Powder Blue needs your help!

[keepswimming]

I recently purchased this powder blue with ich from a lfs on here but i did it intentionally to save him. I acclimated him into my qt and started cupramine SLOWLY. He is in my 48" long qt at .25 cupramine and eating flake,pellets, mysis (soaked in selcon), but he has something on his face/side that i am unfamiliar with... I have dealt with ich before, but this doesn't look like ich to me, although i could be completely wrong! Any information on what to do to increase his health is much appreciated! BTW all parameters are stable and in check!

SLIGHT BLACK DISCOLORATION ON DORSAL FIN!


WHITE FLATWORM LOOKING PARASITES ON FACE!


SIDE DISCOLORED (POSSIBLY FROM SCRAPING ON ROCKS)!


THE TANG DOES SHOW SOME FLASHING AND MILD DARTING BACK AND FORTH (POSSIBLY FROM REFLECTION OF HIMSELF)... NO LABORED BREATHING AND HE IS STILL EATING.


:thumb: THANKS!

 

[keepswimming]

No one has encountered this?!?

 

[Newsmyrna80]

Looks like flukes. You could do a FW dip to confirm or just go ahead and dose Prazi. It is well tolerated by most fish. Be sure to keep the water aerated and be prepared for his appetite to be suppressed. I would feed him a few hours before dosing the Prazi just to make sure he has a full belly.
I would caution to slowly add the Prazi over the course of a few hours as this fish appears to be covered in flukes. Many fish don't handle the sudden exodus of flukes and it severely stresses them out and in extreme cases can lead to death.

 

[TitanCi]

Flukes to me. Bravo for saving it!!!