What is going on with these fish?

[LunaSky]

Yesterday I posted a question about my dottyback having some strange patches on it. This morning I woke up to the same patches on my Blue-Sided fairy wrasse. It looks like something is eating him. I have no idea what is going on with these two, or how much danger my fish are in, or how to even medicate them. The wrasse did jump out the other day during feeding time, but he wasn't on the floor longer than 10 seconds at most. But I have heard him jump and hit the plastic grate top I have on the tank to keep escapies in. But with the Dottyback also looking worse for wear way before the jumping incident with the wrasse, I can't tell you what's what. Both fish are eating, not flashing. Aside from looking sick, they are not acting sick. Please help me before the rest of my tank becomes infected.

 

[LunaSky]

I should also meantion that I did treat the tank with Prazimet about 4 days ago when I noticed the dottyback having white patches. The spots do not look like ich or velvet. They more look like fungus or lifted and falling off scales.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Yesterday I posted a question about my dottyback having some strange patches on it. This morning I woke up to the same patches on my Blue-Sided fairy wrasse. It looks like something is eating him. I have no idea what is going on with these two, or how much danger my fish are in, or how to even medicate them. The wrasse did jump out the other day during feeding time, but he wasn't on the floor longer than 10 seconds at most. But I have heard him jump and hit the plastic grate top I have on the tank to keep escapies in. But with the Dottyback also looking worse for wear way before the jumping incident with the wrasse, I can't tell you what's what. Both fish are eating, not flashing. Aside from looking sick, they are not acting sick. Please help me before the rest of my tank becomes infected.

I replied to yesterday's thread. We really need these pics under bright white light intensity..... NO Blue lights at all. The chunks on the wrasse is either significant injury to skin or bite marks. What other occupants in the tank with them?
Prazi will not cure this but rather a broad spectrum treatment which should be available in your country at pet drug mart in Quebec (they may have moved) and in Ontario, Canadian Fish vet

 

[LunaSky]

I unfortunately cannot turn off the blue lights. Id have to turn off all the lighting.

I dont live near any vet either.l that will treat fish. I live in a very small town at the end of BC. The closest city is 6 hours away.

The blue sided fairy wrasse is my largest fish at 4". I have a Tomini Tang at 3". Bi colored fox face at 3". A yellow corris wrasse at 1.5". Two clown fish who are no larger than 2 inches. The dotty back which is the same size as the corris wrasse. And a Azure damsel which is literally an inch long.

 

[vetteguy53081]

I unfortunately cannot turn off the blue lights. Id have to turn off all the lighting.

I dont live near any vet either.l that will treat fish. I live in a very small town at the end of BC. The closest city is 6 hours away.

The blue sided fairy wrasse is my largest fish at 4". I have a Tomini Tang at 3". Bi colored fox face at 3". A yellow corris wrasse at 1.5". Two clown fish who are no larger than 2 inches. The dotty back which is the same size as the corris wrasse. And a Azure damsel which is literally an inch long.

The two locations I mentioned are like a PetsMart and can legally sell medications and they also ship within the country

 

[BryanM]

I unfortunately cannot turn off the blue lights. Id have to turn off all the lighting.

I dont live near any vet either.l that will treat fish. I live in a very small town at the end of BC. The closest city is 6 hours away.

The blue sided fairy wrasse is my largest fish at 4". I have a Tomini Tang at 3". Bi colored fox face at 3". A yellow corris wrasse at 1.5". Two clown fish who are no larger than 2 inches. The dotty back which is the same size as the corris wrasse. And a Azure damsel which is literally an inch long.

It is likely that with all the lighting off, and all of your house lighting on, it will still be better than pics under blues.

 

[Fish Fan]

I unfortunately cannot turn off the blue lights. Id have to turn off all the lighting.

Use the flashlight on your phone or another light source to shine into the tank when the tank lights are off

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

I unfortunately cannot turn off the blue lights. Id have to turn off all the lighting.

I dont live near any vet either.l that will treat fish. I live in a very small town at the end of BC. The closest city is 6 hours away.

The blue sided fairy wrasse is my largest fish at 4". I have a Tomini Tang at 3". Bi colored fox face at 3". A yellow corris wrasse at 1.5". Two clown fish who are no larger than 2 inches. The dotty back which is the same size as the corris wrasse. And a Azure damsel which is literally an inch long.

Yes, sorry but the pictures just aren’t good enough to evaluate. Even if they were crystal clear we still might not be able to tell.

Did the instructions for the prazimet give you a schedule for subsequent doses? One dose won’t cure flukes outright, since their eggs and larva will be unaffected.

 

[LunaSky]

Yes, sorry but the pictures just aren’t good enough to evaluate. Even if they were crystal clear we still might not be able to tell.

Did the instructions for the prazimet give you a schedule for subsequent doses? One dose won’t cure flukes outright, since their eggs and larva will be unaffected.

It looks like the wrasse may have jumped and scraped itself on the egg crate type top I have on there. I have ordered a new net top by red sea and will install that to prevent furture mishaps. Good news is he is healing very fast. I was able to pull him out with a fish trap and medicated him with a Melafix in my hospital tank. He's now back with other fish.

Yes, the prazimet came with instrustions to dose twice in a 48 hour period, which I have done. The dottyback still has what looks like white scales on her side, but they are much better. He still acts healthy and is eating very well. No one else in the tank seems to be affected but I did treat the whole tank. I could not trap the dottyback like I did the wrasse.

I am stripping my tank next week as I have a serious algae and cayno issue. After moving it looks like my tank has gone through a new cycle despite the rocks and sand being kept wet during transport. Without being able to cycle the tank probably, nor did I think I'd have to, the tank has unfortunately suffered something akin to new tank syndrom, even though technically the tank, rocks, and sand are almost two years old. Because of the amount of algae and cayno, my plan is to pull out the rocks and scrub them with a brush. I did this a couple years ago and it worked very well, allowing me to get my nutrients under control. While I have all the rocks out, I'll try catching the dottyback then and set him up in my hopital tank so I can treat with other medications that are not as reef safe as Prazimet is.