Trying to decide which way to treat…
Most of the fish have done occasional flashing for months, have never seen a white spot or a definitive sign of velvet before. Flashing seems to come and go. May have been getting a little worse lately. Then today my royal gramma is up high in the water column and flashing a lot. Other fish are also flashing more. He’s near the return water flow, but not right in it which I think is a sure sign of velvet. His color is a little splotchy I think on his sides too. But not exactly like velvet. More like a fish that is circling the drain.
I can’t imagine it’s velvet because last fish added was 6 weeks ago and I think velvet usually kills faster right?
It could be ich, but wouldn’t I see white spots eventually?
I’ve read about flukes or other less deadly parasites causing flashing too.
100 gallon fish-only with a few crabs and shrimp. 13 sized fish including clowns, damsels, melanarus, an anthias, sixline, and blennies. Rock is bare “live-rock.” Tank is 8 months along. Most fish have been well established for a while now.
I’ll see if I can post a decent pic of the gramma but catching him alive won’t happen.
My quarantine methods are moderately safe (aka not foolproof) - I’m not extremely careful so let’s just assume something could have gotten through.
If it was velvet, I think my fish would be dead weeks ago, if ich I believe I would have seen a white spot by now.
But there is a lot of flashing today, the royal gramma is in distress, it’s beyond just a few pesky itches, and I feel I need to do something.
Would you assume flukes or something like that, dose prazi, and see if flashing goes away? Or start hypo? Or something else.
Thank you!
Most of the fish have done occasional flashing for months, have never seen a white spot or a definitive sign of velvet before. Flashing seems to come and go. May have been getting a little worse lately. Then today my royal gramma is up high in the water column and flashing a lot. Other fish are also flashing more. He’s near the return water flow, but not right in it which I think is a sure sign of velvet. His color is a little splotchy I think on his sides too. But not exactly like velvet. More like a fish that is circling the drain.
I can’t imagine it’s velvet because last fish added was 6 weeks ago and I think velvet usually kills faster right?
It could be ich, but wouldn’t I see white spots eventually?
I’ve read about flukes or other less deadly parasites causing flashing too.
100 gallon fish-only with a few crabs and shrimp. 13 sized fish including clowns, damsels, melanarus, an anthias, sixline, and blennies. Rock is bare “live-rock.” Tank is 8 months along. Most fish have been well established for a while now.
I’ll see if I can post a decent pic of the gramma but catching him alive won’t happen.
My quarantine methods are moderately safe (aka not foolproof) - I’m not extremely careful so let’s just assume something could have gotten through.
If it was velvet, I think my fish would be dead weeks ago, if ich I believe I would have seen a white spot by now.
But there is a lot of flashing today, the royal gramma is in distress, it’s beyond just a few pesky itches, and I feel I need to do something.
Would you assume flukes or something like that, dose prazi, and see if flashing goes away? Or start hypo? Or something else.
Thank you!