Nemo is sick

[shep]

Ok I fell for the movie previews and called my little false percula Nemo for the hell of it. Laugh if ya want but I want to see the movie.
At any rate my little clown appeared to have ich so I sent him to the hospital and have treated him for a week. All spots but one went away and it has got large. It looks like a small cotton ball right above his fin. He was being treated with Pennicillin, qualidine, and greenex. I am not going to dig out the boxes to try to spell them correctly. From these 3 items every fish problem in the world should be gone according to the box. what else should i do?

 

[nerdy]

Probebly the best thing to do is have a hospital tank. This way you can take the fish out and treat it exclusively!! Copper is usually the best medicine but can't be used in a tank with corals and inverts! So setting up a quarantine tank where you can treat the fish with this is best! Also it will prevent the infected fish from spreading the disease to others!

 

[krazykarel]

Try dosing your your food with some crushed garlic...it has worked for me 100% of the time that I have tried it. Also you might want to put some cod liver oil in your food to stimulate a feeding response. Can someone back that last one up...I have never tried it but I have it in the back of my mind that that is a way to stimulate feeding.

 

[michelle13]

You could also do hyposalinity. It's worked for me every time!

 

[beth]

Give more details about what you are seeing on the fish. Is this fish new, or have you added new fish recently?
What type of tank is he in and water are the water readings?

 

[shep]

he was in 125 tank listed in my profile. he has been in the hp tank for a week now and doesnt seem to be geting better but still happy and eating out of my hand as usual.

 

[beth]

Originally posted by Beth
Give more details about what you are seeing on the fish. Is this fish new, or have you added new fish recently?
What type of tank is he in and water are the water readings?
Waiting for you to answer this so we can help you.

 

[shep]

he is about 1" false perc with on large white cotton like patch above right fin. it seems to be getting smaller now i think. done the copper and it seems to be working.

 

[killafins]

Okay...
First) What are your tanks stats: both the hospital AND the main tank???
Second) Is this a new fish??? How long have you had this fish?
Third) Have you recently added any fish???
Fourth) How is the fish's behavior besides just eating out of your hand?
Fifth) List what yous ee about ur fish....

 

[shep]

for all those who wondered nemo 2 is back on station. he went home from the hp today and joined the other 5 nemos. as far as what my tanks where at both the hp and the normal are checked daily if i have time and every other if im pulling long hours. I gave my fish sitter a 1 hour course on feeding and testing the reef before i went on vacation. whats funny is i told him just take meat out of freezer and put in fridge,take meat out of fridge and throw to the wolf hybrids. dont open the gate when feeding. Call me if something goes wrong with fish.