Possible ich and mystery disease

[lviva003]

Hello everyone,
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I hope you guys can help me with my unfortunate fish problems. I have a 36 reef gallon tank. I have 3 fish in total: a black and white clown, six line wrasse, and a fire fish. the two fish that I am worry about are the clown and wrasse. First, i recently added the wrasse about a week ago and I have noticed some white spots on his skin. The spots look like if they were transparent and they are big spots (it looks like slime). The wrasse has been twitching and rubbing against rock multiple times a day. I have also seen the wrasse defecate white feces (stringy) just once, but now he is defecating, in which i believe is normal, brown feces (is solid and not stringy). The wrasse eats like a champ.
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My second problem is my clown with a disease I have not been able to diagnose. The clownfish has *ONE SINGLE white spot by his chin. I've had the clownfish for three weeks now and the white spot has not reduced, spread, or increase in size. He's been eating and swimming very happily and does not seemed to be *bothered by the white spot. As far as the fire fish, the firefish is in great condition and nothing is wrong with him.*
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My tank is fully cycled. Water parameters are ph- 8, ammonia - 0, nitrite- 0, and nitrates - 1.5. I have a protein skimmer and I have a filter that runs floss and carbon. I do water changes every Saturday (6 gallons). I feed my fish rods food and NLS pellets. When I introduce any animal in my tank I have dripped acclimated them. Like I said, everyone eats very well and nobody fights with each other (except in the beginning for territorial purposes), but after that it has been very peaceful tank. Please any help will be greatly appreciated. I want to help out the little guys and I do not want them to die. Also, I took a quick video of the fish so hopefully you guys can help me. thank you in advanced and if anyone needs any more information I will gladly provide it for you.
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Link for video:*http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMLk2IdxAlI
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Thank you,
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Luis*

 

[HumbleFish]

I guess for now I would focus on what is known, one problem at a time. If you saw stringy white feces coming out of the wrasse, and you've seen him rub/twitch; then those are symptoms of internal parasites. You can treat with Prazipro in-tank for that.

But doing that may not fix everything. I see the white slime on the wrasse in the video - was this video taken soon after the lights came on? If so, it may just be residue from his cocoon that he sleeps in at night.

The thing on the clown may just be Lymphocystis (a harmless virus), or the beginnings of a bacterial infection.

Treating with Prazipro may not get you completely out of the woods, but it's a good first step. It's possible these fish also have Ich. But since there is no in-tank treatment for that (you would have to QT in a separate tank), you want to be sure about it.

 

[enjetek]

Assessment above looks correct.

Single white dot - lymph most likely
Multiple salt like white spots - ich?
Stringy white feces and twitching - flukes or other parasites

 

[lviva003]

Thank you. I am not sure if this is posiible, but can one treat the ich inconjuction with prazipro? If not, should i just quarantine the wrasse first and then the rest? The white slime on the wrasse has decreased. Should i still treat him with copper for the ich? This would be my first time treating fish with medication si any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

 

[HumbleFish]

Thank you. I am not sure if this is posiible, but can one treat the ich inconjuction with prazipro? If not, should i just quarantine the wrasse first and then the rest? The white slime on the wrasse has decreased. Should i still treat him with copper for the ich? This would be my first time treating fish with medication si any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

Treatment for Ich (I would probably recommend Cupramine for you) would need to be done in QT. You can QT & treat with Prazi and then Cupramine (or vice versa). Or treat with Prazi in your DT and watch for symptoms of Ich.