What's that on my Naso's eye?

[jennm]

If it was *me*, I'd catch and quarantine all of the fish. FW dip for flukes, and treat the quarantine tank with Hikari Ich-X, which is a formalin-based medicine that addresses ich, and protozoan infestations.

I'd leave the display fishless for at least 4 weeks to attempt to break the life cycle of the ich (and flukes).

That's your best chance to get rid of it, in my opinion and experience.

How long did you quarantine your fish? Usually if something is brewing an infection or infestation it will show up within a fairly short time, then it can be dealt with in the quarantine situation.

Of course nothing is 100% all the time, but it sounds like you've got serious stuff going on in there. Stress, aggression and such usually lead to outbreaks.

Jenn

 

[shafiq_hossain]

Even if I wanted to do that, I am sure my QT won't be able to handle the bio load. I can try the FW bath route if I can catch them in my 265 with live rocks. I am sure the only time I will be able to catch some of the fishes is when they're too weak to run away from the net. By that time, it may already be too late.


My QT period is 2 weeks.


In any case, I'll try to catch as many as I can, give them a FW bath, relocate them to QT and prepare for the worst.

Edit: If I get them in the QT, won't copper be more effective? Will copper also take care of fluke or whatever may be the cause?

 

[shafiq_hossain]

Okay, I have a question regarding the transition from FW to QT. Before I place fish in a tank, I follow the standard acclimation procedure (drip method). But you were suggesting I place the fish in the QT right after the FW bath. So, I would obviously bypass the acclimation process. Previously, I have put the fish back into the original tank after the FW bath. Not that I'm putting the fish in the QT tank (not back in the main tank), I assume the process is the same, correct? After the FW bath, I take the fish out and put it directly in the QT tank, correct?

 

[jennm]

Yes.

 

[shafiq_hossain]

I found an imbalance. I noticed my refractometer needed recalibration. I checked the salinity on my tank after recalibrating and it came out to 1.027, not 1.025 as I had intended. Could that have caused significant stress?


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[jennm]

Doubtful.