So I transferred all my old livestock into the new tank about a month ago. everyone was doing fine except my Chevron Tang had ich. Not a huge surprise since it comes and goes with him.
I added a few new fish over the last few weeks. Needless to say the ich started spreading to other fish. I should have expected it to a certain extent but the chevron had ich in my old tank and no one else ever got it.
I tried No-Ich marine first. That didn't do anything. Next I got some metranidizole and started soaking the food in it. Still no noticable improvements, in fact it got worse.
Monday I lost one of the new fish. The others looked about the same.
I also tried adding a little bit of Melafix to help them shake the ich.
Today I come home and the fish look horrible. My one tang has patches of white stuff on him. The chevron is still the same. My midas blenny looks like crap, his gills are swollen he has cloudy eyes and some weird spots.
The other fish seem to have tore up fins and look a little battered.
I was doing some research last night to see if it could possibly be something else. I came upon flukes.
Today I called up kee's and asked Jason what he thought about it. From what the symptoms he inquired about and the symptoms my fish have it seemed highly likely they could have flukes.
I went up to kee's and grabbed a bottle of Prazipro. I came home and dosed the recommended dosage. Now I have to sit and wait to see if they get better.
It's truly frustrating and heartbreaking. I've had some of these fish for 2+ years and they have always been healthy. Now I have them in a nice huge tank and they are dying.
I really hope most of them pull through. I'm crossing my fingers.
Anyone have any advise or experience with this sort of thing?
I added a few new fish over the last few weeks. Needless to say the ich started spreading to other fish. I should have expected it to a certain extent but the chevron had ich in my old tank and no one else ever got it.
I tried No-Ich marine first. That didn't do anything. Next I got some metranidizole and started soaking the food in it. Still no noticable improvements, in fact it got worse.
Monday I lost one of the new fish. The others looked about the same.
I also tried adding a little bit of Melafix to help them shake the ich.
Today I come home and the fish look horrible. My one tang has patches of white stuff on him. The chevron is still the same. My midas blenny looks like crap, his gills are swollen he has cloudy eyes and some weird spots.
The other fish seem to have tore up fins and look a little battered.
I was doing some research last night to see if it could possibly be something else. I came upon flukes.
Today I called up kee's and asked Jason what he thought about it. From what the symptoms he inquired about and the symptoms my fish have it seemed highly likely they could have flukes.
I went up to kee's and grabbed a bottle of Prazipro. I came home and dosed the recommended dosage. Now I have to sit and wait to see if they get better.
It's truly frustrating and heartbreaking. I've had some of these fish for 2+ years and they have always been healthy. Now I have them in a nice huge tank and they are dying.
I really hope most of them pull through. I'm crossing my fingers.
Anyone have any advise or experience with this sort of thing?
Sounds like the ich spreaded. Remember I told you about my disastrous story. I guess you can only go so far without qurantining fish. I've learned it the hard way and now I know how important qurantining is especially for Tangs and Angels. I can only suggest catching all the fish and putting them in a big container ...maybe a big plastic tub if you don't have anything else and copper treat them. And leave the tank fishless for 6-8 weeks. Good luck and hope your beautiful fish pull through!
