Two fish dead sign of velvet now this ?

[MrDLHughesY]

Right guy I’m stumped here and need your help. Recently lost two fish a bicolour mimic and a flasher wrasse both shown signs of flashing and visual spots more dusty look which leans me to velvet but no heavy breathing. On the other hand I now have a Tomini and a royal gramma showing signs of heavy breathing and also spots and flashing but still eating. And no just notice this on my fire goby he has a hole on I’m his side with a white stringy thing coming out also sign of tail rot. Pics below. Hopefully you can see

 

[Lyss]

Looks like an anchor worm — some sort of parasitic copepod?

 

[MrDLHughesY]

Looks like an anchor worm — some sort of parasitic copepod?

How do you go about treating that ?

 

[Lyss]

How do you go about treating that ?

That would be a question for @Jay Hemdal

Pics are also blurry and a little tough to make out, so might want to get some other opinions as well, and maybe see if you can get some clearer pics under white. By your description + pics you shared I thought of anchor worms, and I think they are some sort of parasitic copepod.

 

[MrDLHughesY]

That would be a question for @Jay Hemdal

Pics are also blurry and a little tough to make out, so might want to get some other opinions as well, and maybe see if you can get some clearer pics under white. By your description + pics you shared I thought of anchor worms, and I think the SW equivalent is some sort of parasitic copepod.

Thanks

 

[Jay Hemdal]

How do you go about treating that ?

It isn’t something you can treat, those are the egg strands of the copepod. The actual parasite s down in the body of the fish where medication can’t reach it. If you did manage to kill the copepod (and there are likely others without eggs that you can’t see) the copepods die and cause sepsis.
For the other fish, without extreme breathing and not eating as the main symptoms, it probably isn’t velvet….sounds more like flukes. Have you dosed the tank with prazi yet?
Jay

 

[MrDLHughesY]

It isn’t something you can treat, those are the egg strands of the copepod. The actual parasite s down in the body of the fish where medication can’t reach it. If you did manage to kill the copepod (and there are likely others without eggs that you can’t see) the copepods die and cause sepsis.
For the other fish, without extreme breathing and not eating as the main symptoms, it probably isn’t velvet….sounds more like flukes. Have you dosed the tank with prazi yet?
Jay

The fish are still eating. The sick fish atm are flashing and have dust like spots and heavy breathing then also what’s on my fir goby. You still suspect flukes ?

 

[Jay Hemdal]

The fish are still eating. The sick fish atm are flashing and have dust like spots and heavy breathing then also what’s on my fir goby. You still suspect flukes ?

That they are still feeding points more towards gill flukes IMO.
Jay

 

[MrDLHughesY]

That they are still feeding points more towards gill flukes IMO.
Jay

Ok so what about the dust like spots ? I do have prazi pro would you start with that ?

 

[Jay Hemdal]

Ok so what about the dust like spots ? I do have prazi pro would you start with that ?

Can you post pictures and a short video?
Jay

 

[MrDLHughesY]

Can you post pictures and a short video?
Jay

Think you could be right with flukes just put white lights on and the Tomini is now really pale and I think you can see the marks on the sides your the expert here though so I’ll attach some pics hopefully for a confirmation.

 

[Jay Hemdal]

Think you could be right with flukes just put white lights on and the Tomini is now really pale and I think you can see the marks on the sides your the expert here though so I’ll attach some pics hopefully for a confirmation.

It could be flukes. You can pretty safely dose your tank with Prazipro, as long as you ensure it is well aerated.

Jay

 

[MrDLHughesY]

It could be flukes. You can pretty safely dose your tank with Prazipro, as long as you ensure it is well aerated.

Jay

Dosed the first dose earlier. anywhere between 5-7 days good for second dose after 25% water change. The thing on that fire goby is getting longer god knows what’s happening there hopefully things improve

 

[MrDLHughesY]

Actually looks like a fish poop would with internal parasites but coming from that hol instead

 

[Jay Hemdal]

Actually looks like a fish poop would with internal parasites but coming from that hol instead

The first time I saw that on a firefish, I thought it was an intestinal evulsion.

Jay

 

[vetteguy53081]

It could be flukes. You can pretty safely dose your tank with Prazipro, as long as you ensure it is well aerated.

Jay

Jay- Should he do a FW dip prior to Prazi treatment ?

 

[Jay Hemdal]

Jay- Should he do a FW dip prior to Prazi treatment ?

Depends on how easy it would be to catch the fish - if the fish get beat to pieces while he chases them around, then no, a prazi treatment is better.

Jay