We never learn the right way, do we?

[Manoj's Reef]

The fish finally started eating yesterday.

Copper treatment is on. And the scales on the body look good. The black spot seems to be receding.

[fawkes]

I know it is late in this thread, and there is doubt about the ich diagnosis. But ich is cyclical - see the biology section in http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2003-08/sp/index.php - does it ever go away???

FWIW, it is useful to have extra stuff around. An extra tank, heater, pump, maybe a spare MJ1200, Koralia shaft and impeller (or an extra Koralia), maricyn...I'm sure there are dozens of other things the rest of you can come up with.

[Manoj's Reef]

I know it is late in this thread, and there is doubt about the ich diagnosis. But ich is cyclical - see the biology section in http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2003-08/sp/index.php - does it ever go away???

FWIW, it is useful to have extra stuff around. An extra tank, heater, pump, maybe a spare MJ1200, Koralia shaft and impeller (or an extra Koralia), maricyn...I'm sure there are dozens of other things the rest of you can come up with.

Thanks very good information. I have saved the information on my hard drive. Yeah your advice if definitely right, its always good to have extra stuff.

The fish has started eating well, I have been feeding two times and its eating well. The fish is looking better and the spot where the white color was lost is returning slowly. But I think I am still not out of woods yet. I am planning on keeping the fish in the copper treatment for another 2 months to make sure he recovers completely and becomes strong.

[fawkes]

Great news about the improvement in the health of the fish. It is always gratifying when we can help. Sometimes things go bad quickly and it turns bad.

[ReeferMike]

im puzzled as to what the fuzzy spots could be... i hope they pull through, sounds like youre making a heck of an effort. no casualties yet right?

[Manoj's Reef]

im puzzled as to what the fuzzy spots could be... i hope they pull through, sounds like youre making a heck of an effort. no casualties yet right?

Mike, as per my reading I found it to be marine velvet. Marine velvet are of two types , one that spreads and one that stays confined to a small region on the fish. This one stayed confined to a region.

Also there was secondary infection of fin rot.


Currently the fin is growing back up. The fish is eating well. There was a spot where the fish lost scales and now its recovering.

I cannot take the full credit, I did the reading part of it and my wife is doing the execution part. But yes I did not want to loose the fish and also I wanted to learn how to deal with situations like these.


I will keep you guys updated!!

[Manoj's Reef]

The dark patch on the fish is about 85-95% gone. The fish is chasing food and eating well. He is still in QT and I plan to keep him there for the next 4-6 weeks.

The fin rot is no longer there, the dorsal fin is regrowing and I am hoping in a 4-6 week time period it should be ready to be put back into the frag tank.

So to summarize the treatment:

Set up QT
- 15g QT has hob filter
- power head
- few pvc pipe pieces

Sponge from display was put into hob filter to do bacteria seeding

Fish was fresh water dipped for 3 minutes and put in QT
The water was treated with copper ( dose was as shown on the cupramine bottle)
Weekly water changes to keep up with ammonia build up.