2 clownish look this way overnight. They are swimming at the surface. My dog face puffer is scratching on sand and rocks allot. Any thoughts of what this is and what I should do?
I think his 2 fish showing symptoms passed already. Remaining fish not symptomatic yet.
Well both clowns passed this morning. Since then, I’ve been getting tank and filters ready for copper. Started at 1.0 with copper power. Both blue jaw triggers and dog faced puffer are absolutely covered in spots now. No other fish in the tank have anything but I did notice a damsel and a goby with fins splitting alittle. I did a fresh water 5 min dip on the 3 fish that are covered. Seemed to help the puffer, seemed to make the triggers a bit angry. The puffer is the only fish not interested in eating tonight. Will get pics of those 3 in the morning and add them
Pics and short video can help Jay definitively diagnose the disease for you and best course of treatment.
When you read posts and opinions is so hard to figure out what is the right move. I’ve seen several places no more than 2.0 copper power for puffers and gobies. Also read allot that the copper needs to be ramped up and not taken up to 2-2.5 too quickly. What is your thoughts on that?
Did you see the pics in the opening post of his clowns? That's not ich on them, it's brook so is it possible there are 2 different infections in his tank? That is very remote right or is it more common then I realize? I'm one of those that believes ich is in every tank though but in a dormant state until a stressful event causes it to become active.
It could be Brooklynella, but "stale ich" is tough to tell apart, as it produces a lot of mucus and you no longer can see the individual trophonts. In most cases, when a clown dies from Brook, you'll see telltale sheets of mucus peeling off the fish. Cloudy, congested skin, without peeling mucus is less clearly Brook, and can be ich. that. combined with the spots on the trigger led me to think copper would be the best way to go.
Copper usually takes 2 to 3 days to really start to work, but maybe?
Update: blue tang, porcupine and coral beauty Angel now shows spots. The male and female triggers are looking worse Andy very lethargic to start with and the dog face is looking worse. Copper at 2.35. The male trigger body looked about skinny or stinger this morning till he started moving around and that fell off. Noticing a few fish fins look like pieces missing or splitting. The male trigger has a spot in his side maybe a bruise. If copper is rough on the fish, should I be using metro or anything to help? Still think ich?
Update: blue tang, porcupine and coral beauty Angel now shows spots. The male and female triggers are looking worse Andy very lethargic to start with and the dog face is looking worse. Copper at 2.35. The male trigger body looked about skinny or stinger this morning till he started moving around and that fell off. Noticing a few fish fins look like pieces missing or splitting. The male trigger has a spot in his side maybe a bruise. If copper is rough on the fish, should I be using metro or anything to help? Still think ich?
After removing rock and inverts water got cloudy for sure. Glass needs cleaning but my focus has been on meds more than the looks at the moment. What is your opinion on supper ich cure or paraguard in the early stages? I’ve got a powder blue in a qt with some spots on fins after being in there a couple weeks with no issues.
