Large white spot on blue dot jawfish...thoughts on best prophylactic qt process

[sky414]

I have a blue dot jawfish that died in QT after a week with a weird large white spot (maybe it happened after it died, It wasn't there last night). My 2 questions are 1) Is there anything else I need to do to protect the other fish? and 2) what is the best way to qt a jawfish, given their sensitivities?

The blue dot was in a 40 gallon breeder with a tail spot blenny, a niger trigger, and a white tail bristle tooth tang. I received it from Reefbeauties on the 10th. The tank has remained at 1.020 salinity. I was going to do a water change and raise it slightly today and add the second round of prazipro. I've only had 2 other fish die, neither had that huge white spot on it. I don't know if it came after death - it did not have it yesterday. Any thoughts on what it is? The other fish will get 2 additional rounds of prazi. They all came from places that use copper - I am unwilling to do the full copper protocol on the blue dot

. Should I do anything else to protect the remaining fish in light of the death?

I want a jawfish. PLEASE spare me all of the "don't do it" comments. I keep my display tank at 76. I enjoyed my last one. It jumped through a super tiny hole, which has since been fixed. I tried to order one that went through Dr Reef's protocol (copper and prazi), but they kept dying through the protocol, so I want to try to get one without the copper. I recently bought Red rally pro and I am considering do this before the prazi. Any other suggestions?

 

[Jekyl]

Firstly don't ever trust vendors that say they use copper. You need more detail than that. Plenty of places run copper but not at the levels needed to actually be helpful. More often than not it's at a lower dose to ensure the fish don't die in their care. Not to take care of any issues.

For best results follow the procedure outlined here.

Current Quarantine Protocol

2024 Quarantine Procedures Jay Hemdal David Scarborough Protozoans (Cryptocaryon/ich, Amyloodinium/velvet) and Metazoan trematodes/flukes are by far the most common parasites found on newly acquired fish. A carefully managed, proactive quarantine process can effectively eliminate these...

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[vetteguy53081]

I have a blue dot jawfish that died in QT after a week with a weird large white spot (maybe it happened after it died, It wasn't there last night). My 2 questions are 1) Is there anything else I need to do to protect the other fish? and 2) what is the best way to qt a jawfish, given their sensitivities?

The blue dot was in a 40 gallon breeder with a tail spot blenny, a niger trigger, and a white tail bristle tooth tang. I received it from Reefbeauties on the 10th. The tank has remained at 1.020 salinity. I was going to do a water change and raise it slightly today and add the second round of prazipro. I've only had 2 other fish die, neither had that huge white spot on it. I don't know if it came after death - it did not have it yesterday. Any thoughts on what it is? The other fish will get 2 additional rounds of prazi. They all came from places that use copper - I am unwilling to do the full copper protocol on the blue dot

. Should I do anything else to protect the remaining fish in light of the death?

I want a jawfish. PLEASE spare me all of the "don't do it" comments. I keep my display tank at 76. I enjoyed my last one. It jumped through a super tiny hole, which has since been fixed. I tried to order one that went through Dr Reef's protocol (copper and prazi), but they kept dying through the protocol, so I want to try to get one without the copper. I recently bought Red rally pro and I am considering do this before the prazi. Any other suggestions?

Looks to be a bacterial infection and may have stemmed from netting or other injury. While a ruby rally pro bath is a good measure, especially with transport, assume fish has something and quarantine on your own for 60 day with coppersafe and even followed with praziPro for 2 weeks

 

[sky414]

Firstly don't ever trust vendors that say they use copper. You need more detail than that. Plenty of places run copper but not at the levels needed to actually be helpful. More often than not it's at a lower dose to ensure the fish don't die in their care. Not to take care of any issues.

For best results follow the procedure outlined here.

Current Quarantine Protocol

2024 Quarantine Procedures Jay Hemdal David Scarborough Protozoans (Cryptocaryon/ich, Amyloodinium/velvet) and Metazoan trematodes/flukes are by far the most common parasites found on newly acquired fish. A carefully managed, proactive quarantine process can effectively eliminate these...

www.reef2reef.com

Thanks. Any suggestions on a protocol for brook or uronema that doesn’t include copper?

 

[sky414]

Firstly don't ever trust vendors that say they use copper. You need more detail than that. Plenty of places run copper but not at the levels needed to actually be helpful. More often than not it's at a lower dose to ensure the fish don't die in their care. Not to take care of any issues.

For best results follow the procedure outlined here.

Current Quarantine Protocol

2024 Quarantine Procedures Jay Hemdal David Scarborough Protozoans (Cryptocaryon/ich, Amyloodinium/velvet) and Metazoan trematodes/flukes are by far the most common parasites found on newly acquired fish. A carefully managed, proactive quarantine process can effectively eliminate these...

www.reef2reef.com

Thanks. Any suggestions on a protocol for brook or uronema that doesn’t include copper?

 

[Jay Hemdal]

I have a blue dot jawfish that died in QT after a week with a weird large white spot (maybe it happened after it died, It wasn't there last night). My 2 questions are 1) Is there anything else I need to do to protect the other fish? and 2) what is the best way to qt a jawfish, given their sensitivities?

The blue dot was in a 40 gallon breeder with a tail spot blenny, a niger trigger, and a white tail bristle tooth tang. I received it from Reefbeauties on the 10th. The tank has remained at 1.020 salinity. I was going to do a water change and raise it slightly today and add the second round of prazipro. I've only had 2 other fish die, neither had that huge white spot on it. I don't know if it came after death - it did not have it yesterday. Any thoughts on what it is? The other fish will get 2 additional rounds of prazi. They all came from places that use copper - I am unwilling to do the full copper protocol on the blue dot

. Should I do anything else to protect the remaining fish in light of the death?

I want a jawfish. PLEASE spare me all of the "don't do it" comments. I keep my display tank at 76. I enjoyed my last one. It jumped through a super tiny hole, which has since been fixed. I tried to order one that went through Dr Reef's protocol (copper and prazi), but they kept dying through the protocol, so I want to try to get one without the copper. I recently bought Red rally pro and I am considering do this before the prazi. Any other suggestions?

Ugh - the fish is very thin and those lesions are very commonly seen in blue spot jaws. I suspect they are a systemic bacterial infection caused by handling through the supply chain. Jawfish do not do well in bare tanks, they really need to be able to make a burrow. They also do better at low temperatures, 74 degrees F.

To be honest, I advise people not to buy this species - the mortality rate is just too high.