Carpenter Flasher Wrasse - weird stripes after white spots disappeared

[Jtwy88]

My carpenter flasher wrasse was covered in tiny white spots yesterday. As I do not have a QT set up, I dosed the tank with a natural ich treatment yesterday afternoon and also did a freshwater dip in the evening. This morning, I noticed that the white spots are gone but the fish still look like it's dying; just lying on the sandbed and not interested in the food at all. I also noticed some weird discolouration stripes on it (which I am pretty sure weren't there before). My questions now are:

1. Any idea what caused those stripes?
2. Should I set up an emergency isolation bucket and treat it with copper or just continuing dosing the tank with the natural treatment?

 

[Jtwy88]

 

[jaganshi066]

My mccoskers was like this one night l when I was quarantining him with copper but I added an air line and he seems much better.

 

[Jtwy88]

My mccoskers was like this one night l when I was quarantining him with copper but I added an air line and he seems much better.

my wrasse is currently in the DT. Still contemplating if I should try capturing it for quarantining....

 

[jaganshi066]

In my experience I’ve only had a carpenter and mccoskers so it might help, my carpenters started turning white when my flameback kept picking at him I felt so bad. Maybe something is stressing the carpenters?

 

[jaganshi066]

my wrasse is currently in the DT. Still contemplating if I should try capturing it for quarantining....

Look at this thread it helps https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/carpenters-flasher-wrasse-odd-white-stripes.650395/

 

[SaltyT]

Those stripes appear when they're stressed.

If you can pull the wrasse out and treat in a separate tank that would be best. Spots coming and going could be ich ramping up. Flasher wrasses handle chelated copper better. Copper Power works well just maintain it at a therapeutic level of 2.5ppm for 30 days, using a hanna copper checker will help you maintain your level. You should also treat the rest of your fish and let your DT go through a fallow period of 76 days. I hope he pulls through, good luck!

 

[jaganshi066]

Those stripes appear when they're stressed.

If you can pull the wrasse out and treat in a separate tank that would be best. Spots coming and going could be ich ramping up. Flasher wrasses handle chelated copper better. Copper Power works well just maintain it at a therapeutic level of 2.5ppm for 30 days, using a hanna copper checker will help you maintain your level. You should also treat the rest of your fish and let your DT go through a fallow period of 76 days. I hope he pulls through, good luck!

I’ve been using cupramine in my qt tank, I bought not from the store and I’ve been quarantining it

 

[Jtwy88]

Those stripes appear when they're stressed.

If you can pull the wrasse out and treat in a separate tank that would be best. Spots coming and going could be ich ramping up. Flasher wrasses handle chelated copper better. Copper Power works well just maintain it at a therapeutic level of 2.5ppm for 30 days, using a hanna copper checker will help you maintain your level. You should also treat the rest of your fish and let your DT go through a fallow period of 76 days. I hope he pulls through, good luck!

Thank you for the advice! Will try my best to capture it.

 

[Losthawk69]

My carpenter flasher wrasse was covered in tiny white spots yesterday. As I do not have a QT set up, I dosed the tank with a natural ich treatment yesterday afternoon and also did a freshwater dip in the evening. This morning, I noticed that the white spots are gone but the fish still look like it's dying; just lying on the sandbed and not interested in the food at all. I also noticed some weird discolouration stripes on it (which I am pretty sure weren't there before). My questions now are:

1. Any idea what caused those stripes?
2. Should I set up an emergency isolation bucket and treat it with copper or just continuing dosing the tank with the natural treatment?

I been through this with a Carpenter wrasse it's just stress will go back to normal