In need of help with parasites

Josh jones · Mar 11, 2016

hello I'm in need of help please. I have only 2 fish in my tank 2 clowns and noticed 1 that had a tick thing on him so I gave him a fresh water bath and he has been fine but now the other has a cloudy eye and it seems to be a little swallowing and has a small scratch on his tail like he has rubbed on a rock but haven't seem him do it. Both seem to be doing fine eating and swimming and no rubbing on rocks. It all started when I got 15lbs of live rock from Tampa bay and it has been down hill from here and I'm not sure what to do water parameters are fine so what I'm asking is there anything thing I can do as far as treatment? I have 2 clowns 12 snails 12 hermit crabs 1 red crab that has fans on his mouth and from what I have been reading he is no threat and 1 pink tip

melypr1985 · Mar 11, 2016

HI there! I dont see anything wrong with your clowns from the pictures. This tick thing..... did it come off with the fresh water dip? Also, on the clown with the cloudy eye.... are both eyes cloudy, or just the one?

Josh jones · Mar 11, 2016

melypr1985 said:
HI there! I dont see anything wrong with your clowns from the pictures. This tick thing..... did it come off with the fresh water dip? Also, on the clown with the cloudy eye.... are both eyes cloudy, or just the one?

It did come off on one it was hanging on him on the bottom at least I think it came off in the dip but not sure had to remove all the rock to catch him lol so it might came off in the struggle or in the cup and the other one its just 1 eye cloudy

melypr1985 · Mar 11, 2016

Ok, so the 1 cloudy eye could be from an injury. Make sure the water is kept clean and his food is bolstered with vitamins like Selcon to help boost his immune system. He should be able to heal from this on his own. If not then you can feed him an antibiotic like kanaplex along with Focus to bind it to the food. Do that for 10 days straight... but only if you need to.

The tick thing worries me though. I guess you dont have a picture of it right? Can you describe it in as much detail as possible?

Josh jones · Mar 11, 2016

melypr1985 said:
Ok, so the 1 cloudy eye could be from an injury. Make sure the water is kept clean and his food is bolstered with vitamins like Selcon to help boost his immune system. He should be able to heal from this on his own. If not then you can feed him an antibiotic like kanaplex along with Focus to bind it to the food. Do that for 10 days straight... but only if you need to.

The tick thing worries me though. I guess you dont have a picture of it right? Can you describe it in as much detail as possible?

Only thing I can say it was like a very small white pod very small but big enough to notice it and you can see it dangling when he was swimming

Josh jones · Mar 11, 2016

Another picture

Josh jones · Mar 11, 2016

melypr1985 said:
Ok, so the 1 cloudy eye could be from an injury. Make sure the water is kept clean and his food is bolstered with vitamins like Selcon to help boost his immune system. He should be able to heal from this on his own. If not then you can feed him an antibiotic like kanaplex along with Focus to bind it to the food. Do that for 10 days straight... but only if you need to.

The tick thing worries me though. I guess you dont have a picture of it right? Can you describe it in as much detail as possible?

Posted a new picture

Duke4Life · Mar 11, 2016

Josh jones said:
Only thing I can say it was like a very small white pod very small but big enough to notice it and you can see it dangling when he was swimming

Are they glancing off the sand at all?

Josh jones · Mar 11, 2016

Duke4Life said:
Are they glancing off the sand at all?

What do you mean glancing?

Duke4Life · Mar 11, 2016

Josh jones said:
What do you mean glancing?

Occassionally dipping up against sand.

melypr1985 · Mar 11, 2016

did it look like this?

Duke4Life · Mar 11, 2016

This reminds me of my flukes episode.

Josh jones · Mar 11, 2016

melypr1985 said:
did it look like this?

I no the 1 he had was no more bigger than a grain of salt and I don't think it's ich cuz it was dangling like it was attached

Duke4Life · Mar 11, 2016

How long have you had?

Josh jones · Mar 11, 2016

Duke4Life said:
Occassionally dipping up against sand.

Um from what I seen no some times it looks like they look at the Sand and bite at it like there eating something but very rarely and she will like shaking her tail to make a hole where they sleep

melypr1985 · Mar 11, 2016

Josh jones said:
I no the 1 he had was no more bigger than a grain of salt and I don't think it's ich cuz it was dangling like it was attached

Ok, so Duke4Life mentioned flukes.... Was it black by chance?

Josh jones · Mar 11, 2016

Duke4Life said:
Are you comfortable doing a freshwater dip?

Yea I did one one the male but had to take everything out and it was such a pain even though I don't have much lol

Duke4Life · Mar 11, 2016

Prazipro and follow the directions, won't harm your tank. I've done myself.

Josh jones · Mar 11, 2016

melypr1985 said:
Ok, so Duke4Life mentioned flukes.... Was it black by chance?

No it was white but if you think they will be fine I'll just keep them on frozen shrimp pellets and flakes with garlic and vitamins and no other fish for a very long time or should I try a treatment I just don't want to do this due to I had a 100 gal with ich and it kill almost everything