hole in long nose butterfly

[denny80688]

I purchased a long nose butterfly about 2 weeks ago. It had a small brown/red mark on its side when I got it home. I figgured it was just a weird mark or something. a few days later it burst open like a big Zit. I quicky QTed the fish and start treatement with copper (I didnt know what else to do) and it lasted in QT for a few days. The burst zit slowly ate its way right through the fish resulting in a hole you could see through :scared: And subsiquently it died yesterday. What could it have been?

 

[beth]

Hard to tell what happened that fast, perhaps some sort of cancer that was exacerbated by stress when you acquired the fish.

 

[denny80688]

perhaps. its a real shame he went so quickly. was there anything else I could have done to treat the fish? My hippo tang still has Ich and doesnt seem to be responding to the copper treatment. It has been in QT since saturday being treated. How long does it typically take to see results? The last time it had Ich I treated and within 2 to 3 days it looked 100% better.