I just picked up three 4" wild caughts and the guy i bought them from said his tank dropped in temp one night and they have ick. he treated with quick cure for two days before shipping. when i recieved them their body was cloudy looking and had white stringy stuff that looked like skin peeling or something. he said that was due to the meds in water during shippment. i didnt really see anything that i could identify as ick. it looked like a lil skin peeling or possibly fungus. Also the tail fins were damaged, which i thought was due to previous aggression. so i put them into a 29 gal tank for quarantine, with dividers.
Day one i continued quick cure(light dose).
Day two:25% WC and added salt and pimafix.
Day three: nothing. Two of them are clearing up good and becoming active.
Day four: same as day two.
Day five: the two are looking a lot better and fins starting to heal. they arn't eatin much;lil flakes,bloodworms, and brine shrimp. but they are eating. I havent noticed third one eat at all. and it hides all the time so hard to monitor. but I did notice that the third one isn't getting better. Tail fin looks completely gone and has fungus growing. so i immediately did 25% wc and added fungus clear by Jungle.
So I am going to remove third one and put into 10 gal tank so i can isolate illness and treat singularily. My question is can i treat with fungus clear and meds for fin rot at the same time. Any advice would be greatly appreciated especially since they are rare and i paid a great amount of money for them. thanks Jason here is a pic, its not the best but you can see some of the skin/or fungus on head.
Day one i continued quick cure(light dose).
Day two:25% WC and added salt and pimafix.
Day three: nothing. Two of them are clearing up good and becoming active.
Day four: same as day two.
Day five: the two are looking a lot better and fins starting to heal. they arn't eatin much;lil flakes,bloodworms, and brine shrimp. but they are eating. I havent noticed third one eat at all. and it hides all the time so hard to monitor. but I did notice that the third one isn't getting better. Tail fin looks completely gone and has fungus growing. so i immediately did 25% wc and added fungus clear by Jungle.
So I am going to remove third one and put into 10 gal tank so i can isolate illness and treat singularily. My question is can i treat with fungus clear and meds for fin rot at the same time. Any advice would be greatly appreciated especially since they are rare and i paid a great amount of money for them. thanks Jason here is a pic, its not the best but you can see some of the skin/or fungus on head.
I dont know what happened. Im thinkin it was the transfer into tank that applied additional stress that killed her. The other too are actively swimming and being social, they are eating a lil bit more each day. I really hope they dont relapse. especially since i will be leaving town for a couple of weeks for work. so my wife will be caring for them, and hopefully she will keep a good eye on them for me.