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Remove the Damsel or the corals?

April 26, 2017corals damsel remove

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Remove the Damsel or the corals?

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Hello to all (and especially a warm greeting to Anthony, who has been so helpful in the past!), I have an 80g reef tank, with LR and 6 corals (1 Torch, 1 Bubble, 3 mushroom colonies, and Green Star polyps), 1 Hippo, 1 Coral Beauty, 1 Neon Damsel, and 2 Perculas, along with assorted shrimp and crabs. I do 10g water changes weekly, and 20g once a month with IO. Everything has been fine: coral growth is good, parameters have stayed in the green zone, fish are robust etc. EXCEPT today I have noticed that the CB and the Damsel have Popeye bilaterally…you really have to look hard to notice, not like the pictures of Popeye that I’ve seen on your website. They are eating and swimming as usual. The only behavior change I see is a slight jerkiness, very minute, very sporadic. Resps aren’t increased, nor are fins clamped, and I don’t see any open areas on their bodies. From what I’ve read so far, one eye is trauma, both eyes are infection.