Disease help

[ALang]

Sorry to hear that, Laurie!
I am always afraid that what you have will one day happen to me, too, so I am tagging along to hopefully hear what you might do to help the fishes. Best of luck.
Lenny.

[fishoholic]

Originally Posted by ALang

Sorry to hear that, Laurie!
I am always afraid that what you have will one day happen to me, too, so I am tagging along to hopefully hear what you might do to help the fishes. Best of luck.
Lenny.

Thanks, just hoping someone here will know what I can do to help my fish too.

[christyf5]

Wow, not sure what to suggest. I would treat as if it were ick, maybe its a different strain? Formalin will kill any external parasites (ick??) however it does cause a bit of gill damage (so use lots of aeration while using, the gills will heal fairly quickly after the treatment but its good to aerate well). Its not too bad to use although it can be pretty noxious stuff. FW treatment and hypo might be your best bet at this point but it sounds like a few of the fish don't have a lot of time to spare.

I dunno, I'd want to at least do something. Just not sure what. You can always start with the FW and hypo and if that doesn't work move to a more aggressive treatment.

[Lance]

Originally Posted by christyf5

Wow, not sure what to suggest. I would treat as if it were ick, maybe its a different strain? Formalin will kill any external parasites (ick??) however it does cause a bit of gill damage (so use lots of aeration while using, the gills will heal fairly quickly after the treatment but its good to aerate well). Its not too bad to use although it can be pretty noxious stuff. FW treatment and hypo might be your best bet at this point but it sounds like a few of the fish don't have a lot of time to spare.

I dunno, I'd want to at least do something. Just not sure what. You can always start with the FW and hypo and if that doesn't work move to a more aggressive treatment.

+1 Hypo is helpful for many parasitic infestations. Worth a shot anyhow. Sorry to hear of your troubles Laurie. Good Luck and keep us posted.

[fishoholic]

Ya it's really odd and very annoying and depressing. The plan is to catch them all tonight, I do believe I will do FW dips then put them in the QT and drop the salinity and do hypo treatment. If that doesn't work then I'll try Formalin.

Unfortunately I'll most likely shut down one of my big tanks as I don't have the money to afford everything right now Very greatful though that Steve (who used to own Little Oceans) is helping me out with everything and has agreed to take my reef fish and treat them at his house. My King angel, grouper and lunare wrasse don't play so nice with others, so at least I'll be able to keep them seperate.

Nothing like going from a dual income to a single income and have your tanks start to crash

[ALang]

Hugss!! Lenny.

[reefwars]

holy laurie you are just having some tough luck these days, let me know if you need some help movin stuff or whatever im only a short drive over and would be glad to help in anyway possible.

[Delphinus]

Wow Don't know what to say other than sorry and good luck.

Thought about a UV maybe? A really big one like minimum 50w or more..