Yellow watchman goby fin infection

deanobliss · Apr 22, 2022

Hello!
I have a yellow watchman goby that has been in QT for about 3 weeks. About a week after receiving him i noticed a small white spot at the base of his fin. It was fuzzy and didn’t look anything like velvet or ich so i was going to wait it out and see how it progressed.

I put him through a week of paraguard to see if that would help because it looked like some type of fungas and his fin was getting a bit frayed. That didn’t really seem to have any effect, so then i moved to kanaplex. He has had 3 doses, and is on day 6 of that treatment .

the pics attached are from 10 days ago while getting paraguard and also a pic from today. It’s still white but when looking from behind it looks a little red now towards his body.

im not sure what else i should treat him for, I’m new to this QT stuff so open to any ideas on how to get him better.

thank you for the help!

vetteguy53081 · Apr 22, 2022

deanobliss said:
Hello!
I have a yellow watchman goby that has been in QT for about 3 weeks. About a week after receiving him i noticed a small white spot at the base of his fin. It was fuzzy and didn’t look anything like velvet or ich so i was going to wait it out and see how it progressed.

I put him through a week of paraguard to see if that would help because it looked like some type of fungas and his fin was getting a bit frayed. That didn’t really seem to have any effect, so then i moved to kanaplex. He has had 3 doses, and is on day 6 of that treatment .

the pics attached are from 10 days ago while getting paraguard and also a pic from today. It’s still white but when looking from behind it looks a little red now towards his body.

im not sure what else i should treat him for, I’m new to this QT stuff so open to any ideas on how to get him better.

thank you for the help!

Appears to be bacterial. is this a quarantine tank?
If not, fish requires a sandy bottom. For the pectoral fin, may have started as an injury but has a bacterial infection. Treatment will be seachem kanaplex. If none available - Maracyn 2
Assure youre providing good water quality and diet during treatment.

deanobliss · Apr 23, 2022

vetteguy53081 said:
Appears to be bacterial. is this a quarantine tank?
If not, fish requires a sandy bottom. For the pectoral fin, may have started as an injury but has a bacterial infection. Treatment will be seachem kanaplex. If none available - Maracyn 2
Assure youre providing good water quality and diet during treatment.

Thank you for the reply!

i already did one full corse of kanaplex, should I water change and go for another corse of it?