Ich problem?????????

[Cindarella]

hello in the last 2 days i have lost my foxface and Angel fish both with no signs of sickness, i thought maybe my anenome stung them as the where laying underneath it. The last couple of days I have noticed a few white spots on my puffer but nothing to cause concern, we have had alot of hot weather the last few weeks and my tank has been running at 30'c the heater is off and I have been cooling the tank. This morning I noticed my puffer wasn't well he is completely covered in white spots and his eyes are cloudy and breathing really heavy, the first thing I did was to see if he eat, only a half a muscle, which isn't normal for him he is usually a pig i then turned the lights off and covered the tank, and kept it that way until I could get a qt tank 10l this afternoon, I have set it up and put the puffer on his own i have a internal foam filter and a small led light, I have also put in 1/2ml oodinol (copper) the puffer is now just swimming in the same spot. Is there anything else I can do ?

 

[FangsAndGames]

This is a vid that should help

 

[DaddyFish]

For puffers, I highly recommend a 5-minute fresh water dip every 2-3 days until all external parasite symptoms disappear. They're strong fish and the fw dip gives them temporary relief.

 

[TriggerFinger]

Wrong post; deleted. Sorry!

 

[vetteguy53081]

I suspect both flukes and crypto
Do start with freshwater dip

@Jay Hemdal

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

Yes, as @vetteguy53081 said, start with a FW dip. I would then follow it with copper power, copper safe or other organically chelated copper product and a good test kit.

I'm concerned that your other fish died "with no symptoms", they would not have died from being stung by an anemone if you have any of the commons aquarium species. Watch for rapid breathing as a symptom, it is a relative thing, and people sometimes miss it.

Jay