Help me whit my Achilles tang!!!

[aquaat13thfloor]

Hello everyone, I have a question about my Achilles tang. I stardet my 4. aquarium and I got some new fish. A few days ago I noticed that my Achilles tang was scratching his gills and head on the sand. I don't know if he has gill flukes. He is swimming normally, he's eating normally, the water is very clean, he doesn't have ich or any other diseases. Also he's very territorial towards other fish. He's not showing any symptoms of gill flukes other than scratching on the sand. Also there are little dark white spots and lines but I think its from scratching. Today he's not scratching a lot but he's still scratching a litlle.If he has gill flukes can someone please help me i don't want him to die.

 

[Jay Hemdal]

Hello everyone, I have a question about my Achilles tang. I stardet my 4. aquarium and I got some new fish. A few days ago I noticed that my Achilles tang was scratching his gills and head on the sand. I don't know if he has gill flukes. He is swimming normally, he's eating normally, the water is very clean, he doesn't have ich or any other diseases. Also he's very territorial towards other fish. He's not showing any symptoms of gill flukes other than scratching on the sand. Also there are little dark white spots and lines but I think its from scratching. Today he's not scratching a lot but he's still scratching a litlle.If he has gill flukes can someone please help me i don't want him to die.

Welcome to Reef2Reef!

Scratching/flashing is often the only symptom you will see with flukes infections at first. Other symptoms develop as the disease progresses.

Do you have access to medication containing praziquantel? Hyposalinity also works, but that cannot be done in tanks with invertebrates in them.

Jay

 

[aquaat13thfloor]

Thank you very much, I am trying to buy PraziPro but i can't find it in my city. He got worse now his eye is cloudy. Can I put the medication in the aquarium whit other fish? I will try PraziPro if that doesn't work is freshwater dipping an option?

 

[Jay Hemdal]

Thank you very much, I am trying to buy PraziPro but i can't find it in my city. He got worse now his eye is cloudy. Can I put the medication in the aquarium whit other fish? I will try PraziPro if that doesn't work is freshwater dipping an option?

Is just one eye cloudy? With flukes, usually both eyes get cloudy.

Prazipro (praziquantel) is generally safe for all aquarium animals if the tank has good aeration in it. A freshwater dip can buy you some time, but does have some risk to it because you have to catch the fish to do it, and that can injure it if you are not careful. Here is some information about dips:

Freshwater Dips

“Freshwater dips” (FW Dips) are commonly used to dislodge certain parasites from the skin of marine fishes. This is more of a diagnostic tool, and less of a permanent cure. Dips can be used to lower the parasite load temporarily, while waiting for another treatment to begin. Looking at the...

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Jay

 

[aquaat13thfloor]

Maybe the 1 eye that got cloudy was because of scratching, I put him in a 54 Liter quarantine aquarium whit trimarin by esha. I checked up on him this morning and the eye is way less cloudy but he's still scratching on the glass. It says that i have to put the trimarin 2 times a week to kill the flukes. Thank you.

 

[aquaat13thfloor]

Here is a little photo of him if maybe somebody can notice a disease of he has a another one. I hopefully think he has not.

 

[aquaat13thfloor]

Here it is. I forgot to put it in the last reply.

 

[jmichaelh7]

Here it is. I forgot to put it in the last reply.

Beautiful fish good luck

 

[aquaat13thfloor]

Thanks!

 

[Jay Hemdal]

Maybe the 1 eye that got cloudy was because of scratching, I put him in a 54 Liter quarantine aquarium whit trimarin by esha. I checked up on him this morning and the eye is way less cloudy but he's still scratching on the glass. It says that i have to put the trimarin 2 times a week to kill the flukes. Thank you.

Esha products are not common in the US. I looked up the ingredients of Trimarin and it is not clear. It seems to contain some copper, an antiseptic and iodine/povidone. None of those are really effective against flukes.

eSHA gdex contains praziquantel, and that will work for flukes. However, you may be aware, but achilles tangs are VERY susceptible to marine ich as well.

Jay

 

[aquaat13thfloor]

I saw little dots that seemed like marine velvet so I got scared and ordered eSHa 2009 and eSHa gdex. Can any of the 3 medicines cure him. Im also not sure if o can mix them.

 

[tzabor10]

Do you have a UV sterilizer? That might help with this issue in the future. Good luck. Beautiful fish

 

[Jay Hemdal]

I saw little dots that seemed like marine velvet so I got scared and ordered eSHa 2009 and eSHa gdex. Can any of the 3 medicines cure him. Im also not sure if o can mix them.

Sorry, I can’t tell you if you can mix these. Can you contact the company?

As I mentioned in my first post, another option would be hyposalinity. That will control ich and flukes at the same time.

Hyposalinity

Hyposalinity Jay Hemdal 2021 This term refers to a long-term bath treatment for marine fishes in which the salt content of the water is lowered and held below the point that certain parasites can survive. The salt level reached, and the time of the treatment are the two variables...

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Jay

 

[aquaat13thfloor]

Do you have a UV sterilizer? That might help with this issue in the future. Good luck. Beautiful fish

No but i have an Ozone, I just ordered an UV sterilizer. Thank you!

 

[aquaat13thfloor]

Sorry, I can’t tell you if you can mix these. Can you contact the company?

As I mentioned in my first post, another option would be hyposalinity. That will control ich and flukes at the same time.

Hyposalinity

Hyposalinity Jay Hemdal 2021 This term refers to a long-term bath treatment for marine fishes in which the salt content of the water is lowered and held below the point that certain parasites can survive. The salt level reached, and the time of the treatment are the two variables...

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Jay

Myself I am gonna try to contact the company, but I also think I can mix them because on their website there is a manual how to make a quarantine tank. It says that i have to mix all of their 5 medicines for it to be a quarantine tank. Also i tried hyposalinity and my salinity is on 120. He's better now and i apriciate the help you are giving me.

 

[aquaat13thfloor]

Got more problems with him! Now on his left eye he has a little white dot, for sure not eye flukes he's stop scratching he had flukes before. He's tired of the medication he started going near at the top of the QT but he has a air pump. Just today he started going near the top, but he has the white dot on the eye for 3 days now. It's not spreading, he's eating well. What do you all think about it?

 

[Jay Hemdal]

Got more problems with him! Now on his left eye he has a little white dot, for sure not eye flukes he's stop scratching he had flukes before. He's tired of the medication he started going near at the top of the QT but he has an air pump. Just today he started going near the top, but he has the white dot on the eye for 3 days now. It's not spreading, he's eating well. What do you all think about it?

Can you tell - is the spot on the outside surface of the eye or inside the eye? It’s just on one eye, right?

 

[aquaat13thfloor]

Likey its in the eye. Its under the slimy layer that protects the eye. Its just one eye.

 

[aquaat13thfloor]

It's it the eye. Is it a bacterial infection, and I think its not Lymphocytes because its no on the surface. Do I treat him whit Trimarin?

 

[Jay Hemdal]

It's it the eye. Is it a bacterial infection, and I think its not Lymphocytes because its no on the surface. Do I treat him whit Trimarin?

It could be a cataract. Fish develop this in captivity for unknown reasons. There is also a rare internal eye fluke. Neither of those conditions are treatable though, sorry.