Bluethroat Trigger Fish Issue

[jah-hoeva]

Any ideas what the big spots are? I will try to get a better look at him. You can kinda make them out in the video. Never seen this before.

I will get some better shots of him when I get home.

Joe

 

[jah-hoeva]

 

[Humblefish]

I would give him a 5 min FW dip to check for flukes: https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/freshwater-dip.248898/

Report back with your findings.

 

[jah-hoeva]

A few small white specs in the fw bath water after 5 minutes. Real small.

 

[HotRocks]

Did the things that fell off the fish you are referring to (the white specs) look like sesame seeds? Or about that size?

 

[jah-hoeva]

To be honest they looked smaller.

 

[HotRocks]

To be honest they looked smaller.

How small are we talking? Can you reference the size to something?

 

[jah-hoeva]

Half the size of a poppy seed. I’m thinking poppy seed on a bagel size here. Pretty small. There were five or less that I could see in the bowl.

 

[HotRocks]

I doubt it is flukes then if that small, but lets see what @4FordFamily @Humblefish @Big G @melypr1985 have to say.

 

[jah-hoeva]

He does not mind his picture being taken. Hopefully someone can diagnose him.

 

[HolisticBear]

Just wanted to say beautiful fish, hope the team can heal him up

 

[jah-hoeva]

Thank you. I hope so too because he is growing on me fast.

 

[HotRocks]

Those pics sure look like flukes. Do you have prazipro or general cure on hand?

 

[jah-hoeva]

I have prazipro on hand. They are on day two of a tank transfer so I was waiting for the next transfer to dose the new tank.

 

[4FordFamily]

I think that looks like some crazy flukes as well. If they didn’t fall off in a FW dip though I wonder.

 

[jah-hoeva]

Yeah he had a full 5 minute dip in some 79 degree rodi a few hours ago. Going to try prazipro in a day when they go into their next tank.

 

[jah-hoeva]

Bump. Water change and prazipro? Move the tank transfer up to today and get him in prazi now?

Looking at his top fin I was thinking some ruby Reef rally may help. Really just guessing here.

 

[HotRocks]

A bath in RRR may help prevent infection. I would go ahead and dose prazipro. You may need antibiotics by the time you are finished with two rounds of prazi if you don't have them on hand. I would get metroplex, Kanaplex, and Furan-2.

 

[jah-hoeva]

Male had a rally bath and went into a clean tank with prazi Saturday night. when I checked on him yesterday he appeared pretty much spot free as compared to the pictures above. Not active but visibly cleaner. Found him laying dead this morning though.

I want to replace him but want to establish a better qt/medication system Incase of a similar event. Maybe a FW dip and right into copper?

Tough Monday.
Joe

 

[jah-hoeva]

Just an update, per my photos, LA got back to me that their people think my issue is brook and it should be treated with formaldehyde.