Fish disease ID

[Larry101]

Here’s the story:

I bought a pair of mocha clowns from my lfs and within a month the male clown started showing signs of something (he had a couple of dots). I took the pair out of the DT and put them in a 10 gallon qt tank. My DT has been fishless for about 2 and a half weeks now, and I have been dosing Paraguard every day. The symptoms on the male have progressed and I was wondering if the disease would be now diagnosable through 2 picks of the male (sorry for the bad angles, the tank is set up in the basement and it is hard to photograph as it’s in a clutter of my fish supplies). I don’t think it’s ich (but I could be wrong), I’m thinking it’s either velvet or brook. Please let me know your thoughts, thanks!

 

[sfin52]

What other symptoms are you dealing with

 

[Larry101]

What other symptoms are you dealing with

It's only the male that is dealing with some symptoms. He has been flaring his gills/breathing heavily. Also, I think the male also has intestinal parasites because he has been having white poop. I will definitely have to dose metroplex to the clowns as well.

 

[sfin52]

May be in the gills as well

 

[Larry101]

May be in the gills as well

To me he looks to have some pale patches on his body.

 

[sfin52]

To me he looks to have some pale patches on his body.

Have you treaded for flukes.

 

[Larry101]

Have you treaded for flukes.

I didn't even think of flukes which would mostly make sense given the symptoms with the exception of the white specs I saw in the beginning (wouldn't that point to either velvet or brook then?). Should I go ahead and treat with prazipro?

 

[sfin52]

I didn't even think of flukes which would mostly make sense given the symptoms with the exception of the white specs I saw in the beginning (wouldn't that point to either velvet or brook then?). Should I go ahead and treat with prazipro?

I would. The white spots could have been ich.

 

[sfin52]

I didn't even think of flukes which would mostly make sense given the symptoms with the exception of the white specs I saw in the beginning (wouldn't that point to either velvet or brook then?). Should I go ahead and treat with prazipro?

If it was velvet or brook your fish most likely would have parished already.

 

[Larry101]

If it was velvet or brook your fish most likely would have parished already.

I'm not really sure what is in paraguard or why I have paraguard over cupramine, but I have been dosing it for about 2 and a half weeks in the qt tank. Could that have possibly slowed it down? I attached pics of the specs on the male clown the first time I noticed something was wrong.

 

[sfin52]

Doest resemble brook or velvet. Brook makes the fish look like its sloughing skin or mucus. Velvet looks like a fish has been sprinkled with powder sugar.

My guess is flukes and ich.

 

[Larry101]

Doest resemble brook or velvet. Brook makes the fish look like its sloughing skin or mucus. Velvet looks like a fish has been sprinkled with powder sugar.

My guess is flukes and ich.

What would you recommend I should dose and for how long?

 

[sfin52]

What would you recommend I should dose and for how long?

I would dose prazipro and fallow the instructions.

 

[Larry101]

I would dose prazipro and fallow the instructions.

Should I stop with the paraguard then?

 

[sfin52]

I would and if the spots come back I would look at treating with copper.

 

[Larry101]

I would and if the spots come back I would look at treating with copper.

Sounds good! Thank you so much for all of your help. I will give an update in around a month.

 

[sfin52]

Sounds good! Thank you so much for all of your help. I will give an update in around a month.

Your more than welcome