Lethargic anthias in QT

[Radman73]

Took this pic while giving a FW dip to a lethargic lyre tail anthias. Had a couple that were lethargic but the other has perked up since adding an air pump to complement the power head and HOB. She’s been lethargic for 2-3 days.

It appears to me that there is some discoloration on her side. Does anyone concur? If so, treatment options?

I have General Cure, dosed in water column yesterday and more in hand, Ruby Reef Rally, Formalin, straight Prazi, metro, Furan-2, Kanaplex, and focus for the binder.

Thanks for any assistance!

 

[Humblefish]

I see some missing scales, but nothing too alarming.

 

[Radman73]

I see some missing scales, but nothing too alarming.

Thanks for the reply. Perhaps it's just being picked on. The two smaller ones were chased around a bit, but nowhere near continuously. This is one of the smaller ones. It will swim about occasionally but it's getting less and less often. The other 4 females and the male are all acting pretty normal. Before I added the air stone another had started acting lethargic as well, but all have picked up a bit since then.

 

[Radman73]

Oh, poops have all looked fine to me. A little stringy, but not white. No idea what normal anthias poop looks like.

 

[Radman73]

Sadly the fish did not make it. Attaching photos in the hopes we can point the finger at something. If we can’t, I may start ramping up the copper power immediately in case it is velvet.

 

[Humblefish]

Could those black dots be turbellarians??

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/black-ich-turbellarians.259912/

I originally discounted that possibility because you said General Cure had already been dosed into the water.

 

[Radman73]

I don't think so, here's a zoomed in pic.

 

[Brew12]

Sorry about your loss. Such beautiful fish and so delicate.
I recently got in a group of Bimac's and I had something similar. Blackish discoloration through the skin along with sluggish behavior. I added GC, Furan-2 and Kanaplex to the water. 2 of them passed in the next 24 to 36 hours but the rest were doing much better after 3 or 4 days.

 

[Radman73]

Sorry about your loss. Such beautiful fish and so delicate.
I recently got in a group of Bimac's and I had something similar. Blackish discoloration through the skin along with sluggish behavior. I added GC, Furan-2 and Kanaplex to the water. 2 of them passed in the next 24 to 36 hours but the rest were doing much better after 3 or 4 days.

The only thing I added was the GC, and all 5 of the remaining fish have been very active since. In fact, as I look down they're all staring up at me lol! It was just the one, maybe another but it's been fine since, leaving me to wonder if it was just a sick/stressed fish to begin with or if there was something else at play that I have to worry about. For now, I'll plan on running GC again on Monday and move into Copper Power after the post GC water change.

May have been flukes. I didn't do a FW dip until a day after I dosed GC. If anything came off during the FW dip it was very small. In any case, just hard to say.

 

[Radman73]

Just as an FYI for anyone who was or might read this thread it was most likely urenoma. I have another thread opened to deal with that. 3 females died so far but metro, water column and in food, seems to be holding it at bay for the 2 remaining females and the male. This is very similar to what 6 disparate anthias looked like that I lost last year, making me suspect urenoma in those cases as well. Discoloration, followed by red slashes, maybe a sore, and death. So, in my min anyway, if I see discoloration on an anthias I'm treating with metro ASAP in the future.