HELP - Fish Illness

[neptune9824]

My foxface got the exact same thing.

All i have to say is you better find out what it is fast because mine died within two weeks. Eventually his whole body turned black and he died. I never found out what it was though. I was told to medicate him with Metrodiazenol (i dont know how to spell it) however that did not work.

None of my other fish caught it though. That was a good thing. All of my levels were good. I questioned AI and Big Als no one could tell me what it was.

Good Luck

[i have crabs]

a freshwater dip probably wont do much if it is blackspot since the fish has been in thier more than a couple days it will be in the tank reproducing and will come back even if the dip got all of it on the foxface wich is doubtfull
here a link on blackspot if it will help
http://saltaquarium.about.com/cs/com...a/aa041701.htm

[TheReefGeek]

Hopefully it is not Black Spot. He is not rubbing against rocks or any of the other symptoms.

I will try to catch him and give him a freshwater dip tonight.

[bulletsworld]

It wouldn't be black spot at all. Black spot looks like salt speckles (tiny), the appearance displays like ich but its black in color speckles. It does not form clumps of spots like that.

Although its very hard to determine from your picture or get a real clear view but it almost looks like deterioration of some sort in spots. Describe the spots in detail? Is it sores? Fuzzy? Does it just look like dark coloration? Does the spots grow from days on?

Are you sure its not the Foxfish being stressed? Do you see these spots at night? How many days since you noticed these spots? Also do you notice any of the same coloration to the fins?

[TheReefGeek]

The discoloration is grey, not bumpy, not fuzzy, not sunken in, just discoloration. It has been a few days now since I notices the spots. Looks to be stable now, as in not expanding. Yes there are some on the fins, harder to see though.

The spots are constant, they are not coming and going like the normal color changing the foxface does.

[naesco]

I can't tell from the pictures but if it is a bacterial or fungal infection, garlic will help.
What you need to do is buy some Kayolic garlic extract. (not juice as juice is diluted with water or oil as it is messy. You find it at a health food stores but you have to look around.
Put some flake in a jar lid and soak the flake with garlic extract and swish it in the tank. Feed as much as you can and as often as you can as the idea is to get as much garlic in the fish as possilble. Frozen food does not absorb the garlic well.
Good luck

[TheReefGeek]

He is eating flake, so I will look for some garlic extract, thanks.

[Reefhawk1]

Just wondering where you purchased the fish. due to it being a recent purchase, could it be possible the fish was caught with cyanide?

[bulletsworld]

Originally Posted by Reefhawk1

Just wondering where you purchased the fish. due to it being a recent purchase, could it be possible the fish was caught with cyanide?

Good thinking. Where did you purchase? Has the spots spread anymore? Have you done a water change since? It wouldn't hurt.


Hey neptune9824, since your foxface had the same thing....where did you purchase your foxfish? We can see if there is a connection.

[neptune9824]

My fish was from AI, however I had the fish for approx two years before he got sick. Mine started the same. It almost looked like his scales were falling off when it got wrose. Where the skin fell off it was black underneth. When he died his whole body was black.

I tried garlic however it was the liquid. My fox face ate everything but he would not get better.

I did however move my tank about a month before he got sick. My tank is 175gal and I had to fix some of the plumbing. So it took quite a while. I believe it stressed him out pretty good.

I really wish I could be more help. But like I said none of my other fish got it or died after he did. I have never had a problem with my tank since.

GOOD LUCK