Disease Treatment

[Bozad]

I have an Atlantic Blue Tang in QT. The fish has been in the QT for 2 wks with no meds. He is eating very well but his color is very lt blue. I noticed today one eye is cloudy an swollen and around the eye almost looks like a bruse darkened color. He will stay directly in front of a powerhead almost as if he trying to remove something. I just started a Copper med. Any thoughts on what else I should do?

Thanks,
Don

 

[alprazo]

I think you are correct in starting with copper first. Copper will treat the things that can kill your fish overnight. Make sure you are using it correctly though. I would follow the copper treatment with praziquantil. Most rec prazipro.

If you think it is a bacterial infection, You will need to add an abx. I like nitrofurazone. It is well tolerated.

 

[Bozad]

Thanks for the reply. Today he was not doing very well, hidden up in a plastic rock. I think the copper treatment is too hard on the fish. I decided to give him a fresh water bath. I noticed small white like semi-transparent deposits in the container. I was told if it was flukes this is common. The water in the QT was cloudy because I stopped using carbon. I decided to do a 50% water change and go back to the carbon filtration. Are tangs more sensetive to Copper treatments?

 

[sandwi54]

How fast were you ramping the copper? It is common to highly stress or even kill a fish if the dosage is ramped up too quickly. Which copper are you using? The key to successful copper treatment is to take 4 days to ramp up the dosage to the therapeutic level.

 

[Bozad]

I didn't ramp it up; wasn't aware to do this. As of now I have changed to Prazipro because of the Flukes. If he is eating tonight I might give another fresh-water soak.