Help ID this, most likely ich

[Rivic]

hi all,

Had a bacterial outbreak recently, at least I think, and lost several fish including a regal, a multibar and a bella goby. Now my BTT looks like this. All other fish seem fine but I’m worried I now have an infestation. Just seeing if anyone can confirm.

 

[Hitman]

I think it’s ich. Let’s get some help. @Humblefish @4FordFamily #reefsquad.

 

[HotRocks]

It looks like ich + velvet. Either way there is most definitely parasites and possible secondary infection.

Treatment is the same. Copper (I use copper power at 1.75ppm). Move all fish to QT and get to the therapuetic minimum (1.50ppm for chelated copper) within 48hrs. You may need to add kanamycin + Nitrofurazone with copper to deal with infection. Kanaplex + Furan-2 or spectrogram.

5min FW dip + 90 min bath in acriflavine (Ruby Reef Rally) as you move fish from DT to QT may also beneficial.

Allow DT to be fallow for 76 days.

 

[AustinB]

I’m no expert but I found this article in another forum and it taught me a lot when I got my ich outbreak
http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forum/index.php?threads/marine-ich-myths-and-facts.23132/

 

[4FordFamily]

It looks like ich + velvet. Either way there is most definitely parasites and possible secondary infection.

Treatment is the same. Copper (I use copper power at 1.75ppm). Move all fish to QT and get to the therapuetic minimum (1.50ppm for chelated copper) within 48hrs. You may need to add kanamycin + Nitrofurazone with copper to deal with infection. Kanaplex + Furan-2 or spectrogram.

5min FW dip + 90 min bath in acriflavine (Ruby Reef Rally) as you move fish from DT to QT may also beneficial.

Allow DT to be fallow for 76 days.

I agree but it looks like velvet and brook to me. I’d start with copper as outlined above and if spots persist more than 5-6 days I’d add metroplex to the mix. I’d treat with metroplex after copper treatment.

 

[Rivic]

Thank you for the responses so far! It is not really feasible for me to set up a QT at the moment for various reasons. I am deployed at the moment and my wife is managing too much for me to ask her to do that. Is there any possible thing to do to at least manage this in the DT? What about just removing the fish and giving it to a LFS? I understand the parasites will still be alive in the DT but would this at least help? The fish seems to be acting fine, eats a ton, swims all over, no flashing that I could tell from talking to wife.

 

[Rivic]

UPDATE:

Trigger is dead. Died shortly after my last post here. All other fish, at the moment, seem fine and are eating and showing no signs. I am not naive enough to think I am out of the woods and I’m sure the parasite is lingering in the water column. I have no idea whether this is ich or velvet or whatever but my question is what now? Should I devote all my resources to setting up a QT and removing all fish and treating or wait for symptoms to appear and manage it if possible?

Current stock is:

2 snowflake ocellaris clowns

1 rose scale wrasse

1 yellow tang

1 leopard wrasse

2 scarlet cleaner shrimp

1 rbta

10 turbine snails

9 nessarious snails

Various LPS and soft coral frags

 

[HotRocks]

If it were me I would just get it over with. Move all fish to QT. Treat with copper + Metroplex or CP. That way you cover Brook, ich, velvet.

All inverts/coral stay in the DT and let it be fallow for 76 days.