This is really really bad, @i cant think @Jay Hemdal is this what I think it is? The dreaded ich? It is all through his dorsal fins and on his tail. Many more dots than visible in this photo.
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You will definitely need an invert safe medication unless you have another spare tank.@i cant think all I have is Prazi Pro and API Melafix and I don’t think either will do anything, maybe Prazi? Otherwise I’ll have to go out again tomorrow. Also I will need a medication that is invert safe, do you know of any?
Ok I’ll do that, how long would the dip be?You will definitely need an invert safe medication unless you have another spare tank.
Melafix is good for inverts (I’ve dosed it in a tank with inverts and they didn’t seem affected) however it doesn’t cure Ich which is what it seems you have.
If you have RO, do a fresh water dip and see if anything falls off, that will eliminate ideas of Velvet.
I believe it’s generally 3-4 minutes however I’ve never personally had to do a dip (even in an LFS). I’ve had to deal with diseases like ich and velvet in an LFS environment.Ok I’ll do that, how long would the dip be?
I did the dip and no spots fell off that I could see.I believe it’s generally 3-4 minutes however I’ve never personally had to do a dip (even in an LFS). I’ve had to deal with diseases like ich and velvet in an LFS environment.
I would only treat the nano if your fish in that tank start showing signs of ich.@i cant think this fish was originally in my nano and I moved it here, to my pico does that mean I need to treat my nano too? It has a small mandarin, two small clowns, a lawnmower blenny and two small BTA's.
I believe it will however @Jay Hemdal will likely know better than me.
Ok, thanks as always. Sounds like we need Jay here.I would only treat the nano if your fish in that tank start showing signs of ich.
I believe it will however @Jay Hemdal will likely know better than me.
This is really really bad, @i cant think @Jay Hemdal is this what I think it is? The dreaded ich? It is all through his dorsal fins and on his tail. Many more dots than visible in this photo.
@Jay Hemdal what is the best course of action?
The blenny is actually really tiny, about an inch long. The spots don’t seem to be moving. I will buy some invert safe ich medication later today.Sorry - we were driving back from Florida today....
First thing is to try and confirm it is ich. The spots look a bit large, but I've been fooled before with ich on small fish (making it look a lot larger). Are the spots changing location and numbers day to day? If not, then it isn't ich.
Jay
The store ended up being all out of that Ich medication I was looking at so instead I ended up with Infect-O 4Ich which is reef safe so I assume it is invert safe.
The ingredients are as followsDo you have any idea what the active ingredient is? I've never heard of that one. Many "reef safe" medications simply do not work. You'd think there would be some oversight to the market, but there is not - people can sell anything they want as "ich medication". There is such a huge demand for reef safe ich medications, that lots of snake oil gets sold.
Jay
The ingredients are as follows
M. Pruriens,
M. Carantia,
G. Officinale,
L. Gallate
My LFS only has select products and this is what was recommended to me. This is in my opinion the best store in Indonesia so I believe and hope this product should work.
Is it worth trying anyways? What else could it be? The blenny just sits in the corner now and doesn't come out. It would be super difficult for me to see if they have moved or changed numbers because I can only see his fins if he sits on the heater in the light.Those are all plant/seeds/extracts. Herbal remedies do not have a good track record for treating marine ich. Still, I'm not 100% that your fish has ich, since only the blenny has spots, and you haven't seen them move/change numbers yet.
Jay