2 almost every other day I find my crabs, snails and shrimp feasting on a dead fish, WTF is going on!!!!! I am so pissed! Luckily they are not expensive fish but thats not the point, I .like he fish I have and had and want them to survive, I make sure I feed them good food, make sure I do regular water changes I check the parameters often because I'm paranoid. I'm paranoid because this is what took me out of the hobby years ago unexplained losses.
The reason why I ask the question above, can this be the reason, parasites? All the fish no matter how much, no matter when, eat everything and anything I feed them, no signs of illness but for those stupid white dots! I am debating on putting a UV for a couple hours a day what do you think? I was also thinking about taking the fish out and QTng them but how the heck will I catch them all without destroying my scaping? Please help me and keep in this hobby because these types of things discourage me I dont want to buy living things and then see them die in my tank, I buy because I want to keep them alive, healthy and make them a nice home!
My parameters are all good NO I DO NOT QT MY FISH (I know shame on me) and for the past 2 weeks my fish have been dropping 1 by 1 , 2 by 2 almost every other day I find my crabs, snails and shrimp feasting on a dead fish, WTF is going on!!!!! I am so pissed! Luckily they are not expensive fish but thats not the point, I .like he fish I have and had and want them to survive, I make sure I feed them good food, make sure I do regular water changes I check the parameters often because I'm paranoid. I'm paranoid because this is what took me out of the hobby years ago unexplained losses.
The reason why I ask the question above, can this be the reason, parasites? All the fish no matter how much, no matter when, eat everything and anything I feed them, no signs of illness but for those stupid white dots! I am debating on putting a UV for a couple hours a day what do you think? I was also thinking about taking the fish out and QTng them but how the heck will I catch them all without destroying my scaping? Please help me and keep in this hobby because these types of things discourage me I dont want to buy living things and then see them die in my tank, I buy because I want to keep them alive, healthy and make them a nice home!
