Naso with cloudy eyes

Izzy’sReefTank · Aug 30, 2022

After I get off work I will do that it will be close to 3pm before I can do the video.

Izzy’sReefTank · Aug 30, 2022

Jay Hemdal said:
Oh, I misunderstood - I thought you treated with prazi already.
Can you post a short video under white light of the remaining fish?
Jay

Izzy’sReefTank · Aug 30, 2022

Here they are eating

Izzy’sReefTank said:

i cannot get it to load video

Jay Hemdal · Aug 30, 2022

Tough to see, but the glimpses I got show that the fish are breathing REALLY fast. Since you had recent fish loss this is a serious issue. First thing, ensure the tank has good aeration - drop an airstone in, adjust pumps, etc. Is the water testing out o.k.? Zero ammonia?
Then, the most common cause of rapid breathing is gill disease. The most common of those is Amyloodinium, velvet. The treatment for that is copper in a treatment tank- can you do that?
Jay

slr · Aug 30, 2022

Izzy’sReefTank said:
Cloudy eyes on naso tang had him for almost a month and LFS QT it before brought home, any help on identifying and if I can dose anything to help.

Copper and prazi

Izzy’sReefTank · Aug 30, 2022

Jay Hemdal said:
Tough to see, but the glimpses I got show that the fish are breathing REALLY fast. Since you had recent fish loss this is a serious issue. First thing, ensure the tank has good aeration - drop an airstone in, adjust pumps, etc. Is the water testing out o.k.? Zero ammonia?
Then, the most common cause of rapid breathing is gill disease. The most common of those is Amyloodinium, velvet. The treatment for that is copper in a treatment tank- can you do that?
Jay

I have a Qt tank coming tomorrow, I did just dose the tank prazipro tonight, and I did do
A fresh water dip with tomini, so from what you are seeing you think it is velvet, I shut uv down and took skimmer cup off and just let skimmer over flow into the sump, I can turn my Nero’s up if that will help too

Jay Hemdal · Aug 30, 2022

Izzy’sReefTank said:
I have a Qt tank coming tomorrow, I did just dose the tank prazipro tonight, and I did do
A fresh water dip with tomini, so from what you are seeing you think it is velvet, I shut uv down and took skimmer cup off and just let skimmer over flow into the sump, I can turn my Nero’s up if that will help too

If the tomini shows any improvement, I would dip the others. I’m not 100% sure it is velvet, but it is more likely than the other things I can think of. Trouble is, velvet kills so quickly that you may lose more fish before you can get them treated …..
Jay

Izzy’sReefTank · Aug 30, 2022

Jay Hemdal said:
If the tomini shows any improvement, I would dip the others. I’m not 100% sure it is velvet, but it is more likely than the other things I can think of. Trouble is, velvet kills so quickly that you may lose more fish before you can get them treated …..
Jay

Best treatment is copper power for it?

Izzy’sReefTank · Aug 30, 2022

Izzy’sReefTank said:
Best treatment is copper power for it?

And fresh water dip I assume is what you are saying to do for the others correct?

Jay Hemdal · Aug 30, 2022

Izzy’sReefTank said:
And fresh water dip I assume is what you are saying to do for the others correct?

Yes - FW dip like you did for the tomini. Copper power or coppersafe at 2.5 ppm is how I would treat it. However, copper takes 3 days to start to work, and with fish dying like this, I worry about time.
Jay

Izzy’sReefTank · Aug 30, 2022

Jay Hemdal said:
Yes - FW dip like you did for the tomini. Copper power or coppersafe at 2.5 ppm is how I would treat it. However, copper takes 3 days to start to work, and with fish dying like this, I worry about time.
Jay

I will look at tomini in morning and see if he is better or worse or in changed, I noticed after FW dip his color was dark after I put him back in tank and he stayed at bottom of tank but seemed to come alive and swim after about 10 minutes and return to his normal hang out spot.

Izzy’sReefTank · Aug 30, 2022

Izzy’sReefTank said:
I will look at tomini in morning and see if he is better or worse or in changed, I noticed after FW dip his color was dark after I put him back in tank and he stayed at bottom of tank but seemed to come alive and swim after about 10 minutes and return to his normal hang out spot.

If I do decide I need to throw him in copper tomorrow is there any harm with me treating him with the prazi today?