I think all the fish medics went to sleep already, but it sure does look like ick to me. You need to put fish in quarantine tank and treat them with medication, all of the fish that is in yours tank need to come out and go into quarantine
Was this fish previously in copper?
Looks like an accelerated case of ich breakout. Fish will have to be placed in a quarantine tank along with other tankmates which are now exposed to this outbreak. While you can treat with coppersafe (preferred), you can also do hyposalinity ( bringing salt level down to 1.009)
For coppersafe, treat at therapeutic level 2.25-2.5 For a FULL 30 days (do not interrupt this 30 day period) monitored by a reliable Copper Test kit such as Hanna Brand- No API brand. Also monitor Ammonia levels while in quarantine with a reliable test kit and add aeration during treatment using an air stone.
The display tank will have to be kept fishless (FALLOW) for 6-8 weeks to assure the existing parasites go through their life cycle without a host fish and die off
A quarantine tank can be as simple as a starter kit from Walmart which most of the needed essentials.
Thank you so much. How big of a QT tank do i need and at what temp? Is hyposalinity safer or coppersafe safer? thank you for your help
I find coppersafe safer as not all fish agree with hypo and size of QT tank will depend on about of fish. 20 gallon Long is generally good and a 40breeder Ideal (which is a taller 20g long)
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