First full QT attempt

[125mph]

This will be my first time QTing a fish in my 6+ years in the hobby. I've been lucky a lot but did get bad luck once!

So I have a melanurus in the QT from a lfs. I treated with prazi as a precaution and have been observing the wrasse ever since. He's doing well and eating much more aggressively than when I got him. It's been 3 weeks.

However, yesterday I noticed some white blotches on one of his side fins. It's not small like ich, and its not even raised. It's more like a blotch of white, flat and about 1/16" big. Not sure what this is, maybe an inflection?

The water quality in the QT is okay. It's 0 ammonia, but there is some nitrites and nitrates. I've been dosing prime and stability every day, and of course water changes.

I'm not sure if the white spot is an infection or just stress from the lower grade water quality. Other than the spots, he's very active. I've seen flashing only once in a while.

Should I let him in the DT soon, or should I treat with paraguard just to be safe?

 

[Triggerfish]

maybe some type of fungal infection. i wouldnt add to DT until fish has looked good with no signs of illness for at least 4 weeks.

 

[Reef908]

Mine developed this and people seemed to think it was lymph. He was in the display when he got it. I dosed kanaplex and it seemed to go away and has not returned in over a year.

 

[Triggerfish]

lymph is something that can typically go away on its own, what you treated with may or may not have been the cause.

 

[scooter31707]

if it is Lympho which is caused by stress and poor water quality. As mentioned above, it will go away on it's own. during this process you can soak food in Selcon.

 

[125mph]

Mine developed this and people seemed to think it was lymph. He was in the display when he got it. I dosed kanaplex and it seemed to go away and has not returned in over a year.

Kanaplex in your reef okay? Just want to know for future reference.

 

[125mph]

I dosed with paraguard a few hours ago... and wow, almost all of the white spots are gone now. Will repeat tomorrow according to instructions and see if it all goes away.

 

[ThRoewer]

Kanaplex in your reef okay? Just want to know for future reference.

No, it's an antibiotic.

 

[125mph]

lymph is something that can typically go away on its own, what you treated with may or may not have been the cause.

More info:

So today, I did a water change and also did another round of paraguard since instruction says to dose daily for 7-14 days.

Notice there are a few white flake like things on the fish's skin. It resumbles a scale or a flake, it it seem like it could almost fall off if he swam fast.

Any ideas what that could be? Could the paraguard be causing the parasites or whatever that is to leave the body?

 

[125mph]

Another update.. day 3 of paraguard..

He doesnt appear to be doing better.. Now suddenly he has lots of white spots on him and color faded.. still eating though. All this started after paraguard went in.. Wonder if he actually had ich but I couldnt tell and the paraguard is speeding up the process and exposing them?

 

[Reef908]

Kanaplex in your reef okay? Just want to know for future reference.

Not sure if it is fully, I assume no since as mentioned it's an antibiotic. I pulled him out and dosed in a 5 gallon bucket and then transferred to another bucket for round 2. I did this similar to ttm. Then I put into my 20 gallon hospital tank for a week or so of observation. Even if it was reef safe, the amount you would have to add to the display would make it not really worth it.

 

[scooter31707]

Another update.. day 3 of paraguard..

He doesnt appear to be doing better.. Now suddenly he has lots of white spots on him and color faded.. still eating though. All this started after paraguard went in.. Wonder if he actually had ich but I couldnt tell and the paraguard is speeding up the process and exposing them?

With you stating that the color is fading along with white spots, makes me think it may be velvet.

 

[ThRoewer]

From your last two descriptions my first thought would be skin flukes, my second ich.

As for velvet, a fish that shows discoloration due to it would also have serious behavioral symptoms, most notably heavy breathing. Velvet is a rather fast killer.

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