Metroplex and Prazipro

Humblefish · Apr 30, 2017

It might just be Lympho: https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/lymphocystis.257461/

Although a bacterial infection is not out of the question either. Is the eye getting cloudy? Is the white thing on the inside or outside of the eyeball?

lilchris_357 · Apr 30, 2017

Eye is not getting cloudy. It appears to be on inside

lilchris_357 · Apr 30, 2017

Everything is pointing to no cure for them but good water chemistry and low stress. My wife is saying I should put him in the display tank. What are your thoughts? He's been through TTM and 2 rds of Prazipro but not eating. He still has good color and is swims. No heavy breathing, twitching or scratching. Just hiding out.

Humblefish · Apr 30, 2017

lilchris_357 said:
Everything is pointing to no cure for them but good water chemistry and low stress. My wife is saying I should put him in the display tank. What are your thoughts? He's been through TTM and 2 rds of Prazipro but not eating. He still has good color and is swims. No heavy breathing, twitching or scratching. Just hiding out.

Didn't this fish have white & stringy poop i.e. intestinal worms?

lilchris_357 · Apr 30, 2017

Yes, you are correct. That's why I'M not putting him in and that's why I'm asking your opinion. I haven't got him to eat.

Humblefish · Apr 30, 2017

lilchris_357 said:
Yes, you are correct. That's why I'M not putting him in and that's why I'm asking your opinion. I haven't got him to eat.

I wouldn't add him until his poop returns to normal (brown). Dosing the water with Metroplex or General Cure are your best options if he's not eating. If another fish eats his white stringy poop, they will also become infected.

lilchris_357 · Apr 30, 2017

Copy. That's what I'm going to do.

ngoodermuth · May 1, 2017

+1 IME fairy wrasses are generally good eaters. I wouldn't put him in the display until you address whatever is bugging him - likely the internal parasites.

lilchris_357 · May 1, 2017

Today the wrasse has been in 2 metroplex treatments. He' s still not eatung. He hiding in the corner. Just going to make it a less stressful environment and hopefully he pulls through. He still has his colors.