Hello all. I've been fighting what I believe is ich on my clown goby for several months now. Today, after a change in treatment (going from hypo salinity to TTM) he started to get worse. Now he is very lethargic and "coughing" (video link below).
Here is a rundown of the symptoms, some history, and last 72hrs.
- Flashing and salt specks lead me to believe he has had ich. Originally treated with Marine Land All-in-one. Symptoms went away but came back. Next up I tried 3 weeks of hypo (first week included marine land all-in-one) at a salinity of 1.008. 95% of spots were eradicated but he still had 1-3 at a time and would flash. So last night I prepped a 1 gallon tank (he was originally in this tank but I moved him to a 5g for the hypo treatment). I had cleaned this 1g tank with vinegar and rinsed 3 weeks prior.
- 1g tank has a heater, bubbler, and half pvc pipe in it.
- Last 72 hrs. Over the course of 48hrs I raised the salinity in the 5g tank he was in from 1.008 to 1.012. 24hrs ago I transferred him into the 1g tank with a salinity of 1.015 treated with an ammonia reducer.
- He wouldn't eat this morning and I noticed him coughing. I was nearly out of RO and salt water so I transferred him to a small cup with matching salinity with the water I had remaining and stuck in a bubbler. Ran to my LFS and got water. Cleaned his 1g tank again (with RO). Refilled and matched salinity. Added him back. No change in symptoms after 1 hour.
- Gave him a FWD. He was upside down the entire time and breathing heavy so I cut it at 4min. I didn't notice anything come off of him during this time. Symptoms did not improve so here I am with this post. It's been a stressful day for the little guy. Any help would be much appreciated.
Video: https://youtu.be/ShMMx79CopE
Here is a rundown of the symptoms, some history, and last 72hrs.
- Flashing and salt specks lead me to believe he has had ich. Originally treated with Marine Land All-in-one. Symptoms went away but came back. Next up I tried 3 weeks of hypo (first week included marine land all-in-one) at a salinity of 1.008. 95% of spots were eradicated but he still had 1-3 at a time and would flash. So last night I prepped a 1 gallon tank (he was originally in this tank but I moved him to a 5g for the hypo treatment). I had cleaned this 1g tank with vinegar and rinsed 3 weeks prior.
- 1g tank has a heater, bubbler, and half pvc pipe in it.
- Last 72 hrs. Over the course of 48hrs I raised the salinity in the 5g tank he was in from 1.008 to 1.012. 24hrs ago I transferred him into the 1g tank with a salinity of 1.015 treated with an ammonia reducer.
- He wouldn't eat this morning and I noticed him coughing. I was nearly out of RO and salt water so I transferred him to a small cup with matching salinity with the water I had remaining and stuck in a bubbler. Ran to my LFS and got water. Cleaned his 1g tank again (with RO). Refilled and matched salinity. Added him back. No change in symptoms after 1 hour.
- Gave him a FWD. He was upside down the entire time and breathing heavy so I cut it at 4min. I didn't notice anything come off of him during this time. Symptoms did not improve so here I am with this post. It's been a stressful day for the little guy. Any help would be much appreciated.
Video: https://youtu.be/ShMMx79CopE
