Bacterial infection on Wrasse

bburger · Nov 21, 2023

So I am in need of help. About 3 weeks ago I lost a fairy wrasse in qt to what I thought was a bacterial infection so I started treating the rest of the fish in the quarantine tank. One of those being this leopard wrasse. Now almost three weeks later of medicating the tank I am almost certain I see a sign of the same infection again. Right now I am dosing metroplex into the water every two days. I am also every two days dosing kanaplex into the water and into the fishes food brine shrimp. What else can I do or does anyone know what this is ? I believe the infection spots are by the head where the white looking spot is and by the tail. Please help!

cdemoss01 · Nov 22, 2023

bburger said:
So I am in need of help. About 3 weeks ago I lost a fairy wrasse in qt to what I thought was a bacterial infection so I started treating the rest of the fish in the quarantine tank. One of those being this leopard wrasse. Now almost three weeks later of medicating the tank I am almost certain I see a sign of the same infection again. Right now I am dosing metroplex into the water every two days. I am also every two days dosing kanaplex into the water and into the fishes food brine shrimp. What else can I do or does anyone know what this is ? I believe the infection spots are by the head where the white looking spot is and by the tail. Please help!

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vetteguy53081 · Nov 22, 2023

bburger said:
So I am in need of help. About 3 weeks ago I lost a fairy wrasse in qt to what I thought was a bacterial infection so I started treating the rest of the fish in the quarantine tank. One of those being this leopard wrasse. Now almost three weeks later of medicating the tank I am almost certain I see a sign of the same infection again. Right now I am dosing metroplex into the water every two days. I am also every two days dosing kanaplex into the water and into the fishes food brine shrimp. What else can I do or does anyone know what this is ? I believe the infection spots are by the head where the white looking spot is and by the tail. Please help!

Metroplex is not the answer and would have to dosed precisely by weight and kanaplex has to remain as treatment and not periodically
Cant confirm its bacterial based on appearance.
How did you come to this conclusion and what signs are you seeing on fish ?
How is breathing rate?
Fish appears a little thin. What are you feeding it?

bburger · Nov 22, 2023

vetteguy53081 said:
Metroplex is not the answer and would have to dosed precisely by weight and kanaplex has to remain as treatment and not periodically
Cant confirm its bacterial based on appearance.
How did you come to this conclusion and what signs are you seeing on fish ?
How is breathing rate?
Fish appears a little thin. What are you feeding it?

So I have been feeding the fish brine shrimp and kanaplex is what I mix into its food. I came to this conclusion by showing my local lfs store some photos of the last wrasse and that’s what they said.
The breathing rate was normal.
The fish only comes out once every two days and eats two times a day when he is out.
He has passed away this morning so here is some photos so I can figure out if I can save my starry blenny in QT or not.
Any help would be amazing!