OK. So I added a pair of occelaris clowns to my tank a week ago. Both looked great and as I didn't yet have my QT setup and they were the first two fish I decided to add them directly to my DT. One looks perfect and eats like a demon. The other started looking lethargic after about a day and just hanging around at the top of the tank in a corner but still eating. No visible signs at that point.
Over the next few days his breathing became more laboured and he seemed less interested in food but still eating a little.
Yesterday even with no visible signs his breathing had gotten bad enough that I decided to fresh water dip and treat the whole tank with praziquantel thinking gill flukes. During the FWD I saw nothing in the bottom of the container but after putting him back in the DT It did look like tiny worms were falling off of him.
Treated tank with praziquantel and he seems way better! Swimming with his mate at the bottom of tank not breathing nearly as hard but now has one small white spot on his back and it looks like his tail Fin has tiny little worms hanging off of it.
I can't get a pic of the tail Fin critters but it doesn't look like fun rot.
Could this all be just the prazi working and the parasites dying or should I be getting ready to remove them both and treat with copper?
Pic kinda shows the white dot on the clownfish with no black. Sorry about the quality it's from my phone.
Over the next few days his breathing became more laboured and he seemed less interested in food but still eating a little.
Yesterday even with no visible signs his breathing had gotten bad enough that I decided to fresh water dip and treat the whole tank with praziquantel thinking gill flukes. During the FWD I saw nothing in the bottom of the container but after putting him back in the DT It did look like tiny worms were falling off of him.
Treated tank with praziquantel and he seems way better! Swimming with his mate at the bottom of tank not breathing nearly as hard but now has one small white spot on his back and it looks like his tail Fin has tiny little worms hanging off of it.
I can't get a pic of the tail Fin critters but it doesn't look like fun rot.
Could this all be just the prazi working and the parasites dying or should I be getting ready to remove them both and treat with copper?
Pic kinda shows the white dot on the clownfish with no black. Sorry about the quality it's from my phone.