Hippo scratching aggressively

[ScubaNemo]

I added a hippo to my DT after 2 weeks in QT with copper and was clean. It keeps developing white spots that don't look like ich. It is eating very well and I'm adding garlic to every meal.
Catching it is not an option. Anything I should do to help it? The tank is about 3.5 months old. Levels are good except of the nitrate at 30

 

[snorvich]

Quarantine was not long enough; copper is often ineffective.

 

[ScubaNemo]

Any suggestions on what to do now other than feed it well?

 

[jbvdhp]

Any suggestions on what to do now other than feed it well?

Pull the fish out and treat again. If it's indeed a parasite then pull all the fish out. It may not be what you want to hear, but it's what you should do.

"Not an option" is always said. It's always an option, whether or not you want to treat properly is up to you.

 

[scooter31707]

first, you to determine the proper illness so you can treat it properly so you won't be spending unnecessary money.

 

[ScubaNemo]

It is looking better this morning and still eating like a vacuum cleaner! I just wonder if this will go on its own. It looks like ich spots but maybe hanging off the body a bit and just a few of them. Hard to take a pic as it is camera shy and hides when I get too close to the tank

 

[scooter31707]

If it is Ich you need to get all the fish out the tank and treat by doing the TTM method and let the DT go fallow for at 72 days, 90 is better.

 

[jbvdhp]

Honestly, there aren't many diseases we hobbyists come across. The common ones are fairly easy to treat. Ich is probably by far the most common.

You can chance it and see how long "it looks better for" before something major happens or nip it in the butt now.

For instance, my Achilles tang has ich. Like major ich. I feel bad each time I look at it in QT. Not only that, but now it's affected the desjardini AND two potters wrasses in qt with it. They all will be going thru TTM soon. Should be right now, but I can't so as of now they sit in an ich infested QT.

I know the Achilles will look better soon, but I know it's in waters with ich. So why convince myself it may not be ich and "he's looking fine"?

It seems a lot of people come on to ask about DZ, and expect to hear something else about what they have.

Also, without pics it's difficult to say what you have. Maybe you're lucky and your fish is truly the one "with some sand stuck to it".

Let us know how your fish do


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