Saltwater Fish Disease

[jorlipalmero]

Tonigth i saw my Singapur Angel with this disease, he is eating very well but i need a cure.... Somebody plz gimme a tip

[OSIA05]

that deseas its solve alredy???

[tommiester]

Thats the white spot disease that mate :( thats a bad thing spreads very fast not sure what too do but you can go on a saltwater fish site such as ultimate reef and aquariacentral :)

[goby1]

my butterfly also have have the same problem,

so i net my fish upp . then i use finger nails clean it of , try it i hope is help

[tangman22]

i have the same problem with my niger trigger

[saltwaterfishguy]

Pacing is normal for triggers, especially Nigers. They are highly active fish and need a lot of room to swim. If the problem is the disease on this butterfly, then just vary it's diet (although Lymphocystis is more common with butterflies than triggers...)

[rmkNJ201]

I have a Collare Butterfly Fish (introduced 3 days ago). He seems to be pacing back and forth? I'm thinking stress, but not sure why. Parameters are good, except pH is 7.8 but using a buffer to raise it. He eats a few pieces of myrsid strimp and picks at the live rock. Any suggestions, comments?? ty

[saltwaterfishguy]

If he's eating, he'll probably be fine. Make sure to vary his diet though, and try to get him to eat some other frozen formula foods by chopping them finely in a garlic press. He is probably pacing because he is bored. How big is the tank? Many Butterflys need a minimum of 55-75 gallon tanks, although I've never had a Collare. It's also possible that other fish in the tank are stressing him out; beware of very aggressive fish (other butterflies, angels, triggers and puffers.)

[rmkNJ201]

Yeah, the tank is 65 US Gal. I fed him frozen Mystid Shimp. I found him in the morning deceased, RIP :( I should have had the fish store manager feed him infront of me. I'm still uncertain what had happened.

[S4LTxW4T3RxN00B]

its ich

[LuckyBitch562]

well i dont have a salt water tank but i have some fishes and sometimes when they have white spots on the its usually called ick and if not treated it can spread to other fishes and eventually die if not treated but then again idk bout if saltwater have them but its curable just go to a pet store and ask and theyll give u some meds

[spamula30]

you have lympho cysts. Use ro water, good diet sue as big a tank as possible for marines less stress.

[saltwaterfishguy]

You are correct, although I came to this conclusion awhile ago (if you check the comments.) Probably more important than the RO or even the tank size is the diet. At the time, the fish was only eating brine shrimp, which has very little nutritional value. Once I got him eating frozen tubifex worms and mysis shrimp, he recovered completely in about a week's time.

[keegee1012]

My Goldfish have a little bugs on them, How do you get rid of them? theyre gross

[saltwaterfishguy]

Sounds like a parasite. Try using Copper (which you can buy at a fish store.) Be careful, though. Too much copper can kill/stress out your fish. Follow the directions carefully.

[Syford]

prazipro is a good anti parasite treatment. maybe they are skin flukes.

[InBloom10]

i have a tank devoted to african cichlids, and a couple weeks ago i lost a few fish to some disease. a few days before they died, they lost most of the pigment in their skins and they were just a pale white color. i think it was a viral disease, but would anybody know what it was?

[saltwaterfishguy]

Don't have much experience with Cichlids (had a tank of them once upon a time, but a die-off ended that experience.) Can't help you here. Anyone else?

[Snailpoyero]

why do my freshwater, tropical fish get these bubbles and their fins dissolve ? why do they get it ? is there any cures ? PLEASE HELP !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[InBloom10]

sounds like either fin rot or ick. try doing a water change and raise the temperature of your tank to 80-82 degrees.

[saltwaterfishguy]

I agree. Water change would be a must. An anti-biotic might be necessary as well.

[Syford]

I know this is an old post, but you should check to see what water treatment you use to treat your tap water. A certain brand I won't mention cause the fins to fray and dissolve and their slime coats get all bubbly. Also a spike in the ammonia or nitrite levels could cause this.

[maxell769]

yeah my clown fish has that it's getting bigger so all i gotta do is just change what he eats

[mob2k5]

Hey im not sure if you can answer this question but, ill give it a shot. Not to long ago i had a beta fish. After a year since i had him i notice his eyes were growning in size! After i changed every thing even his tank and diet, his eyes were still growing. After a week or so he went blind! Then after a couple of days he passed away! I tried to look up the disease, but i found nothing! Do you know what kind of disease, virus, or infection is???

[saltwaterfishguy]

Sounds like your Beta had a case of Pop-eye, which is not necessarily fatal, but can be if it goes untreated. You can google the disease and learn more about it. I believe it is baterial, not viral. In any case, once a fish has gone blind they are usually unable to recover because they can't feed. However, it's a pretty common disease and there are ways of curing it. Sorry to hear about your Beta. :-(

[mob2k5]

Okay thanks i'm going to take a look at it. & yeah it was pretty sad when my beta died. Had him for a year :[. Oh and do you know how much your fish cost when you got him? Im looking for a related fish like yours for my "White Face Butterfly" and "Tinker Butterfly"? If you wouldn't mine telling me. :]

[saltwaterfishguy]

I picked up this Raccoon at Petco for $25. In a local fish store, he might cost about up to three times that. Petco sells all of it's butterflies for that price. Be weary, though. Butterflies are prone to disease (especially ich) and are difficult to feed. Small butterflies (1-2 inches) are usually hard to get to feed, and bigger ones also have difficulty adapting. Look for one between 3-5 inches (a juvenile) and give it plenty of room to swim.

[Pols7ca]

That's ich...I'm guessing the fish is dead by now, if it hasn't already spread to his gills.

[saltwaterfishguy]

Actually, it's not ich. Ich is much smaller, looks like salt. It does not grow like that. I talked to the guys at Wet Web Media, and they confirmed my suspicion that it was a virus (lymphocystis.) The fish needed a more varied diet, so I added some tubifex worms, daphnia, and krill to his brine shrimp diet.  He's doing much better now, and it looks like the virus is in remission. The cottony growths have almost all gone away.

[Pols7ca]

Oh really. Well that's great then, good job. I learned something new today. :)