ICH, or Black ICH

[Deviously]

Hello!

Recently my fishies got sick! My DT probably has always had ICH, but has been manageable until very recently. I never have had this bad of an outbreak.

It’s hard to see in the photos but all my fish have white specs, which I assume to be ich or flukes maybe. The black spots which are easier to see are what concern me the most. Initially started with just white spots but gradually over two days of observation the black spots became more prevalent on just the scopa only. I buy all my fish from the same source. I recently decided to try another LFS and got a tomini to add into my DT. Thats when things sort of “hit the fan”. The tomini looked healthy and didn’t really show symptoms, or so I thought.

I’ve removed all my fish from my display and put them into a 50 gallon medical tank. All fish are active and eating well. Should I just follow Jays QT protocol then fallow for 76 days?

Hoping someone can give me a second opinion :)

 

[Deviously]

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[vetteguy53081]

Hello!

Recently my fishies got sick! My DT probably has always had ICH, but has been manageable until very recently. I never have had this bad of an outbreak.

It’s hard to see in the photos but all my fish have white specs, which I assume to be ich or flukes maybe. The black spots which are easier to see are what concern me the most. Initially started with just white spots but gradually over two days of observation the black spots became more prevalent on just the scopa only. I buy all my fish from the same source. I recently decided to try another LFS and got a tomini to add into my DT. Thats when things sort of “hit the fan”. The tomini looked healthy and didn’t really show symptoms, or so I thought.

I’ve removed all my fish from my display and put them into a 50 gallon medical tank. All fish are active and eating well. Should I just follow Jays QT protocol then fallow for 76 days?

Hoping someone can give me a second opinion :)

This looks to be black ich especially if other fish are clear. Ich will be salt looking white spots in most cases. Black ich are turbellarian worms and likely the Paravortex version which are smaller and appear as grains of black spotsare worms that give it the appearance of ich as melanin pigmentation causes the appearance of black dots . Typically, worm treatments such as PraziPro will work as will formalin based treatment for more challenging strains and even Ruby Rally Pro. If none available immediately, you can give fish a 5 minutes freshwater dip for temporary relief same temperature as display tank.
It takes one worm to start an infestation even if fish were quarantined