ich?

[Rueda]

would you consider this ich? see his fins

 

[Crabs McJones]

would you consider this ich? see his fins

Oh boy, it certainly appears so. Are any other fish showing symptoms? Are you able to catch him and put him into a QT? #reefsquad to confirm?

 

[Rueda]

oh geez, just placed him in QT with cupramine. have another fish in there, so far they getting along. never showed any symptoms though, was eating fine and all.

 

[Rueda]

idk what happend, no new additions or changes besides couple mangroves

 

[Maritimer]

I suppose ich could have wandered in along with the mangroves ... although it's not really supposed to adhere to plants as well as it does to rock or shell. Glad to see you've got this guy in QT, because if that's not ich, then it's likely to be velvet. Are there any other fish in the tank you took the puffer from?

~Bruce

 

[djwasimani]

that looks bad. I am glad you QT the fish.

 

[Rueda]

the puffer didn't make it, also the flaming angle who I didn't put the in QT because he didn't look so bad didn't make it. In the QT I have the clown trigger, zebra fish. Still in the DT is a snowflake eel and wrasse, they seem to be ok. I am treating that tank with herbtana. I don't think it is ich, see some white slime coming off the clown

 

[Big G]

Sorry for your losses. The rapid deaths suggest velvet. Time is of the essence. Suggest you scroll down to the section titled "Emergency Treatment". https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/velvet-amyloodinium-ocellatum.217570/#post-2499399

 

[4FordFamily]

the puffer didn't make it, also the flaming angle who I didn't put the in QT because he didn't look so bad didn't make it. In the QT I have the clown trigger, zebra fish. Still in the DT is a snowflake eel and wrasse, they seem to be ok. I am treating that tank with herbtana. I don't think it is ich, see some white slime coming off the clown

Herbtana won’t help with any illness, unfortunately. Especially not once they’re showing symptoms to the degree you describe. Move on to copper or CP if you wish to clear your fish of what is likely velvet. Brook is another possibility, metroplex can take care of that, or general cure.

 

[Dom]

Sorry for your losses. The rapid deaths suggest velvet. Time is of the essence. Suggest you scroll down to the section titled "Emergency Treatment". https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/velvet-amyloodinium-ocellatum.217570/#post-2499399

Yeah... I suppose it could be velvet. But, is velvet the only fish disease that has a quick demise? I think observing behavior tells a lot. I suppose it's moot at this point. I'm sorry about the losses.

 

[4FordFamily]

Yeah... I suppose it could be velvet. But, is velvet the only fish disease that has a quick demise? I think observing behavior tells a lot. I suppose it's moot at this point. I'm sorry about the losses.

It definitely leads to death several orders of magnitude faster than any other parasite

 

[Sycoticrealm]

Puffers do not fair well in copper.
I'd suggest feeding heavy or risking a low salinity treatment.
They do not like to eat after or during copper treatments. I'd even recommended uv sterilizer.
This is my favorite fish i had a few a few years ago and returned them because of ich.
I finally drove 6 hours and found a healthy one.
It did just this and i fed it through it. Would still be alive now if i wouldn't of sold my tank and him to a LFS.
I really regret it but i was sick and couldn't care for that tank.

Oh, Nvm that sucks. RIP little guy/gal.

 

[Sycoticrealm]

Lets remember are fish! Come lets post some pictures of the beauty we all have lost.

 

[jeff williams]

The puffer looks like velvet to me sorry he didn't make it I would start getting the other fish in qt and treating them.

 

[Dom]

It definitely leads to death several orders of magnitude faster than any other parasite

So there isn't anything more quick and deadly than velvet? Or, as quick and deadly as velvet?

 

[Maritimer]

There are a few things - some gram-negative bacterial infections come to mind - but velvet is right up there with the worst of 'em, sometimes wiping a tank before you even notice the symptoms, as it can do its deadly work from inside the fishes' gills. It's kind of the standard-bearer. If someone says "It's almost as bad a velvet", you know it's pretty bad.

~Bruce

 

[4FordFamily]

There are a few things - some gram-negative bacterial infections come to mind - but velvet is right up there with the worst of 'em, sometimes wiping a tank before you even notice the symptoms, as it can do its deadly work from inside the fishes' gills. It's kind of the standard-bearer. If someone says "It's almost as bad a velvet", you know it's pretty bad.

~Bruce

Agree, I call velvet “fish Ebola”. Partly because that science class video about Ebola in junior high convinced me it was the most terrifying disease on earth. God bless anyone affected by it, yikes!

Anyway, velvet is the biggest killer (in terms of total deaths) by several orders of magnitude, but as mentioned, gram negative bacterial infections are just as deadly if not more deadly because of how fast they progress and how slow antibiotics will work on them... I would rather deal with velvet. They’re not very common, however.