Advice please!?!?! My clowns have ich and I'm about to go on holiday!!

[LadyDave]

It's not showing up on eBay - even if it did, by the time I received it, even if I wasn't going away, it would be too late if it is brook.

Anyway, the fish look better this morning!! There's a visible reduction if the spots on the black clown and the common clown has nothing I can see on it's body now, still a few spots on the edge of her fins tho.

I think I have managed to capture a few half decent photos...... Hopefully might give more of an idea of what's wrong with them?!?! It's not showing up on the common clown in the photos but if you look between the black ones first two white stripes behind his head... That's where it's showing up best on the photos.

 

[LadyDave]

Better ones....

 

[MrTuskfish]

Moving a fish to QT for proper treatment isn't stressful IMO,

I agree, the idea that a proper QT stresses fish is one of the great myths (or excuses) of the hobby. Not using a QT religiously has possibly killed as many fish as any controllable factor I can thing of.

 

[LadyDave]

If they are still alive and still unwell when I get back from my holiday I will be QTing them. I would definitely have done it already if I was going to be here to monitor/medicate them.

My QT is back in its cycle again now and there's been no change in the fish since this morning.... Other than a slight change for the better.

I still have no idea what I'm dealing with. Surely if it were brook or velvet they would be looking very sorry for themselves by now??? If it wasn't for these tiny spots on them showing up under the light, they would be a picture of health!! Any ideas on the photos or are they not clear enough?

 

[LadyDave]

Oh.... Merry Christmas by the way!!