Weird unknown infection !!!

[kshitijspencer]

Guys, im really worried, hes a 3 year old tang, and all the water parameters have been perfect since i put him the quarentine tank, been (2 months) i recently had a velvet infestation few weeks ago but i treated all of em with copper, and now im not sure, i used pimafix yesterday since i noticed some sports or itching, now its morphed into this, please someone help me

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

How long did you run the copper and what brand and dose did you use?
Jay

 

[kshitijspencer]

How long did you run the copper and what brand and dose did you use?
Jay

Seachem Cupramine, i dosed for about 2 months,

 

[Lemons]

Seachem Cupramine, i dosed for about 2 months,

at what concentration? if my current reading is correct it should be at roughly 0.5 ppm for the entire treatment?

 

[kshitijspencer]

at what concentration? if my current reading is correct it should be at roughly 0.5 ppm for the entire treatment?

Yess that is correct, ive used it as the instructions say

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

Yess that is correct, ive used it as the instructions say

I normally don't suggest using Cupramine longer than 1 month. Hepatus tangs can develop mucus plugs when held in copper for a long period. This doesn't look quite like that, but it may be it.

The scratching isn't an issue of mucus plugs either. Could be flukes. Prazipro is one treatment for that. A 5 minute freshwater dip will buy you some time if it is flukes (and you can look at the dip water for signs of dead flukes).

The larger white patch isn't flukes - it is either mucus or a bacterial infection.

Is the fish breathing heavily? Is it still eating?

Jay

 

[kshitijspencer]

I normally don't suggest using Cupramine longer than 1 month. Hepatus tangs can develop mucus plugs when held in copper for a long period. This doesn't look quite like that, but it may be it.

The scratching isn't an issue of mucus plugs either. Could be flukes. Prazipro is one treatment for that. A 5 minute freshwater dip will buy you some time if it is flukes (and you can look at the dip water for signs of dead flukes).

The larger white patch isn't flukes - it is either mucus or a bacterial infection.

Is the fish breathing heavily? Is it still eating?

Jay

Yess i did do a 5min freshwater dip, the fish is as aggressive in eating food as ever, but the scratching is still there, and i noticed some flukes from the freshwater dip, but he's still scatching and irritated, and in excellent feeding condition, also supplements and medicine like prazipro isnt readily available as there are no official stores which sell saltwater supplies in india, i just have the basics like the seachem testkits and red sea salt, and cupramine and some other things supplements available on amazon

 

[kshitijspencer]

Yess i did do a 5min freshwater dip, the fish is as aggressive in eating food as ever, but the scratching is still there, and i noticed some flukes from the freshwater dip, but he's still scatching and irritated, and in excellent feeding condition, also supplements and medicine like prazipro isnt readily available as there are no official stores which sell saltwater supplies in india, i just have the basics like the seachem testkits and red sea salt, and cupramine and some other things supplements available on amazon

And yes no heavy breathing

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

And yes no heavy breathing

Without access to Prazipro, your only other option would be a long term hyposalinity bath. In a treatment tank, you would lower the specific gravity over three days to 1.013 and hold it there for 35 days. During this time, you may need to buffer the water to keep the pH up around 8.

Jay

 

[kshitijspencer]

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Without access to Prazipro, your only other option would be a long term hyposalinity bath. In a treatment tank, you would lower the specific gravity over three days to 1.013 and hold it there for 35 days. During this time, you may need to buffer the water to keep the pH up around 8.

Jay

Alright, thank you so muchh but what exactly is it?

 

[kshitijspencer]

And will melafix/pimafix help? And i assume ill stop the cupramine now?

A

Alright, thank you so muchh but what exactly is it?

 

[kshitijspencer]

Also, how often do i do the freshwater dip? Or is it a one time thing?

 

[Lemons]

Also, how often do i do the freshwater dip? Or is it a one time thing?

When I was fighting flukes I think you can dip them every three days???? (don't quote me on that) but it only acts as a way to temporarily alieviate symptoms.

 

[kshitijspencer]

When I was fighting flukes I think you can dip them every three days???? (don't quote me on that) but it only acts as a way to temporarily alieviate symptoms.

Aah, google says every 24 hours, but i don't wanna stress him out, and hes in the same state as the picture since yesterday's freshwater dip

 

[kshitijspencer]

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Without access to Prazipro, your only other option would be a long term hyposalinity bath. In a treatment tank, you would lower the specific gravity over three days to 1.013 and hold it there for 35 days. During this time, you may need to buffer the water to keep the pH up around 8.

Jay

I have started the hyposalinity treatment , the white patches are looking better but the spots are still the same, ive done a 50% water change and will continue to slowly reduce the salinity over 2-3 days, still eating and active, again thank you so much for the advice Jay! I shall keep y'all posted