I have a sargassum trigger in QT. He has these white patches on his fins. What is this? Also, his tail is usually collapsed, although it is not in this picture. I’m not sure what that means.
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Do you mean like the white area on the dorsal fin and the small white areas on the anal fin? It's kind of difficult to tell because of the spots on the glass as well. But - there also looks to be some damage to the tail. Could it be injury during collection/transport? It could be scarring from an old infection - flukes perhaps? Can you give any more history?I have a sargassum trigger in QT. He has these white patches on his fins. What is this? Also, his tail is usually collapsed, although it is not in this picture. I’m not sure what that means.
From the nips on the tail and looking at expanded size of pic- Looks like fin ray damage.I have a sargassum trigger in QT. He has these white patches on his fins. What is this? Also, his tail is usually collapsed, although it is not in this picture. I’m not sure what that means.
External fungal disease in marine fish are almost non existent.Thanks for the replies. As I said, the fish is in QT now. I’ve only had him for three days. He is the only fish in the tank. I am feeding him frozen mysis. I thought you were going to say that it is some kind of fungal infection. No?
Thanks. I have neoplex. What I am not sure about is when to start it. The fish is on his 10th day of copper, and second day of GC. Should I add the neoplex to this treatment stew? Or do a water change and then add neoplex…?I would definitely start an antibiotic. Neoplex is one choice.
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That’s tough. You need to keep the copper up. I would space the GC out to a 9 day interval, then do a partial water change now, run the Neoplex for five days and then do the second GC treatment.Thanks. I have neoplex. What I am not sure about is when to start it. The fish is on his 10th day of copper, and second day of GC. Should I add the neoplex to this treatment stew? Or do a water change and then add neoplex…?
I think you need to get the tank checked for ammonia if you can. Antibiotics can kill the beneficial bacteria in a tank, causing ammonia levels to rise.Thanks. He’s alone. I haven’t tested the ammonia. It should have been fine though. But I did just go ahead and do a 50% water change. He seem too distressed, and I wasn’t sure if anyone would see my post. Can you suggest what I should do now? If you don’t think the Neoplex was the cause of his distress, should I add more Neoplex back?
After a 50% water change it would have higher, probably around 0.50 ppm (not double because it is still building up). This is pretty high, but you pH is relatively low, rendering more of it non-toxic. I would say this is a contributing, but probably not the sole factor here. I would redose the Neoplex in this case since the fish improved with it, just monitor the ammonia.He’s still in the bubbles after the water change. I measured .29 ammonia with my Hannah checker. Salinity is 1.025, ph is 7.9, temp is 79F. So I get .012 toxic ammonia. Do you think ammonia is/was the issue?