Is this a Fluke?
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HotRocks
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Had 4 fish out of 11 with ick in my 245 DT. Tore apart/removed rock work to cacth all fish. Tank will be fallow for 76 days. Set up 2 40gal QT/Hospital tanks. I’m 28 days into Qt and 21 days at 5.0 cupramine. The Bellus had ick on her body and still has the one white dot on her tail fin. The watanabei never showed any ick. But developed a few weird/reddish scales two days ago. And a white streak on her tail. Now today I see what looks like a fluke? Should I pull her and treat with General cure or finish the copper? Both have stopped eating. My Desjardin had ick and has developed HLLE from the copper. I hate to pull it out with a week left of copper. Rest of the fish all look good. I haven’t lost any fish. I’ve never QT before but I will from now on ... what a mess. Any input is welcome.. Thanks.
Looks a bit large to be a fluke. Could possibly be a skin fluke. Does the spot stay in the same place?
It's very possible it could be the start of a bacterial infection. Common as the immune system is lowered due to ich affliction as well as being housed in copper.
Do you have Kanaplex and Furan-2?
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It’s just a bit lower than where the red scales where. But just appeared today. I’ll keep checking to see if it moves. I have Furan-2 on the way from Amazon. Ordered yesterday when I seen the redness. Should be here tomorrow. Can I use Furan with cupramine?
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Did a freshwater dip. It fell right off. Did both angels and the tang. Had a number of come off on the water. One was worm like. I put them back in the copper tank. Thinking I should finish the copper at this point then treat the tank with general cure. Thoughts ?
HotRocks
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Yes I would proceed with copper. Once copper is removed start GC or Prazipro.
The dip should have removed enough that there is relief until you are finished with copper.
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Thanks! I’m stressing over it all and just unsure
