Undulate triggerfish itching

vetteguy53081 · Mar 2, 2023

Tanglover1 said:
No worries problem solved. I'll shift fish to another tank I'll going to buy/rent Tommorow. Hope it survives for 1 day

Provide aeration with air stone and you can safely reduce salinity or go hyposalinity (to 1.009) as an alternative but I recommend copper power or else coppersafe which are very similar.

Tanglover1 · Mar 2, 2023

Done freshwater dip. It only able to stay for 2 min with air stone but it always play dead (I think) so pulled it back. It made big holes in my nets so I'll hv to buy that too. I only noticed bristleworm in fw dip

Tanglover1 · Mar 2, 2023

vetteguy53081 said:
Provide aeration with air stone and you can safely reduce salinity or go hyposalinity (to 1.009) as an alternative but I recommend copper power or else coppersafe which are very similar.

Salinity is 1.010 which is low of qt. should I reduce more?

vetteguy53081 · Mar 2, 2023

Tanglover1 said:
Salinity is 1.010 which is low of qt. should I reduce more?

Youre fine at this level and will help buy time until you switch to copper based product

Jay Hemdal · Mar 2, 2023

Tanglover1 said:
It is breathing fine. Can it be itch? Last time I battled velvet , fish were breathing fast. It had lympho from biggining that I know

If it is breathing fine and still eating, you can rule out velvet. Late stage ich can look like this, but the fish wouldn’t be eating still. My vote is that it is Neobenedenia flukes. You can try a 5 minute FW dip to see if any drop off - they look like translucent scales.
Jay

Tanglover1 · Mar 3, 2023

Jay Hemdal said:
If it is breathing fine and still eating, you can rule out velvet. Late stage ich can look like this, but the fish wouldn’t be eating still. My vote is that it is Neobenedenia flukes. You can try a 5 minute FW dip to see if any drop off - they look like translucent scales.
Jay

Yes it is still eating. I hv done fw dip and it is looking good. I again do that. I hv seen white worm like thing falling off when I done that. Any idea? Can be bristleworm but still wanna confirm

Tanglover1 · Mar 3, 2023

I got Scalp like thing after fw dip. That looks like a white dot. Hope u can see this. Is there anything I can do so that triggefish can't tear net? It had bitten 2 nets from yesterday

Jay Hemdal · Mar 3, 2023

I got Scalp like thing after fw dip. That looks like a white dot. Hope u can see this. Is there anything I can do so that triggefish can't tear net? It had bitten 2 nets from yesterday

If it was Neobenedenia you should see dozens of flukes, so I’m less sure of the diagnosis now. Maybe it is late stage ich after all?
Jay

Tanglover1 · Mar 3, 2023

Jay Hemdal said:
I got Scalp like thing after fw dip. That looks like a white dot. Hope u can see this. Is there anything I can do so that triggefish can't tear net? It had bitten 2 nets from yesterday

If it was Neobenedenia you should see dozens of flukes, so I’m less sure of the diagnosis now. Maybe it is late stage ich after all?
Jay

I hv seen many dots

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, flukes like things when I introduced it back. It everytime fools me by playing death. Those were looking like this but in bucket I didn't able to see but inside aquarium I seen many. One unlucky thing is I hv introduced a lionfish into my display and it is also showing these symptoms so I am thinking to shift all my fishes to somewhere else and restart. I done freshwater dip for just 2 min. They were looking like this

Tanglover1 · Mar 3, 2023

Or should I reduce my salinity to 1.009 i.e, hyposalinity? Fish is eating but becoming little lazy. After fw dip, cloudy eyes r gone and fins r turning back to normal.

KING KONG · Mar 3, 2023

Tanglover1 said:
Or should I reduce my salinity to 1.009 i.e, hyposalinity? Fish is eating but becoming little lazy. After fw dip, cloudy eyes r gone and fins r turning back to normal.

Sorry to confuse but I think they r flukes as they r more white. Droping salinity to 1.009 is a good idea and u will be fine after 2-3weeks
Sorry if I said something wrong. Not sure if u can place lion there with undy

Weeb · Mar 3, 2023

Tanglover1 said:
Or should I reduce my salinity to 1.009 i.e, hyposalinity? Fish is eating but becoming little lazy. After fw dip, cloudy eyes r gone and fins r turning back to normal.

Check out the Fish Nutrition post for some feeding suggestions. In that post, I would also be sure to use the supplements for an ill fish. Hope your fishes come through this.

Jay Hemdal · Mar 3, 2023

Tanglover1 said:
I hv seen many dots

, flukes like things when I introduced it back. It everytime fools me by playing death. Those were looking like this but in bucket I didn't able to see but inside aquarium I seen many. One unlucky thing is I hv introduced a lionfish into my display and it is also showing these symptoms so I am thinking to shift all my fishes to somewhere else and restart. I done freshwater dip for just 2 min. They were looking like this

Whoa! Those are Neobenedenia flukes! They didn’t show up in your first images.
Hyposalinity at 1.012 for 35 will work. It is less stressful to the fish than 1.009 is. Only use 1.009 if you are also worried about ich. Remember to end hyposalinity very slowly, over 5 to 7 days.
Jay

Tanglover1 · Mar 4, 2023

Jay Hemdal said:
Whoa! Those are Neobenedenia flukes! They didn’t show up in your first images.
Hyposalinity at 1.012 for 35 will work. It is less stressful to the fish than 1.009 is. Only use 1.009 if you are also worried about ich. Remember to end hyposalinity very slowly, over 5 to 7 days.
Jay

My salinity is at 1.010 so why I am facing these? I think I should check with another device. My p. lionfish and baby domino demsel also got these problems, what to do?

Jay Hemdal · Mar 4, 2023

Tanglover1 said:
My salinity is at 1.010 so why I am facing these? I think I should check with another device. My p. lionfish and baby domino demsel also got these problems, what to do?

There is a rare brackish water fluke that looks like Neobenedenia - if your fish has that, hypo won’t control it, you’ll have to try multiple Prazipro treatments, 3 to 5, eight days apart - it is a chore.
Jay

Tanglover1 · Mar 5, 2023

Jay Hemdal said:
There is a rare brackish water fluke that looks like Neobenedenia - if your fish has that, hypo won’t control it, you’ll have to try multiple Prazipro treatments, 3 to 5, eight days apart - it is a chore.
Jay

Is this a symptom of flukes? My lionfish spine has become naked and something is gone wrong with it's skin.

Tanglover1 · Mar 5, 2023

I hv checked water parameters but my guess is undy may be picking it but just wanna confirm. I think I should shift to prazi from hypo too

Jay Hemdal · Mar 5, 2023

Tanglover1 said:
Is this a symptom of flukes? My lionfish spine has become naked and something is gone wrong with it's skin.

Ah, I just responded to your other thread on the lionfish.
Jay

Tanglover1 · Mar 14, 2023

I got some bussy days. Undy founds it's new home after getting well. I finnally found an Owner which wants to keep it alone. This time I personally made sure that undy finds a good home. Lionfish also gets well but the person to which I given my Tangs denied to give my Tangs back so I'll hv to add new fishes to my dt. Just my Domino demsel wouldn't make it otherwise all fishes seems healthy. Lionfish's skin also came back and it looked like that it was before

Thx everyone