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Help identifying an illness |
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By: aotp Date: April 10, 2015, 8:51 pm |
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Hi, |
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I am having trouble identifying an illness that is slowing |
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killing my fish one by one. I have a 65 gallon tank with 4 |
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Discus (2 died in the last 2 weeks so down to only 2), 1 angel, |
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2 Gold Rams, 12 Green Fire Tetras, 6 X-Ray tetras, 6 Threadfin |
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Rainbows, 4 golden wonder killis, 3 Chinese Algae eaters and 4 |
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angelicus loaches. The discus and angel fish have always |
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developed a white spot on their head roughly the size of a |
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sesame seed but it will always go away a few hours after I |
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noticed it. However, in the last two weeks the spots have |
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started to show up and will not disappear. One fish will develop |
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3 or 4 large white spots starting by their eye and going up |
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their head. Shortly after that the spots with grow together into |
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one big sore and that is when the fish takes a turn for the |
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worst. This illness only effects the discus and angelfish, the |
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rest of the fish in the tank have never showed any sign of it. I |
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talked to the owner of my local fish store and he told me the |
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exact same thing happened to him in one of his angel tanks and |
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it killed almost all of his fish one by one. He tried every |
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bacteria, parasite, and fungus treatment he had at his store on |
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the tank and not a single thing touched it. He eventually just |
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emptied the tank completely, cleaned it, and set it up again. I |
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am wondering if anyone else had an experience with this illness. |
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Also this illness is not ich, it is localized to the head of the |
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fish and the white spots are far to big. |
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Water Conditions: |
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Temp: 84F |
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pH: 6.8-7.0 |
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Ammonia: 0.0 |
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Nitrite: 0.0 |
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Nitrate: 0.0 |
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Medications I have tried: |
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Prazipro |
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Metro+ |
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General Cure |
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Antibiotic Flakes |
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Melafix |
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Pimafix |
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Aquarium Salt (just regular dosing no salt baths) |
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Picture of Angelfish currently suffering: |
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http://postimg.org/image/rkh02itg7/ |
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Update 4/11: |
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I decided to try something I have never tried before and gave |
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the angel a salt bath. I used 2 gallons of tank water, from a |
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tank I have never added salt to, and added 4 teaspoons per |
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gallon. I put the angel in the salt bath for 30 minutes and |
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after putting him back into the tank I noticed all the white |
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spots have come off. There are small open wounds now on his head |
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but I am hoping those will heal with time. |
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