Lyretail Anthia With Patchy Mottled Pale Skin

[Zalick]

I have two Lyretail in QT. Been there for 12 weeks now. They had flukes, undiagnosed until it killed one, and I treated with Prazi. Saw the flukes drop off. Went through two rounds of Prazi and no more flukes. Lost on of the anthia. The larger one started having some fin rot so I treated with Paragard for a week. The fin rot stopped.

The lyretail still doesn't look great. The skin is kind of mottled, red splotchy under the scales that you can see when lit from behind. The skin is kinda rough looking, not bumpy like other diseases but just bubbled a bit like water soaked on cardboard.

these are the best pics I could get. You can see the remnants of the rotted fins a bit. Darn guy swims too fast. Through all this its been active and eating like normal. No other symptoms at all. No flashing etc.

 

[Zalick]

I don't want to put him in my DT until I'm 100% sure he's safe. The other anthia in QT has never shown any signs of sickness.

 

[Zalick]

Bump. Thoughts?

 

[Zalick]

It almost looks like some of his skin has sloughed off and isn't regrowing. Does anyone have thoughts?

 

[juanmanuelsanch]

could be fungal. Are the water parameters in check?

 

[Zalick]

could be fungal. Are the water parameters in check?

Yup. Water parameters are good.

Its kinda strange that the other lyretail has been in the QT the whole time too, 3 months now, and has never shown any signs of an infection/parasite.

I'm thinking of trying Maracyn 2??

 

[juanmanuelsanch]

you could try... but do not mix medications. Remove one to add the other (via carbon and water changes)

 

[Zalick]

you could try... but do not mix medications. Remove one to add the other (via carbon and water changes)

Ok thanks for the tip. I've been doing 50% water changes with my DT water once a week, or more when necessary, so I could do a 100% change today with minimal impact/stress.

 

[scooter31707]

Looks like it could possibly be brook or uronema which is common in Anthias. I would treat with a Formalin bath for 50 mins.

 

[Zalick]

Looks like it could possibly be brook or uronema which is common in Anthias. I would treat with a Formalin bath for 50 mins.

How easily does that spread?

I did a 1hr dip in paraguard Saturday while I did a 100% water change. The healthy Anthia was just in a little container during the change. I then started a Maracyn Two treatment following the recommendations. The sick Anthia looks terrible now and probably won't make it. The healthy Anthia looks just fine.

The sick one is breathing heavy and lethargic. Ate yesterday but today stayed on the bottom and skin looks like its been eating away. Not like rotting, more like melted away.

Unfortunately I don't have Formalin on hand. Going to order some today. Would it still be worth a shot if he's alive or would the formalin likely finish him off?

This is not my anthia, but this looks very similar. Although my guy looks much worse now.

 

[Zalick]

Looks like it could possibly be brook or uronema which is common in Anthias. I would treat with a Formalin bath for 50 mins.

If it uronema, should I take back the healthy anthia? I don't want to risk infecting my DT with anything....

 

[Zalick]

She died yesterday and looked terrible. Here are the pics of the lyretail anthia with possible uronema. What do you all think?

 

[Zalick]

Anyone have thoughts on this? If its uronema, can I treat the last healthy one and safely ad to DT?

 

[Zalick]

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