Hello I have just received my first fish in the mail. He’s currently warming up in the main tank where I have noticed white marks along his body. Is this something I need to worry about ?
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It's best practices to quarantine everything in case you need meds.Hello I have just received my first fish in the mail. He’s currently warming up in the main tank where I have noticed white marks along his body. Is this something I need to worry about ?
So if your QT is up and running put him in there. It's the safest thing to do.Hi it’s a tail spot blenny. I currently am running carbon in my QT tank as I was treating a fish for a bacterial infection. This fish was due to arrive two weeks ago but due to cold weather was delayed until todays arrival hence it’s all happening at once. I am currently heating new water have no medication If it is ich so would need to buy asap.
Hey thanks. Just wanted to be sure as the store had him on his own from the time I bought him to shipping approx two weeks. I read they can get stress spots. I’ll just wait for the QT tank to warm up. Just nervous about the other fish passing away in there and not having time to disinfect/ clean it.So if your QT is up and running put him in there. It's the safest thing to do.
If you think it's ick, you have time.
If it's something else you may not have much time. Either way, it's in QT, and won't effect you main population.
After in QT, you can get some better pics to assess the situation.
I think so. Just don’t want to infect him with that the other fish passed from. He’s still acclimating to temp in a sealed bag.Sorry just another note. The fish store I got him from had him on his own in a small tank for the time
How long ago was the other fish in QT?I think so. Just don’t want to infect him with that the other fish passed from. He’s still acclimating to temp in a sealed bag.
The other fish hurt its self and died from what we think was a bacterial infection. It’s been 3 days since it died and the instructions on the medication tell you to run carbon in the tank for 3/5 days after you’ve finished dosing. So myHow long ago was the other fish in QT?
Did the other fish actually have something?
Can you clean the QT?
Thank you!I'm not seeing any signs of ich or velvet in this case. To me this appears just to be a stressed out tailspot blenny. When blennies get stressed, they will lose color as this one is showing along its back. My midas blenny does this when I feed sometime or when I do water changes. For me nothing to worry about, spots should clear once he's settled in the tank. If you had spots on the fins that's when I would worry about ich etc..