Grouper and trigger seem to have ich

[Guynamedfish]

My triggerfish looks to have ich on him and my grouper Keeps rubbing himself on the sand do they have ich

 

[Sebastiancrab]

@Jay Hemdal

See if you can get some still pictures taken in white light. Need water parameters, age of tank.

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If it is ich, you will need a hospital tank, copper and need to take your tank fallow.

 

[Guynamedfish]

I don’t have a hospital tank do I need an extra tank it’s a Fowler with fish only I’m not home right now so I can’t get picture or parameters I can when I get home the tank is brand new and was established around july 23 and was stocked around aug 6

 

[Sebastiancrab]

If you never plan to have coral and have no invertebrates than you are ok. I use a ten gallon for 4 smaller fish. When the grouper rubs himself on the sand, what part of his body is he rubbing? Are they breathing fast?

Welcome by the way! Just an fyi, there is a forum just for fish diseases which has stickie threads too on different subjects. I have pinged Jay Hemdal who is the staff marine biologist so he is alerted to your posting. If you can get some better pictures, you will get an expert opinion.

I would encourage you to purchase a small tank to use for quarantine/hospital and stock a medicine cabinet.

 

[Sharkbait19]

Qt is definitely a good thing to have. That said, in a fowlr, hyposalinity is a treatment option for ich.
Post white light pics to confirm.

 

[Sebastiancrab]

Since it is a Sunday, if you are heading home and can swing by the LFS (and you don't have any medicines) I would pick up three - Rally Pro, Copper Power and Prazipro. I always keep these in my medicine cabinet.

 

[Guynamedfish]

Ok I’ll look into those medications and will also I’ll do that forum for just diseases so the grouper rubs his body on the left side and he breaths slow but concistent I probably won’t be able to post a thread on the medical forum till tomorrow

 

[Guynamedfish]

Also I have one invertebre but during the treatments I’ll probably put it in my 20 gallon it’s not a reef but a community tank

 

[Sharkbait19]

No need to start a new thread. All that does is confuse people with multiple threads on the same issue.

 

[Sharkbait19]

Also I have one invertebre but during the treatments I’ll probably put it in my 20 gallon it’s not a reef but a community tank

What kind of invert? Transferring it to the other tank is a vector for introducing ich to the other tank.

 

[Guynamedfish]

Now that I think of it I have a neighbor who also is a aquarist who has a couple quarantine tanks who said I can borrow his any time so I have that too

 

[Guynamedfish]

I have a chocolate chip starfish

 

[Guynamedfish]

Ok I won’t start a new thread I’m new to this sorry

 

[Guynamedfish]

Here’s the grouper and the trigger the grouper I took of Borge sides to show where you can see he has kind of a different mark
Ya

 

[Guynamedfish]

The first photo is the side he runs on the sand with

 

[Guynamedfish]

Tomorrow I’ll give parameter since it’s so late for me

 

[Guynamedfish]

Now the trigger seems to have white dots on It and is hiding so I can get a decent photo of him

 

[Guynamedfish]

Now the trigger seems to have white dots on It

 

[Guynamedfish]

I can’t get a picture of it because he’s hiding

 

[Guynamedfish]

Here he came out