Flukes

[The Ugly Phase]

@Jay Hemdal jay i saw him come out so i quickly grabbed my phone and atm this is the best i can do but i suspect it does not give you much to go off

 

[The Ugly Phase]

@Jay Hemdal



this video is better he looks TERRIBLE now i am 2 days into my 2nd fluke solve treatment

the fish has not ate for like 9 days so at this point i think im going to lose him regardless

but can you rule out flukes? or not

dont forget to put the video on HD

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

@Jay Hemdal



this video is better he looks TERRIBLE now i am 2 days into my 2nd fluke solve treatment

the fish has not ate for like 9 days so at this point i think im going to lose him regardless

but can you rule out flukes? or not

dont forget to put the video on HD

That skin discoloration, in a pattern like that does NOT look like flukes to me. I couldn't really see its respiration rate to try and rule out velvet. The other fish are all asymptomatic? That would rule out the common protozoan diseases like ich and velvet, as those would affect all of the fish. Water quality issues can be ruled out the same way. That leaves bacterial or viral issues. You can't treat for viruses. Bacterial disease treatment would require moving the fish to a hospital tank and treating with a broad spectrum, gram negative antibiotic.

To be honest, I do not have a good diagnosis for you here, sorry!

It is *possible* that the fish had flukes, and those were treated, but now a secondary bacterial disease has infected the damaged skin.

 

[The Ugly Phase]

yes the other fish are completely fine which includes

2* clownfish
1* midas blenny
1* mandarin
1* royal gramma

do you think its worth doing another fluke solve dose next thursday then that will be 3 doses?

when you say virus ? could it be tang specific cause i also had a yellow tang that went downhill

i'm not going to get anymore tangs though

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

yes the other fish are completely fine which includes

2* clownfish
1* midas blenny
1* mandarin
1* royal gramma

do you think its worth doing another fluke solve dose next thursday then that will be 3 doses?

when you say virus ? could it be tang specific cause i also had a yellow tang that went downhill

i'm not going to get anymore tangs though

I don't think you need to do another Fluke Solve treatment here. Little is known about aquarium fish viral diseases, however, these are often host-specific, so having tangs both be affected, could well be that....leaving the other fish unaffected.

 

[The Ugly Phase]

alright cheers for all your help jay i honestly don't think he's going to make it through the night anyways he is swimming around looking like that with the lights off i have turned the wave makers down abit as they wer blowing him about a little