Hi,
July 4th:
- Notice some change on the skin of my Kole tang. Was hard to see, my wife tough i was crazy. it was kinda translucent.
July 5th:
- Was leaving at 6am for 2 day trip. Stop by the tank and see my Kole tang covered with white dots. His mouth seems 'fat', big lips.
- Manage to catch him within 10min (i was sooo lucky). I did a 5 min fresh water dip, than in QT just before leaving with Ich-X. Decided Ich-X because it treats ich and velvet... freshwater would have help (gain time) for fluke, ich and velvet.
I left for 2 days without knowing how my tank was doing or my Kole in QT.... it sucks but family vacacions.
i don't have pic, because everything happened pretty fast and i had to leave on a hurry... we were already late from me catching, dipping and starting QT.
Potential disease:
- Ich
- Velvet
- Brook
- Fluke
Back on the 7th (late night):
- Main tank, fish are ok. I can see my tail spot blenny rub on sand from time to time. No other signs in main display.
- Kole tang (in QT), all white spots are gone. The skin on his face seems 'cracked' a few white things (not dots) on fins. Skin seems infected on a small area. One of his eye is white and blurry.
- Did another freshwater dip, transfer in new QT tank with clean material. and another ich-X treatment.
- Kole seems to behave the same. Maybe a little heavy breathing, but i have seen worst. Only his lips still bigger than usual.
July-8th:
- no more external sign on the Kole tang other than his fat lips.
At that point i ruled out Brook and Velvet, they seem to be fast killer and so far it does not seems to affect other fish.
My question are:
1. i lean toward ich, but with the behavior of the other fish, could it be fluke ? the white spot on tang a side effect of fluke, with the stress from fluke ich appeared ?
2. Do i need to do a full QT of my tang, meaning 4-6weeks, or i can put it back in my DT i a few days since the main tank is contaminated ? i'll have to live with watever disease is in the tank from now on
3. Other ideas for treating my tang or my tank ? What would you do ?
Also note, that i QT every fish before getting in the DT.
thanks, any advice and comments are welcome!
david
July 4th:
- Notice some change on the skin of my Kole tang. Was hard to see, my wife tough i was crazy. it was kinda translucent.
July 5th:
- Was leaving at 6am for 2 day trip. Stop by the tank and see my Kole tang covered with white dots. His mouth seems 'fat', big lips.
- Manage to catch him within 10min (i was sooo lucky). I did a 5 min fresh water dip, than in QT just before leaving with Ich-X. Decided Ich-X because it treats ich and velvet... freshwater would have help (gain time) for fluke, ich and velvet.
I left for 2 days without knowing how my tank was doing or my Kole in QT.... it sucks but family vacacions.
i don't have pic, because everything happened pretty fast and i had to leave on a hurry... we were already late from me catching, dipping and starting QT.
Potential disease:
- Ich
- Velvet
- Brook
- Fluke
Back on the 7th (late night):
- Main tank, fish are ok. I can see my tail spot blenny rub on sand from time to time. No other signs in main display.
- Kole tang (in QT), all white spots are gone. The skin on his face seems 'cracked' a few white things (not dots) on fins. Skin seems infected on a small area. One of his eye is white and blurry.
- Did another freshwater dip, transfer in new QT tank with clean material. and another ich-X treatment.
- Kole seems to behave the same. Maybe a little heavy breathing, but i have seen worst. Only his lips still bigger than usual.
July-8th:
- no more external sign on the Kole tang other than his fat lips.
At that point i ruled out Brook and Velvet, they seem to be fast killer and so far it does not seems to affect other fish.
My question are:
1. i lean toward ich, but with the behavior of the other fish, could it be fluke ? the white spot on tang a side effect of fluke, with the stress from fluke ich appeared ?
2. Do i need to do a full QT of my tang, meaning 4-6weeks, or i can put it back in my DT i a few days since the main tank is contaminated ? i'll have to live with watever disease is in the tank from now on
3. Other ideas for treating my tang or my tank ? What would you do ?
Also note, that i QT every fish before getting in the DT.
thanks, any advice and comments are welcome!
david