I’m at wits end with this hippo tang. He’s been in quarantine for about 7 weeks now. 30 days of copper power at 2.5ppm (checked daily, no cross contamination), 14 days of Kanaplex/Metroplex/Furan-2 and now using carbon and water changes to remove all meds. I also treated with 2 rounds of general cure at the beginning and have done 2 freshwater dips on him.
He had the same symptoms at the beginning of copper treatment and I thought it looked like velvet. It continued to get worse over a few weeks and then cleared up around week 3-4. Then it came back with a vengeance. Occasionally I’ll notice he’s only breathing heavily out of one gill which is pretty concerning. He’s also been extremely reclusive for the past few weeks. However, he’s eaten well every day (frozen, flakes, and nori).
He’s getting worse, but this has been going on for so long there is no way it’s velvet, or ich, or flukes, and I assumed viral but I figured that would be better by now too. I feel like I’ve thrown every medication I have at him and I don’t know what else to try, at least that I’m able to get. Any ideas?
He had the same symptoms at the beginning of copper treatment and I thought it looked like velvet. It continued to get worse over a few weeks and then cleared up around week 3-4. Then it came back with a vengeance. Occasionally I’ll notice he’s only breathing heavily out of one gill which is pretty concerning. He’s also been extremely reclusive for the past few weeks. However, he’s eaten well every day (frozen, flakes, and nori).
He’s getting worse, but this has been going on for so long there is no way it’s velvet, or ich, or flukes, and I assumed viral but I figured that would be better by now too. I feel like I’ve thrown every medication I have at him and I don’t know what else to try, at least that I’m able to get. Any ideas?