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I wasn't planning on stopping treatment, but its hard waking up and seeing fish struggle with no visible signs of anything wrong. The copper should have knocked most parasites out by now with the exception of flukes. The Tang and my snow bass were the first two fish I took out. Both had cloudy eyes and signs of white spots on them. All that went away after a few days in QT. Now other fish that have been in there for awhile are suddenly just dropping dead, struggling to breath and now the Tang is not eating and looks very skinny. Copper sensitive? Maybe, but something is still going on. Flukes? Could be which explains the labored breathing. Internal parasites? Also could be, but the copper should have been somewhat effective by now, correct? Do I just have everything going on? I can't answer that. What I can say is, Im tired of seeing seemingly "healthy" fish drop dead when I am doing what was recommended to me to do.I think you should tackle one problem at a time. Focus and fix one thing at a time. First kill the ick. Keep the copper in the QT at the proper dose and for the recommended amount of time. Then slowly lower the copper until it's gone and treat for any other secondary infections/problems. If the only thing to do after treating the ick is to fatten up your fish, then I think your doing good. You can do it!
And if the tang doesn't eat, it wasn't well anyway.I think you should tackle one problem at a time. Focus and fix one thing at a time. First kill the ick. Keep the copper in the QT at the proper dose and for the recommended amount of time. Then slowly lower the copper until it's gone and treat for any other secondary infections/problems. If the only thing to do after treating the ick is to fatten up your fish, then I think your doing good. You can do it!
I do not see a down side to the freshwater dip suggestion. It either eliminates a possibility or shows at least part of what is going on. Humblefish...would you add Methylene Blue?
The white stringy poop is usually pretty obvious. When healthy, it is usually solid and greenish.
Methylene Blue is excellent to use with either a FW dip or chemical bath (except acriflavine). I usually dose one capful per 2 gallons of water. However, I only use Methylene Blue in a small glass aquarium or white bucket so I can still see the fish and how well he's breathing thru the dye.
I am afraid of FW dips. I have done it 4 times and killed them all. I matched PH and temp and left them in for 3-5 minutes.
This.I've done probably hundreds of FW dips over a 35 year period and have never lost a fish that wasn't already on death's doorstep.
I can't catch a friggin break. Now the Tangs fins, the outer edge is turning brown. *** could that be?
I will tomorrow. Would prazi help with that?
So I going to do another round of Prazi. Should I take the filter pad insert out of the HOB filter?