anyone ever have this problem?? recently moved my fish from the 55 to the 125 and its been about 2 weeks. this afternoon i noticed large white growths on my red evils eyes it looks like a parasite... i do not feed live and i havent introduced any new fish within the last month. i bough a piece of driftwood from a lfs and they told me it was disinfected so i didn't boil it i just rinsed it with hot water, could the parasite have come from this? and how do i treat it?? there are also white specks on my oscar and my pleco has been BUGGING OUT and breathing from the surface...
White specks on red devil and large growth on eyes??
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What are your water parameters? If parasite is involved, I don't think so. The eye flukes are very rare. Chances are good the eye problem is water quality or injury-related. Doing daily water changes will help.
Are the white specks confined on the fins only or the body as well? I have trouble telling whether these are just stress spots or actually ich. I've never seen ich that fuzzy. Most likely stress spots to me.
There is salt treatment regimen posted in Ich section of "Freshwater Disease Guide" sticky thread. It should apply here whether ich is suspected or not.
Are the white specks confined on the fins only or the body as well? I have trouble telling whether these are just stress spots or actually ich. I've never seen ich that fuzzy. Most likely stress spots to me.
There is salt treatment regimen posted in Ich section of "Freshwater Disease Guide" sticky thread. It should apply here whether ich is suspected or not.
the spots are all over the body of the devil and oscar but my palmas jd and blood parrot are clear. so water changes and salt treat ment will get rid of the white spot but what the hell is all over their eyes? my water parameters are fine tested them yesterday only thing is the ph is a bit low at 6.2 but that shouldnt be a problem for amazon species...
I'd do salt treatment and daily water changes for now. If it doesn't improve the eye problem, we may have to look deeper into this issue. Give it a week.
ok will do thank you... 1 tsp per gallon is what i read, it is a 125 gallon tank that seems like a lot of salt?
For a large tank, it is however less is going to potentially create resistant strains of protozoans. Needs 125 teaspoons and another 125 teaspoons in 12 hours.