Potenially sick fish?

zigrat88 · 01/19/2007, 10:25 PM

Got a new pink skunk clown about a week ago and just noticed on my other pink skunk clown there is white speckles on his tail. Just curious if this would be a Diesis? Or just something random?

zigrat88 · 01/19/2007, 10:26 PM

PS, there 2 other fish in the tank, flame angel and wrasse. They both look fine.

kau_cinta_ku · 01/19/2007, 10:27 PM

could be ich. in that case you will have to treat all your fish in a qt and perform hypo or copper treatments and leave the main tank fishless for 6-8 weeks.

but can't say if it is ich for sure with out a pic.

zigrat88 · 01/19/2007, 11:15 PM

any other symptoms of ich I would be able to notice?

zigrat88 · 01/19/2007, 11:29 PM

OK another question, looking online on "Ich" and it seems to fit the Bill of what I'm seeing, ugh..

I don't have a QT tank yet, ironically in the process of setting one up. But what I do have is a fully cycled 54 gallon corner tank with LS and some LR. I was planning on "transfering" everyone over to this tank this weekend. Can I just move all my LR over and treat the fish in the old tank?

How long should I treat? If I move the LR should I do anything about the filtrations since it will essentially be lost? Just real frequent water changes?

01/19/2007, 10:25 PM	#1
zigrat88 Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Columbia, MD Posts: 125	Potenially sick fish? Got a new pink skunk clown about a week ago and just noticed on my other pink skunk clown there is white speckles on his tail. Just curious if this would be a Diesis? Or just something random?

01/19/2007, 10:26 PM	#2
zigrat88 Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Columbia, MD Posts: 125	PS, there 2 other fish in the tank, flame angel and wrasse. They both look fine.

01/19/2007, 10:27 PM	#3
kau_cinta_ku Moved On Join Date: May 2005 Location: NW Iowa Posts: 8,669	could be ich. in that case you will have to treat all your fish in a qt and perform hypo or copper treatments and leave the main tank fishless for 6-8 weeks. but can't say if it is ich for sure with out a pic.

01/19/2007, 11:15 PM	#4
zigrat88 Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Columbia, MD Posts: 125	any other symptoms of ich I would be able to notice?

01/19/2007, 11:29 PM	#5
zigrat88 Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Columbia, MD Posts: 125	OK another question, looking online on "Ich" and it seems to fit the Bill of what I'm seeing, ugh.. I don't have a QT tank yet, ironically in the process of setting one up. But what I do have is a fully cycled 54 gallon corner tank with LS and some LR. I was planning on "transfering" everyone over to this tank this weekend. Can I just move all my LR over and treat the fish in the old tank? How long should I treat? If I move the LR should I do anything about the filtrations since it will essentially be lost? Just real frequent water changes?