Silverhawk
New Member
Oh I hope someone with more experience than I have can please help me. I'll attach fotos to show the issue I'm having with a very simple - but very personally important - fish that is having an issue I'm not able to arrest or alleviate. Obviously a Yellow Tail Damsel. Yes, her tail is gone because of a 'bad' Niger Trigger I had, but removing the Trigger proved to be an easy 'fix,' while this disease the fish has is not. Is it 'lateral line?' I don't know, but whatever it is I've not been able to cure or arrest it. I've tried Melafix - and while I love that stuff, it didn't help at all. Most recently I tried Kordon 'Rid Fungus' after reading it would help - but it has not. I should have gone to you all in this forum long ago about this - but finally I'm here in need of your help. I've had the 50 gal for about 7 years, and this fish for about 5 years - so I'm not a 'neophyte' and not an idiot (I hope). I run a 10W UV sterilizer, a HOB protein skimmer, mechanical filtration, and it's a FOWLER that is for the most part quite stable. All the fish in it I've had for 5 years - so I hope that says something. And yes, I do have a quarantine tank that I can set up in 15 minutes if your advice on treatment is to do so. When the Niger decided to kill the Yellowtail, I had the Yellowtail in the Q tank in 15 minutes and it somehow survived. It was badly torn up and I treated with Melafix and Erythromycin and she somehow pulled out of it. The trigger went to the LFS - reluctantly but my philosophy is that the trouble maker leaves and the innocents stay. So back in the main tank the Yellowtail went . . . and then the 'disease' started. So treatment for that was Melafix again in main tank (not Q tank) and then 'Rid Fungus' again in main tank (as they swore it was fine to do so). But nothing has worked. PLEASE tell me what to do here - and I promise you'll not be wasting your time. I love this fish and I'll do whatever is advised. Thanks VERY much in advance - Dave Williams - BTW the fotos were taken with a flash and so there is a bit of a 'false' coloration on them, but they certainly capture the areas of disease for this purpose.