help with disease id

[nicky11]

So I have a clown trigger that seems to be fine, swimming around like always, but I have noticed like a tiny white fluff on him. It doesn't look like ick, and when he swims from side to side the fluff sways. Any idea what it could be. Sorry I cant get a picture, this guy is bloody fast and all pictures are blurry.

Also I got a Powder Brown Tang two days ago and when I woke up today he had died. He also seemed fine, the water params are all good. Is it true these tangs are hard to acclimate?

 

[Kevin8888]

White fluf is either some type of fungus or a parasite, but most likely fungus.

Powder Brown tang died for no reason? How did you acclimate? I've never had this problem with them... and I've acclimated many of them...

 

[FLESHY]

+1 sounds like a fungus...try and get us some pictures.

And specific tank/system/stocking/water param descriptions.

How did you acclimate?

 

[TheFishJunky]

my vote is fungus as well.

 

[nicky11]

Ok guys, this is weird. I just got back from class and the trigger keeps hiding in various crevices and I noticed the white fluff has now become a bunch of white spots. This has definitely got to be ick. There are a couple pics.

So what is my best bet here? (Consider I live in Peru where the marine trade is not very well established and any marine ick products I can't get) any natural way of curing this guy???

 

[FLESHY]

Better h2o quality and better diet. Also make sure that he is not being stressed by any other fish or his enclosure.

Beyond that, some people would lower their salinity.

Good luck, keep us posted.

 

[BigO6687]

put him in a qt tank, 10 gallons is fine

slowly do water changes until you get salinity at 1.009, the ick will die off and your fish can be reacclimated to his tank

 

[FLESHY]

put him in a qt tank, 10 gallons is fine

slowly do water changes until you get salinity at 1.009, the ick will die off and your fish can be reacclimated to his tank

Holy shnikes! You would go that low? I could probably keep some FW fish in salinity that low. Some cichlids for sure.

I would go down to a little below 1.020...but probably not much further.

Water quality, nutrition, and stress.

Keep these things from being an issue, and the ick will go away by itself...

 

[bioneck47]

put him in a qt tank, 10 gallons is fine

slowly do water changes until you get salinity at 1.009, the ick will die off and your fish can be reacclimated to his tank

That's actually where you want it, no higher, or lower. That's the perfect spot. You will also need a refractometer to measure your salinity precisely and also keep a good eye on the ph. A skimmer on the system doesn't do you much good so use carbon 2days on and 2 days off and perform water changes 1-2 times a week. It is also imperative that you leave your display tank empty with NO FISH for at least 5 weeks.

 

[bioneck47]

I forgot to mention that starting hypo does take a great deal of time to set up and monitor and isn't the logical choice for many, also from the looks of the pic it almost looks like it could also be flukes. It's really hard to tell but I'd treat with prazipro if available where you're at just to make sure. You can also supplement his diet with fresh garlic extract.