Looking for a diagnosis!

[Shwabber]

OK...She's in the HT....with Paraguard. I read somewhere that I should 2x the dose for Marine fish as the meds are for both fresh and marine.... I Have not done this. But is this true???

I really truely appreciate all the help!

[daniella3d]

I am not doing this. I use the dose they put on the bottle and it has been more than enough for me so far. I am treating 2 clownfish right now that I thought were starting brook because they were scratching and I treat with the normal dose. I don't see why treat with double.

If it's not something written on the bottle and recommanded on the Seachem web site, I would never do that. It's risky. After all Paraguard is still formaline.

So far after 2 days of treatment at regular dosage I have not seen any more scratching. They have been in treatment for 8 days now, and will remain at regular concentration for another week or so, maybe 3 just to be safe.

I also treated my niger trigger for a popeye and 3 weeks at normal dose was enough.

Originally Posted by Shwabber

OK...She's in the HT....with Paraguard. I read somewhere that I should 2x the dose for Marine fish as the meds are for both fresh and marine.... I Have not done this. But is this true???

I really truely appreciate all the help!

[Shwabber]

Originally Posted by daniella3d

I am not doing this. I use the dose they put on the bottle and it has been more than enough for me so far. I am treating 2 clownfish right now that I thought were starting brook because they were scratching and I treat with the normal dose. I don't see why treat with double.

If it's not something written on the bottle and recommanded on the Seachem web site, I would never do that. It's risky. After all Paraguard is still formaline.

So far after 2 days of treatment at regular dosage I have not seen any more scratching. They have been in treatment for 8 days now, and will remain at regular concentration for another week or so, maybe 3 just to be safe.

I also treated my niger trigger for a popeye and 3 weeks at normal dose was enough.

That is what I thought as well...thanks!

[Shwabber]

Well....she has passed....

Now to figure out what it was....and will my other clown or fish be affected....

If it was Brook....can my Fox-Face or Hippo Tang pick that up???

My Fox Face does have a couple of white fuzzy spots possibly on his tail....hard to tell for sure though.

Are there people out there who can do a kind of inspection...or is there a way I can do this myself.....more research I guess.

[gregzz4]

Sorry to hear that Shaun. Guess she was too far gone to handle the stress.

[Shwabber]

Originally Posted by gregzz4

Sorry to hear that Shaun. Guess she was too far gone to handle the stress.

Thanks Gregzz!

I layed her out on a white surface and found a couple of little black crescent shaped things fell off. They were still wriggling around... about 1mm in length. It looked like a dark white grub would look when it curls up...only a little slimmer and dark brown/black in colour. Gonna see if I can ID it on the web.....my neighbor may have a microscope ....so I might see if I can reference it from a stock photo.

[daniella3d]

Sorry to hear about your fish maybe it was brooklynella? not sure but for identifying a small parasites like brook, you would need a microscope for sure because it's a small protozoare.

Maybe what you found are some flukes, but I doubt it since prazipro would have probably killed them. The best way is to do a scrape but it will be hard to find anything alive if the fish has been dead and out of the water for a few days, maybe even few hours.

Originally Posted by Shwabber

Thanks Gregzz!

I layed her out on a white surface and found a couple of little black crescent shaped things fell off. They were still wriggling around... about 1mm in length. It looked like a dark white grub would look when it curls up...only a little slimmer and dark brown/black in colour. Gonna see if I can ID it on the web.....my neighbor may have a microscope ....so I might see if I can reference it from a stock photo.

[gregzz4]

Yikes !
I'd try to keep some in a SW container and see if the LFS can help you identify them uglies