Sunburst Anthias? - 1 out of 3 not eating in QT

[dotcommer]

I purchased 3 Sunburst Anthias along with a juvenile potters angel on 8/23/13.

I removed 20 Gallons from my display tank and put it into my 20 Gallon QT ( Observation tank right now) I have been changing out about 2 to 3 Gallons from my display tank every 3 days. When changing the water, I am making sure to remove any detritus / left over food as well. Ammonia level is good. I have two pieces of live rock (that I will throw away if any disease shows up).

I have a power head, hang on the back filter, light and heater hooked up the the tank.

I have been feeding them Live Brine Shrimp, Rods Reef Food soaked in Garlic, Selcon & Vitachem. I have tried Cyclopeeze, PE Mysis Shrimp, ERA marine pellets, New Life Spectrum and Ocean Nutrition Formula Two Pellets.


The other fish are loving most of the above, however, one of the Sunburst is not eating anything when I am observing.

At the LFS that same Sunburst was eating, however the larger one wasn't but he has been eating great in QT.

Any other suggestions to try?

 

[RJT]

I had a similar issue with a truncate anthias trio I got from a lfs. At least yours was eating at the store. Two of mine were out and eating, one was just hiding. She hid at home for at least a week before I saw her out swimming. She was very cryptic with eating as well. After three weeks she was out all day and eating. I didn't do anything different or feed anything special.

One thing to keep in mind is that worms and internal parasites are common and you may want to treat the tank with prazipro for 2 treatments to element a possibility that something has only affected her for now.

 

[dotcommer]

One thing to keep in mind is that worms and internal parasites are common and you may want to treat the tank with prazipro for 2 treatments to element a possibility that something has only affected her for now.

A closer observation, I am seeing that she is not moving her left fin and it looks like a something is there right next to her gill. She is mostly hanging out at the top of the tank swimming with her tale town and head up at a 45 degree angle. I am wondering if it is Fluke Disease.

Not the best photo from my Iphone.

 

[RJT]

Its hard to see in the pic. But if its a white stringy worm its definitely flukes. If she has it the rest of the tank will get it as well. Prazipro is the best remedy.

 

[dotcommer]

Its hard to see in the pic. But if its a white stringy worm its definitely flukes. If she has it the rest of the tank will get it as well. Prazipro is the best remedy.

Thanks for the reply. I am going to get a better photo today with my regular camera. Also going to stop at the LFS and get some Prazipro going in the tank.

 

[RJT]

Great. Make sure to do the process twice and you have enough Prazipro. Once will not work, regardless to how much better your fish are looking the flukes/worms will come back. Wait 3-5 days after the first process is done then redose. This gives the eggs time to hatch, the medicine does not work on eggs.

Good luck.

 

[Psionicdragon]

If it is a white stringy poop then its an internal parasite not fluke. If it is fluke, dip in fresh water and watch them fall. If nothing falls off, most likely it didn't have flukes.

 

[dotcommer]

After posting this thread, I treated the QT tank with PraziPro. I was too late in the treatments. The one Sunburst passed away yesterday. I am curious to know what the cause was. From the pictures below, it looks like Internal Parasites, but since I have not dealt with this before any feedback on what it looks like would be much appreciated.