identify disease on fish

f3honda4me · 02/27/2017, 07:14 PM

So I have two blue reef chromis in QT. They are on day 4 of prazipro and day 2 of paragard. Two days ago the smaller one showed up with this on the one side of his body. The white spot near his head and then the miscolored spots farther back. He also has white stringy poop. It has not gotten better in the last 2 days. Could this be bacterial possibly?

scuzy · 02/27/2017, 07:23 PM

I have never thought paraguard does anything for diseases. It's either copper, CP, or ttm for me.

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f3honda4me · 02/27/2017, 07:36 PM

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Originally Posted by scuzy

I have never thought paraguard does anything for diseases. It's either copper, CP, or ttm for me.

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I use copper for things like ich or velvet. Paraguard is for external parasites and lesions, not ich.

Regardless the fish doesn't have ich or velvet...

monkeysee1 · 02/27/2017, 07:57 PM

Stringy poop tells me it's Flukes!!
Keep using the Prazipro - dose every 4-5 days, and follow directions EXACTLY! Be patient and don't give up on it!
You may have to dose 4-5 times, for good measure.
I would also order some Dr. G's Kankamycin caviar and feed this in conjunction with the Prazipro dosing prevent any secondary bacterial infection.

f3honda4me · 02/27/2017, 08:21 PM

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Originally Posted by monkeysee1

Stringy poop tells me it's Flukes!!
Keep using the Prazipro - dose every 4-5 days, and follow directions EXACTLY! Be patient and don't give up on it!
You may have to dose 4-5 times, for good measure.
I would also order some Dr. G's Kankamycin caviar and feed this in conjunction with the Prazipro dosing prevent any secondary bacterial infection.

Yea I was thinking flukes too. I'm going to be doing a WC tomorrow and then a second round of prazipro. So I'm hopefully on the right track.

I also ordered some kanaplex which is kanamycin broad spectrum antibiotic just in case the prazi isn't working out and it ends up being bacterial.

f3honda4me · 02/28/2017, 07:52 AM

Well crap. The small chromis died overnight. The larger one remains healthy looking. While I never saw any aggression it makes me think maybe the big one was attacking the little one and those were wounds. If that's the case probably my fault for getting an even number.

02/27/2017, 07:14 PM	#1
f3honda4me Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 1,218	identify disease on fish So I have two blue reef chromis in QT. They are on day 4 of prazipro and day 2 of paragard. Two days ago the smaller one showed up with this on the one side of his body. The white spot near his head and then the miscolored spots farther back. He also has white stringy poop. It has not gotten better in the last 2 days. Could this be bacterial possibly?

02/27/2017, 07:57 PM	#4
monkeysee1 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: MERRIMACK NH Posts: 423	Stringy poop tells me it's Flukes!! Keep using the Prazipro - dose every 4-5 days, and follow directions EXACTLY! Be patient and don't give up on it! You may have to dose 4-5 times, for good measure. I would also order some Dr. G's Kankamycin caviar and feed this in conjunction with the Prazipro dosing prevent any secondary bacterial infection. __________________ Your "fair share" is not in my wallet; it's in my fish tank!! Current tank info: 90 Gallon saltwater 10 fish with a few inverts; NO CORALS! Tried to go reef; didn't work out so hot; FOWLR's for me! Last edited by monkeysee1; 02/27/2017 at 08:05 PM.

02/27/2017, 07:23 PM	#2
scuzy Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: San Jose, CA Posts: 6,499	I have never thought paraguard does anything for diseases. It's either copper, CP, or ttm for me. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

02/28/2017, 07:52 AM	#6
f3honda4me Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 1,218	Well crap. The small chromis died overnight. The larger one remains healthy looking. While I never saw any aggression it makes me think maybe the big one was attacking the little one and those were wounds. If that's the case probably my fault for getting an even number.