Please Help Identify

Digicop · Jun 5, 2023

Please help me identify. I have lost 6 fish and thought I was past it, but now I have two for sure showing symptoms.

I apologize for the poor images, but they wouldn't cooperate and stay still

Thanks,

Ashley

vetteguy53081 · Jun 5, 2023

Digicop said:
Please help me identify. I have lost 6 fish and thought I was past it, but now I have two for sure showing symptoms.

I apologize for the poor images, but they wouldn't cooperate and stay still

Thanks,

Ashley

These are mucus cones associated with past ich or skin irritation. Assure your water quality is within safe ranges with a reliable test kit.
Is fish eating at all?
Any sign of heavy breathing?

I recommend treating all the remaining fish in quarantine using Coppersafe or Copper Power at therapeutic level 2.25-2.5 For a FULL 30 days (do not interrupt this 30 day period) monitored by a reliable Copper Test kit such as Hanna Brand- No API brand. Also monitor Ammonia levels while in quarantine with a reliable test kit and add aeration during treatment using an air stone.
The display tank will have to be kept fishless (FALLOW) for 6-8 weeks to assure the existing parasites go through their life cycle without a host fish and die off
A quarantine tank can be as simple as a starter kit from Walmart which most of the needed essentials.

Digicop · Jun 5, 2023

Yes all except Foxface are eating well. Do I need to remove snails and shrimp from DT or they can’t extend the life cycle? What do I need to do to ensure I don’t lose corals when I go fishless?

vetteguy53081 · Jun 5, 2023

Digicop said:
Yes all except Foxface are eating well. Do I need to remove snails and shrimp from DT or they can’t extend the life cycle? What do I need to do to ensure I don’t lose corals when I go fishless?

Move fish only to a separate quarantine tank.Inverts and coral can remain in display tank during fishless period

Jay Hemdal · Jun 5, 2023

Digicop said:
Please help me identify. I have lost 6 fish and thought I was past it, but now I have two for sure showing symptoms.

I apologize for the poor images, but they wouldn't cooperate and stay still

Thanks,

Ashley

Filefish are notoriously difficult to see skin infections on. The tang and the wrasse look really good.
What symptoms did the six fish show before they died? What was the time frame of the deaths?
Jay

Digicop · Jun 5, 2023

The blue tang and two blenny were new and we figured it was stress of new tank. The only fish with symptoms was the fish in this video. The rest just disappeared or found dead. This was a learning lesson.

Digicop · Jun 5, 2023

Here is another video and pics after it was dead.

Jay Hemdal · Jun 5, 2023

The very rapid breathing and no severe skin lesions leads me to think Amyloodinium/velvet.
Treatment options are severely limited - once fish loss has begun from velvet it is really difficult to stop. The treatment of choice is to move the affected fish to a quarantine tank and treat with copper….

Jay