Is this ich?

[JFish107]

I had two clownfish die this week. One lodged itself in a cave and another got stuck on the back of a power head. Now I notice my pink spotted goby is acting lethargic, not eating much, has clamped fins most of the time and became a bit dull. A closer look shows he has some sort of dots on him. There’s something wrong with him I’m just not sure what. My water parameters have been normal. The tank is an IM 15 that has been up and running for two months now.

 

[lyo333]

很遗憾，这条鱼没能活下来。我想我没能及时发现它生病了，而且病情似乎发展得很快。它一度排出了白色丝状粪便。

真是太糟糕了，我应该事先做好充分的准备工作，制定一套隔离程序。

 

[lyo333]

友情提示：虾虎鱼和隆头鱼对含铜药物非常敏感。如果它们得了白点病，我强烈建议使用换缸疗法（TTM）而不是化学疗法。


设置很简单：每个鱼缸里只需一个加热器和一个气石。每次换缸都使用新鲜的海水。根据我的经验，斑点通常会在2-3天内脱落。在换缸过程中，你可以继续正常喂食，以保持它们的体质。对于这些敏感的鱼类来说，这比冒着铜中毒的风险要安全得多。

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

友情提示：虾虎鱼和隆头鱼对含铜药物非常敏感。如果它们得了白点病，我强烈建议使用换缸疗法（TTM）而不是化学疗法。


设置很简单：每个鱼缸里只需一个加热器和一个气石。每次换缸都使用新鲜的海水。根据我的经验，斑点通常会在2-3天内脱落。在换缸过程中，你可以继续正常喂食，以保持它们的体质。对于这些敏感的鱼类来说，这比冒着铜中毒的风险要安全得多。

Sorry - I can only read English and your post was not automatically translated.

 

[lyo333]

Sorry - I can only read English and your post was not automatically translated.

Just a heads up: Gobies and Wrasses are notoriously sensitive to copper medication. If they come down with Ich, I strongly recommend using TTM (Tank Transfer Method) instead of chemical treatments. >


The setup is simple: just a heater and an air stone in each tank. Use fresh saltwater for every transfer. In my experience, the spots usually fall off within 2-3 days. You can keep feeding them normally during the TTM process to maintain their strength. It's much safer than risking copper toxicity with these sensitive species.

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

Just a heads up: Gobies and Wrasses are notoriously sensitive to copper medication. If they come down with Ich, I strongly recommend using TTM (Tank Transfer Method) instead of chemical treatments. >


The setup is simple: just a heater and an air stone in each tank. Use fresh saltwater for every transfer. In my experience, the spots usually fall off within 2-3 days. You can keep feeding them normally during the TTM process to maintain their strength. It's much safer than risking copper toxicity with these sensitive species.

Yes, that is an issue with ionic copper treatments, but we recommend amine-chelated copper products; Coppersafe or Copper Power. Wrasses and gobies tolerate amine chelated copper quite well.

I don’t recommend TTM here. It is more stressful moving the fish tank to tank, ammonia can build up fast in the small tanks, and it only works for ich. Amyloodinium (velvet) and flukes are not controlled. Finally, if TTM is used on fish from an infected tank, you8 would need another tank to house the fish for 60 days after the TTM because the original tank would still have reproductive tomont stages in the tank.