Disease on Potters

[Rocketmandb]

I went away for a business trip and came back to my Potters Angel looking like this.

I haven't seen anything like this before. Any ideas? I'm thinking bacterial. No other fish affected. Taking him out of the tank is a not going to work due to extensive rock work and the fact that he will just go hide.

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

I went away for a business trip and came back to my Potters Angel looking like this.

I haven't seen anything like this before. Any ideas? I'm thinking bacterial. No other fish affected. Taking him out of the tank is a not going to work due to extensive rock work and the fact that he will just go hide.

Not sure what that is, can you get a photo under white light? A clear video would be even better.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Bright white mentioned, no blues please

 

[Rocketmandb]

Here is a video with lights all the way up:

 

[Rocketmandb]

Not sure what that is, can you get a photo under white light? A clear video would be even better.

Video posted above @vetteguy53081

 

[vetteguy53081]

Video posted above @vetteguy53081

This is heavy skin erosion and possible bacterial issue also
How long has this been going on as this is often progressive?
Full recovery chance is less than 1% and some factors to keep this stabilized will be optimal water quality, good/proper diet and confirmation of no aggression as I thought I saw a fish or two chasing it

 

[Rocketmandb]

This is heavy skin erosion and possible bacterial issue also
How long has this been going on as this is often progressive?
Full recovery chance is less than 1% and some factors to keep this stabilized will be optimal water quality, good/proper diet and confirmation of no aggression as I thought I saw a fish or two chasing it

There was a small white area noticed the night before I left (last Saturday). It progressed quickly - roughly a week, as I just got back this morning.

There is no aggression toward the Potters - he is the king of the tank, and food has been good. I'm dealing with dinos right now, so there is possibility of toxicity/stress associated with that. I'm going to try and locally source some Kanaplex and soak food with it. He's still eating.

 

[vetteguy53081]

There was a small white area noticed the night before I left (last Saturday). It progressed quickly - roughly a week, as I just got back this morning.

There is no aggression toward the Potters - he is the king of the tank, and food has been good. I'm dealing with dinos right now, so there is possibility of toxicity/stress associated with that. I'm going to try and locally source some Kanaplex and soak food with it. He's still eating.

Dinos should not cause this and do not add kanaplex to food but rather suspended in the water so fish can absorb it internally and externally. You say food is good . . . what foods are you offering?

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

There was a small white area noticed the night before I left (last Saturday). It progressed quickly - roughly a week, as I just got back this morning.

There is no aggression toward the Potters - he is the king of the tank, and food has been good. I'm dealing with dinos right now, so there is possibility of toxicity/stress associated with that. I'm going to try and locally source some Kanaplex and soak food with it. He's still eating.

Don’t dose kanaplex orally! If you don’t get the dose correct, it can cause kidney failure. The proper dose is 50 mg per kg of fish mass. Besides, oral antibiotics don’t work well on external bacterial diseases - they don’t migrate well to the outside of the fish.

Better to move the angel to a hospital tank and dose with neomycin.

 

[Rocketmandb]

Dinos should not cause this and do not add kanaplex to food but rather suspended in the water so fish can absorb it internally and externally. You say food is good . . . what foods are you offering?

I'm not suggesting that dinos caused this, but the toxins they release stress (or kill) a lot of livestock in the aquarium.

Food is Rods (alternating veggie and the standard) augmented with vitamins.

 

[Rocketmandb]

Better to move the angel to a hospital tank and dose with neomycin.

The problem is that I will never catch him. There is way too much rockwork that is unmovable.

 

[vetteguy53081]

I'm not suggesting that dinos caused this, but the toxins they release stress (or kill) a lot of livestock in the aquarium.

Food is Rods (alternating veggie and the standard) augmented with vitamins.

I know what you are saying as they can release low level toxins. Rods is good food but LRS Fish Frenzy more geared towards a fish like this and also TDO pellets, veggie flakes, spirulina brine shrimp, plankton and mysis shrimp.
Fish trap works wonders catching them

Have mine 6+ years

 

[Hypothetical]

I caught a sick fish (and some others) today with this - you can do it!