Help please

[Ben1982]

I have a few fish die lately in the 125 gallon tank. Several fish have just gone missing with out a trace. This tank is at my mother's house who lives about 45 minutes from me so I don't see the tank but once a week or so. I was there today and the fish seemed to look moldy with some sort of white discoloration. Doesn't really seem to look like ich or exactly like velvet. I'm leaning towards ich any help would be appreciated.

 

[MaxTremors]

Looks like ich to me, but I’m not a disease expert, you’ll need to put them in a hospital tank and medicate them (don’t want to medicate them in the display tank, unless you never plan on keeping any inverts or corals, including a CuC). There are detailed instructions in the fish disease forum.

 

[vetteguy53081]

This is past that. The engineer goby who is generally resistive is showing velvet which is much more lethal. You will have to do Immediate treatment to save them if you can. Once in the gills, they will be unable to properly breath and die quickly.
Treatment will be Coppersafe at 2.25ppm and you will want to increase oxygen with airstone. You will also need a reliable copper test kit and NO API brand either.
A freshwater dip generally offers temporary relief but I think these guys are far too stressed for that. Make sure the medication says , , Treats Oodinum

 

[Ben1982]

@vetteguy53081 is that coral safe this has gone on I'm afraid to the point there is way to many sick fish to treat in the small hospital tank? I could possibly make arrangements to have the lfs treat them if they have a open tank possibly.

 

[vetteguy53081]

@vetteguy53081 is that coral safe this has gone on I'm afraid to the point there is way to many sick fish to treat in the small hospital tank? I could possibly make arrangements to have the lfs treat them if they have a open tank possibly.

Not reef safe although what would work but a gamble is
Polyp lab MEDIC and Ruby Rally Pro combination. Time again is of essence

 

[Jedi1199]

This is past that. The engineer goby who is generally resistive is showing velvet which is much more lethal. You will have to do Immediate treatment to save them if you can. Once in the gills, they will be unable to properly breath and die quickly.
Treatment will be Coppersafe at 2.25ppm and you will want to increase oxygen with airstone. You will also need a reliable copper test kit and NO API brand either.
A freshwater dip generally offers temporary relief but I think these guys are far too stressed for that. Make sure the medication says , , Treats Oodinum

I agree to this,, these fish look very bad.. IMEDIATE treatment is a must.

 

[LAReefer4Life]

Not reef safe although what would work but a gamble is
Polyp lab MEDIC and Ruby Rally Pro combination. Time again is of essence

+1

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

This looks like advanced ich to me, but I'd need better images and more background information. A short video would show me if the goby is breathing fast, a key symptom of velvet.

One thing with ich, once fish loss has occurred, even prompt action may not save the remaining fish. Let's say the fish are dying at a rate one one a day. If you move the fish out and treat with copper, that will take 3 days to begin to work. That means even with no increase in the mortality rate, up to 3 more fish will die.

I hate to be a downer here, but that is the reality of these sorts of infections.

Jay