I ordered a couple of fish from LiveAquaria: an ORA Picasso Clownfish and a Diver's Den Red Head Solon Fairy Wrasse. This was my first time ordering from Diver's Den.
The wrasse arrived this morning with a white spot at the top front of its dorsal fin which I noticed while drip acclimating for my quarantine tank. I sent the attached "aerial" photos to LiveAquaria and called them. Their advice was the continue to acclimate and put BOTH fish in the quarantine tank. I am very concerned about needlessly exposing the clown to both the potential ectoparasite as well as the copper I intend to use to treat this.
Note that when I got the wrasse and unpackaged the plastic bag, I could immediately see it gasping for air at the surface. As soon as I began acclimating, it positioned itself almost motionless at the bottom of the acclimation container, although that could have been from the stress of being transferred.
I have both Cupramine and Paraguard on hand. I was planning on doing 2-3 weeks of Paraguard but, seeing what I'm seeing, I think copper is the way to go. If the fish makes it, it makes it but I don't want to do a half-measure and end up with problems, down the road, in my display tank.
Any thoughts? Ich? Some other kind of ectoparasite?
I'm thinking I might raise the temperature in the quarantine tank to 84 and start them with Cupramine now. I have Copper Power on the way but it won't be here until Friday. So if I start ramping them up with Cupramine, I can continue with the Copper Power. I have an API copper test kit (and plenty of Cuprisorb) on hand.
Edit: Sorry about the double posting at first. I apologize for that!
The wrasse arrived this morning with a white spot at the top front of its dorsal fin which I noticed while drip acclimating for my quarantine tank. I sent the attached "aerial" photos to LiveAquaria and called them. Their advice was the continue to acclimate and put BOTH fish in the quarantine tank. I am very concerned about needlessly exposing the clown to both the potential ectoparasite as well as the copper I intend to use to treat this.
Note that when I got the wrasse and unpackaged the plastic bag, I could immediately see it gasping for air at the surface. As soon as I began acclimating, it positioned itself almost motionless at the bottom of the acclimation container, although that could have been from the stress of being transferred.
I have both Cupramine and Paraguard on hand. I was planning on doing 2-3 weeks of Paraguard but, seeing what I'm seeing, I think copper is the way to go. If the fish makes it, it makes it but I don't want to do a half-measure and end up with problems, down the road, in my display tank.
Any thoughts? Ich? Some other kind of ectoparasite?
I'm thinking I might raise the temperature in the quarantine tank to 84 and start them with Cupramine now. I have Copper Power on the way but it won't be here until Friday. So if I start ramping them up with Cupramine, I can continue with the Copper Power. I have an API copper test kit (and plenty of Cuprisorb) on hand.
Edit: Sorry about the double posting at first. I apologize for that!
