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Popeye and The Crab From Another World?

April 26, 2017crab popeye world

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Popeye and The Crab From Another World?

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Hi there again Mr. Fenner, I recently emailed you about a clownfish with a case of Popeye. Upon receiving it, the whole thing was somehow butchered. I wish to apologize for the annoying inconvenience. I believe the reason for the whole mishap was because of our new internet service. Anyway, to the point. It seems my oldest (and favorite) fish, an Amphiprion ocellaris, has somehow managed to contract Popeye. It is a mature female in a 75 gallon reef aquarium. It has a mate and a host sea anemone (Heteractis crispa). It is housed with numerous invertebrates including shrimp, hermits, LPS and SPS corals, as well as several other fish tankmates. These include a sixline wrasse, yellow tang, a blue tang, and a reef safe yellow wrasse (pet store said it was a yellow Coris wrasse and I know it is not). Those are all the fish. Believe it or not, I recently lost my yellow tang at the same time my poor clownfish contracted the disease. With the simultaneous