Help Possiable Ich

[Odysi]

So i just took my Royal Gramma out of QT and put him in my DT this morning. When i took a look at him later on he now has white spot that look to be ich. I will try and get a pick of him but he keeps hiding on me. Does this mean i would need to treat all fish in the tank now?

 

[Vapour1ze]

Yes you would need to treat the entire tank if it is ich. Try to post a pic. In the mean time, try soaking some food in some garlic and start feeding with garlic.

 

[Odysi]

Here are some pics. It has only been in the tank for 6-8 hrs now.

 

[Vapour1ze]

Help Possiable Ich

Looks like ich. How long was he in quarantine?

 

[Odysi]

Over a month with no signs. Will 5 fish be too much for a 10g QT? They are all fairly small none over 3"

 

[Vapour1ze]

10g is pretty small... I would wait for a few others to chime in. However, to me it does look like ich.

 

[Odysi]

i have been Qting each for a month and just doing a parzi treatment. Unless they showed signs of other illnesses. The Gramma was ok with no scratching at all or white spots until today

 

[Sk8r]

It's lacking the typical 'roundness' of an ich pimple. It could be lymphocystis, which is worse news for the fish, but better for the tank. If it develops a irregular sugar-grains stuck together look, it's lymphocystis. If distinct pimples, white and round, it's ich.

 

[ca1ore]

Month in QT is a pretty good period of time and I'd expect ich to have presented itself. 6-8 hours is also pretty fast for symptoms to present if ich were latent in the tank. I'd keep an eye on it for a while to see if things get worse.

 

[Odysi]

Well seems i jumped the gun maybe. I pulled all the fish out and have started copper treatmeant. I was just nervous to loss all my fish. Since i have read so many stories about Ich wiping out a tank.

 

[Odysi]

Hey Sk8r do you have any pics of the early stages of lymphocystis. Every article i have read i didnt see and pics to compare it.

 

[mluntz]

Don't know if this helps or not.

 

[Sk8r]

That's a very extreme case. Usually lympho just presents as a dusting of very minute grains, particularly about the mouth and head, and is irregular in shape. Copper won't help it and may harm the fish. It's a virus, and not very infectious.

 

[Odysi]

Well i was given Copper Power to treat for ich. It doesnt have much info on the package but to dose til 2.5ppm per 20g. It says not to repeat dosage that i will stay in the water for months, but im not sure how long to leave it in there and when to do a WC with this stuff. There really isnt much info on the web about it anyone have any experience with this product?

 

[Sk8r]

You can remove copper from water with carbon filtration or with Polyfilter, a little piece of it. Polyfilter turns blue if absorbing copper. The advantage to using small pieces of that is that you know when it's not getting any more.