codepods mistaken for ich on fish ?? when i saw white spots on fish i jumped to to the conclusion of ich from scary news of ich then couple day laters i noticed alot of flea like bugs on the tanks wall and on the other thread people beleive these things are pods? so could i have mistaken the pods for ich? i now have the fishes in QT doin hyposalinaty treatmeant the water sg levels at 1.008-1.009im goin to leave them there and main tank empty for 6 weeks? was wondering if i should dump a cleaner strimp in nows or 6 weeks later or anytime inbetween? are cleaner strimps capable of hosting ich?or b ba carrier??? do strimps need to be QT before puttin into main tank?and are coral band strimps cleaners? because the look better juss wondering thanks alot for u guys replys allways appreciate all the help thanks guys~!!!
codepods mistaken for ich on fish ??
- Thread starter samster
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Samster,
My guess is if you are asking all these questions, you have gone too far too fast.
There should be no mistaken Ich for pods - pods distinctly look like little shrimp-like often referred to as bugs.
Ich, appear on the fish, typically starting in the gills - most, if not all aquariums, have ich resident, but stress brings it out on the fish.
Coralbanded shrimp are NOT cleaners
http://www.wetwebmedia.com/marine/inverts/arthropoda/shrimp/corlband.htm
Here are info on cleaners I found by doing a simple search on google http://www.wetwebmedia.com/hippolytidae.htm
Hope that is helpful and hope you are able to read up and figure out what is going on.
House
My guess is if you are asking all these questions, you have gone too far too fast.
There should be no mistaken Ich for pods - pods distinctly look like little shrimp-like often referred to as bugs.
Ich, appear on the fish, typically starting in the gills - most, if not all aquariums, have ich resident, but stress brings it out on the fish.
Coralbanded shrimp are NOT cleaners
http://www.wetwebmedia.com/marine/inverts/arthropoda/shrimp/corlband.htm
Here are info on cleaners I found by doing a simple search on google http://www.wetwebmedia.com/hippolytidae.htm
Hope that is helpful and hope you are able to read up and figure out what is going on.
House
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It's probably was ich or probably sand on the fish. Usally the only time that pods or other plankton on fish are when they're dead and the eat the dead fish. You should see the fish start to get better in about 1 weeks as the ich works it's way through the fish body.
Would skip the cleaner shrimp.
Would skip the cleaner shrimp.
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- Howell, NJ
since you put the fish in quarantine does it still have that white little spot that looks like the pod or is it gone.
sorry bout the typing im not use to periods n commas in speech sorry lol.
but yea the fish had spots but it was light all over the body not much just lil specks here n there, but then every picutre i found bout ich was crazily scattered all over the fish mostly from the front of the fish gill area. after i took out the fishes to QT i noticed alot of white lil bug like thingys which u guys believe they are pods? and i did search on the net before posting and i noticed alot of guys had FAQ about white bugs on fishes and on the tanks glass? so i was wondewring mabe i've mistaken? but since i have the fishes in QT i guess its not a bad idea to keep them hypo sal in lower SG??? and leave the main tank empty of fishes for 6weeks? since im in process already? the fishes seem to be cleared from the white spots now but eveytime i lowered the SG the fishes would rubb their sides on the floor of the QT tank sign of ich? n the white spots use to appare at night dissapair at day? after the 1st day i noticed them? n now all the fishes seem fine and look normal except for my scopast tiny guy i got from (jen) he was pale almost clear lookin in the back area? nd wasn't dpoin so well this mornin at 1.009sg. He was layin flat on the floor looking bad but i held him up an dforced him to swim and fight it and then after an hour or so he stood back up ate and now he's fine? why was he pale in the back area almost translucent? any help fish guys? and the crawlin bugs should be pods??? they do seem like they are clearin up the algea on the glass. sorry for the long post hope u guys can make it out lols~! thanks in advance~! n thank the people that replied -=)
but yea the fish had spots but it was light all over the body not much just lil specks here n there, but then every picutre i found bout ich was crazily scattered all over the fish mostly from the front of the fish gill area. after i took out the fishes to QT i noticed alot of white lil bug like thingys which u guys believe they are pods? and i did search on the net before posting and i noticed alot of guys had FAQ about white bugs on fishes and on the tanks glass? so i was wondewring mabe i've mistaken? but since i have the fishes in QT i guess its not a bad idea to keep them hypo sal in lower SG??? and leave the main tank empty of fishes for 6weeks? since im in process already? the fishes seem to be cleared from the white spots now but eveytime i lowered the SG the fishes would rubb their sides on the floor of the QT tank sign of ich? n the white spots use to appare at night dissapair at day? after the 1st day i noticed them? n now all the fishes seem fine and look normal except for my scopast tiny guy i got from (jen) he was pale almost clear lookin in the back area? nd wasn't dpoin so well this mornin at 1.009sg. He was layin flat on the floor looking bad but i held him up an dforced him to swim and fight it and then after an hour or so he stood back up ate and now he's fine? why was he pale in the back area almost translucent? any help fish guys? and the crawlin bugs should be pods??? they do seem like they are clearin up the algea on the glass. sorry for the long post hope u guys can make it out lols~! thanks in advance~! n thank the people that replied -=)
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- The Big City
First you need to determine if you have ich or Marine Velvet, Hyposality only works on ich so you need to know what you have before you can start to treat it. Also why your there read up on Hyposality. Ich works it way through the body and the white spots that you see are spores that fall off and then goes through a cycle to infect the fish again. It can take up to 8 days for the white spots to appear on the fish, so even though the fish may look clean they may still have ich inside them.
Since your have the fish in the quartine tank go through the whole treatment.
Here are a couple of link to figure it out.
Diesases
Since your have the fish in the quartine tank go through the whole treatment.
Here are a couple of link to figure it out.
Diesases
dag the fishes all eat like pigs growin qwick n seem fine besides the white spots they are gone now in hypo but velvet? eeeh new one never ever read up on that one. i kno of this site u just posted but no real actually pics for me to rilly tell wha the diffenerces are?? thanks marrone -=)
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There are alot of pictures on that site of dieases and also links that show pictures of dieases. I suggest you do a search on yahoo or google for different diesaes and read up.
Also very important to quartine all new fish before you place them into your tank. This will cut down on alot of problems in the future.
Also very important to quartine all new fish before you place them into your tank. This will cut down on alot of problems in the future.
i had all the fishes in there for about 2months no problem then i picked up a scopast from jen which she had in her display tank and she said no problem and she had the lil guy for awhile then i picked up 2 yellow from calvin and he said diesease free and he had them for 3 weeks in his qt n were his friends fishes n he said known to be diesease free so i hav no idea where it came from -=T none of my orginal fishes showed signs untill one of the yellow tangs died my bad week then i noticed these spot yeps but my friends fish with ich looks hidious my fishes didnt look so bad and they all healthy eatters
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Marrone, i have a yeLLow tanG that has had a white spot/thing on him aLL this time, about a month now, and it doesn't seem to go away... couLd that be icK :scratchch there used to be 3 'dots' now there is onLy one... no other fish has anything on theM :smoker:
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- The Big City
When you see ich on the fish it's in the last stage before it falls off the fish and starts the cycle all over again. If the white dots don't go away, and it's been a month, then it could be some thing else like a fungus or another type of parisite. You really need to get a picture of it and then see if it can be id.
Beside the white spots there are other signs of ich like scratching, flashing and breathing heavy so you need to look for more signs on the fish. Also alot of fish will keep eat like nothing is wrong until either the ich over takes them or they fight it off.
Beside the white spots there are other signs of ich like scratching, flashing and breathing heavy so you need to look for more signs on the fish. Also alot of fish will keep eat like nothing is wrong until either the ich over takes them or they fight it off.
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- Philippines
...yeaH, itS difficuLt to take pics coz he woNt stay stiLL. itS really just a dot, looKs like a tiny white pimple, no scratching, eatS weLL... he likes being 'massaged' by the cLeaner shrimp... other thaN that, no signs of anything :scratchch :afro:
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