Copper treatment/odd behavior! Please Help!

[AlexHamilton]

Hello everyone,

So I have ran into a problem that has been worrying me.
So I have been copper treating a Coral Beauty and a bicolor dotty back. Going on week 4 of treatment. So far it has gone very well, then today I went and fed the fish and was getting ready to drop in some cupisorb and start finishing up my QT. then I noticed the coral beauty wasn't eating and I saw him shake his head several times. I haven't seen any signs of Ich since I began treating. Could it be something else?

So my question is, should I continue the copper treatment? Or should I remove the copper and treat with another medication? Or remove the copper and observe?

I have never ran into this before this far into a QT treatement. I have just about every staple medication there is, PraziPro, ParaGaurd, StressGaurd, Cupramine Etc.. So what would you guys recommend?

any help is much appreciated!

 

[AlexHamilton]

Hey guys, does anyone recommend I post this in a different thread?

I am really at a loss on what to do from here and I feel like I am running out of time. Any tips or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Deinonych]

Head shaking could be an indication of gill parasites. I would remove the copper and start treating with PraziPro, as the fish may have flukes.

 

[AlexHamilton]

Head shaking could be an indication of gill parasites. I would remove the copper and start treating with PraziPro, as the fish may have flukes.

Thank you for the response! I have already begun removing the copper.
I will treat PraziPro after a few days of running the copper. However I did notice something odd on the coral beauty that I haven't noticed before. Right above his eyes it looks like he has a scar, it's not an open cut. It almost looks like a stretch mark. im curious on what would cause this?