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Posted	DESEASE in dottyback
18-03-2006 02:04 by marmari	Please whaat can this be? looks like something is destroying her scales...doesnt look like grain of salt. History@ we are cycling the new tank right now with 4 damsels and her. The ammonia and nitrite are in check still in this tank(its 1 week old). I am prepared to treat tank with nitrifying bacteria(product called Cycle) but the ammonia is still at 0 so i dont know what caused this illness...unless she came with it, its possible. HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!
18-03-2006 02:06 by marmari	Look at the picture below
18-03-2006 23:03 by johnlakehouse	are yo sayin you have nitrate and nitrite present >>>
20-03-2006 08:34 by Alan	I had a similar problem with an orchid dotty back a few years back before a fluval disaster struck. I don't think it is white spot can you describe the filtration on the tank is it live rock based? If so I doubt you will get the typical ammonia and nitrite spike with cured live rock it simply does not happen as you are putting a mature filter straight on the tank in effect. Any way back to the doty back in my case it was down to an unstable ph I used kent marine salt at the time this mixes to a ph of about 8 which is to low I now use reef crystals and I have to say I have used TMC pro reef and found this to be better than the reef crystals I will be going back to the pro reef once I have finished the bucket of reef crystals the difference it makes is amazing. The reef crystals are far better than the kent though. I suspect over night you ph may be dropping below 8. This will be the cause.

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