Is my fish dying of ich?

[stupid_naso]

As you might already know, my fish had ich last week. It dissapeared and it showed up again the next day. Yesterday, he's fine. No spots, eating fine. When I came home from school today, I saw there is a white stuff hanging out of his anus, and he appeares to be skinny. There is no sign of ich whatsoever though. I have been feeding him well, and he's eating it. So is this one of the effect of ich or is it another disease?
sebae_the_clown

 

[stupid_naso]

I forgot to mention, he's not eating now, and is swimming very slowly. Breathing normally.

 

[beth]

How did you treat the ick? Sounds like you didn't treat it. If you didn't, then the fish is still sick and probably now has a secondary bacterial infection.
What type of tank do you have? Do you have a separate hospital tank?

 

[ajinvest]

Sebae_the_clown,
I have recently had a similar white thing haning from my clown's rearend. My clown was timid that day and hiding in a corner until it fell off (I am guessing that it fell off). I also noticed white spots on my clown. If anyone else has any answers for us, it would be greatly appreciated.
Forgive me, I am new to this bb too.

 

[stupid_naso]

Beth, I didn't do hypo. I did freshwater dip as recommended by my lfs. I also feed him garlic. That's about it. I put Melafix which does not cure ich whatsoever. Yeah, pretty much I didn't treat him for ich. We'll see what happen. I hope he holds on =(
sebae_the_clown

 

[stupid_naso]

Thank for the help guys, but he died yesterday morning. After I did freshwater dip, which was recommended by my lfs, I read that it doesn't work.
I didn't get any other medicine because they're not invert safe, except kick-ich which is so expensive. There was a medicine mentioned the other day by one of you, nox-ich or something like that. That one is not invert safe, I found out about that right before I was about to buy that.
Oh well there's always a first time for everyone right?
Thanks,
sebae_the_clown