Conceyted
Active member
About a month and a half ago we added a kole and convict tang to our main display (90g). The fish had only been in quarantine for 2 weeks before adding them and they looked very healthy. Well within a week the kole was going CRAZY and ended up with white spots all over him. I pulled every last fish out of the tank and threw them all in quarantine. I brought the qt down to hypo but each week one of our fish would die. So after thinking about it there was no way it was ich. It was killing fish too fast and hypo was not helping. I realized it was probably marine velvet. So we treated with copper. By this time we only had 2 out of 6 fish left :-( and within a week under copper they looked great. They are still under copper now and have a few more weeks to go before the 90 has been barron for the full 2 months, but I have noticed something ever since I got the hippo. The hippo has always had a weird hue to its skin. It looks completely normal untill it turns the right way and light reflects off of its skin and then you can see a slight haze or cloudiness to its skin. It is not visible otherwise and copper and hypo has not fixed it so I am thinking it might be some sort of bacterial skin infection. I have been looking at medications to treat fungal and bacterial infections and I figure I might as well treat for internal parasites as well. I just worry that mixing all these medications might kill my fish. Should I be concerned about using medications together? Does anyone know what this infection or disease my fish might have? I tried to get pictures but its impossible. The only way would be to hold the tang at the right angle so it couldnt move and we would have to hold it to reflect light. It would be very difficult. Any help or suggestion is appreciated. I plan on keeping the fish in quarantine another two weeks before adding them back so hopefully any treatment can be done in two weeks. TIA
-Chris
-Chris
