Well, for those that may be able to, I am still looking for help. It has now been five weeks since the appearance of the white marks in the photo. Still getting worse, and now she is at the top of the tank presumably looking for more O2. Whatever it is must be affecting her gills. She is not eating very well now either.

Any ideas for a course of treatment??

QT is set up and should be ready by this time tomorrow.

Do I treat the Fungus....or for a bacterial infection....

Give us a few new pics
IMO, and don't take this as gospel, but in no way do those marks even remotely resemble either ich or Velvet

I would treat with paraguard. if you don't know the nature of the illness it is best to get a broad spectrum medecine. Paraguard cure bacterial infection as well as external parasites and fungus.

Thx I will look into that one....

Here are some new pics from tonight...sorry they're fuzzy....she's jerking around at the top....

Note the sunken area around her jaw....and her entire lower mouth area from the gills forward is hazy white coloured.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...s/IMG_4565.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...s/IMG_4561.jpg


Her eyes look very weird as well....maybe just dialated....not cloudy though.

Looks like brooklynella to me.

I'm no expert ...
If that's the diagnosis, why are the spots so pronounced ? In other words, is freshwater ich that much smaller than saltwater ?

Ich is not brooklynella. Similar though. Ich is the defined spots very similar to freshwater ich. Brooklynella is a similar parasite but the symptoms/signs are different.

I'm no expert either and in no way can I be sure of what it is. Brooklynella has my vote.

awww poor little sucker, are you treating her with anything? I take it from what I've read theres no real ID yet on whats happening?

All the best I hope she pulls through

If it's brook paraguard should take care of it in about 3 to 5 day you should see improvement. I hope the fish is not too far gone.

It's been a long time though..and brook is a fast killer, as well as marine velvet so I doubt it is that but you never know.

I would do a one hour dip at first at dip concentration (written on the bottle) and watch the fish. if it is a parasite, that dip should improve the fish condition to begin with.

Looking at the pic of the fish..this is urgent now. He's in bad condition.

Definately! She went downhill really fast the last 2 days. In fact she was acting great after the Prazi treatments....now this:cry:

At least its a learning experience. I have been doing so much research my eyes are hurting! Of course in all my research nothing looked like it matched her condition...but now things are different.

I think I will try the dip....if she survives I'll go from there....Keep you posted...thanks everyone!