fish disease

[slicavoli]

I need some help identifying what is wrong with my fish.

I have been using Ick Attack and the problem seems to be getting worse.

Any suggestions would be great.

Thanks,

Sam Licavoli

 

[TheJGMProject]

To me it looks like ich. How long has your golden bar had this?

I would try supplementing its food with some garlic extract to help. If that doesn't work try a quarantine tank. I suggest putting it into a QT and others might too.

Ich lives in the sand once introduced into a tank. If it is ich, I would suggest putting the clown into a quaratine tank (if you have one) without sand, and let it recover for about 2 to 4 weeks. This will allow the ich to die out from the sand in your display, and give the fish a chance to get healthy.

There are suppliments you can put into the QT, like copper to aid in the elimination of the parasite, ich.

 

[Anonymous]

It does appear to be ich, and a bad case at that. If there are other fish in the tank that have been exposed, they are also at high risk to contract the parasite. Ich is an obligate parasite that needs a fish host to perpetutate it's life cycle. The white spots you see are the trophonts that have attached themselves to the fish and are feeding off the tissue. They will fall off and then reproduce. This free swimming phase is when the fish are vulnerable to infestation. The only way to treat this is with copper or hyposalinity. I prefer hyposalinity as it is tolerated well by all teleost fish, however it can not be performed in the display tank so you need a quarantine set-up. How many fish do you have? what size is the display tank? Do you have an extra tank that could house your fish for treatment? The sooner you act the better the chance for saving your fish. Again, all fish should be treated or they risk infestation. Do not add copper based treatments to your display. IME, the bottled treatments are prety much useless and none work with enough consitancy to be called reliable. I would not put to much store in them nor waste more money on different ones. You need to treat this aggressively or you'll lose all of your fish.

 

[snapper1]

I used copper power on my 4 tanks and 27 days later no ich no fish rubbing on rocks.This stuff works and I have Haitian live rock did not effect it at all.Also all my Fish are triggers and groupers and snappers so they may be tough good luck Copper is best.

 

[Len]

I would definitely not recommend copper unless you have a separate tank to administer it. It's really best to remove the fish and treat it there. Copper is okay, as is hyposalinity treatment (my preferred method). It's important to reduce stress in the tank so that fish can ward off diseases on their own.

 

[TheJGMProject]

Yes, I would go with hyposalinity as well. I forgot that was an option too.

 

[slicavoli]

Well I went out and bought a quartine tank today.

I set it up with a small filter, Heater, temp gauge,PVC pipe, and filter media front display tank.

I am treating with hyposalinity, and Quick Cure from aquarium products.


How long should I keep him in the hospital tank and when will the display tank be safe again?

Thank again for all your responces


Sam L.

 

[Anonymous]

I used the product "kick ich" in the past.

It seemed to work great, no coral deaths. Been a while now since then, but the product, I assumed worked as the tangs made a good recovery, or they could have fought it off themselves. No way to really know.

I would watch the other fish, as ich can live for up to around 30 days or so, from what I remember about it.

Hyposalinity and copper are methods to use ONLY in a QT. Reefs are very susceptible to copper and changes in salinity (especially starfish and many corals)