foxface twitching

[bwoerner]

Please help. My foxface is twitching continually in the last few days, , but still eats well. I went throught 6 weeks of hypo a month back, but my Koran A. appears to have Ich, and it is continually rubbing against the sides.. Other fish (sailfin tang, cinnamon clowns, greenbird wrasse, ) all are fine.
All levels are good, PH normal, etc.
any ideas??
h redo Hypo again. I have a good hydrometer and am confident the level was 12-14 ppm for six weeks. I have not introduced any new fish. I did lose my zebra sweetlips two weeks ago to popeye.

 

[cristhiam]

Sorry to say but hydrometers are way off, do a search on RC. To effectively do a hypo you need a more accurate device. I had a deep six and when I got a refractometer the deep six showing 32ppt and the refractometer 40ppt. Confirmed by my LFS too with their refractometer. I still doing a hypo on a QT and my fish are not showing any sign of ich anymore going on 3 weeks. Another thing you need to treat all fish even if they are not showing any signs and leave your display 4 to 6 weeks with no fish.

 

[bwoerner]

Sorry, I do have a refractometer

 

[Sk8r]

Rabbitfish, tangs, and angels get ich easily. I swear rabbitfish are born with it. You can try feeding with garlic as well. Doesn't hurt and IMHO it helps.

 

[cristhiam]

Did you treat all the fish with hypo? maybe that's the problem if you only treat it a few fish and not all. I know it's very frustating a few months ago I lost all of my fish due to ich. Now my display it's been empty for 4 weeks and have 2 fish going throug hypo.

 

[Me No Nemo]

Could the Koran have flukes, not ich? They will often do the rubbing for those as well. A freshwater dip of about a minute will have the flukes, which look like tiny white potato chips, working their way out of the fish. If you do see them, extend the dip up to three minutes until you don't see anymore come off, watching the fish closely for extreme distress. The problem with flukes is that they get under the scales and in the gills and eventually the fish can't breathe. The other problem is secondary bacterial infections after the flukes are removed, so make sure you treat for that as well. Getting them off early on seems to be the best bet as the longer they are in the fish the more significant the damage when they are removed. GL, Marcye

 

[bwoerner]

I will check the Koran for flukes. Thanks for your input