quick answer please

[socalracer]

i went on vacation for 3 weeks and when i came back my tomato clown has ick and it looks like it is having trouble not floating9person who was watching the tank neglected his job my brother told me several times the tank was extremely low on water causing the pump not to circulate) what can i do i have no quarentine tank... also he is w/ 3 other fish non our expensive except my flame hawk, i would never want to flush a living fish but i also don't want a 10 dollar fish killing a 40 dollar fish thanks

 

[socalracer]

if anyone cares this morning all of the fish appeared normal and all of the white dots that were on the clown and blenny disappeared, if anyone knows what the dots were i am really curios.....

 

[chull13]

Sometimes grains of sand get stuck to fish and it looks a lot like ich. This has happened to me before. Also, I have heard of fish (hardy ones) that can sometimes "beat" ick. In other words, live with it. All of the signs are gone but that doesn't mean the fish doesn't have it. That is just what I have heard. I have never experienced this first hand.

 

[socalracer]

it was just weird b/c the tomato clown was very noticable looked like 20 white dots on a 2-3 inch fish and it was acting really weird i was sure it was going to die and then when i woke up he looks perfectly normal is swimming around, ate, came to the glass when i looked in..... i don't know it seems weird but is ick a cycling disease/parasite like one day its their the next it is not then it comes back? :notsure:

 

[hot883]

Originally Posted by socalracer
it was just weird b/c the tomato clown was very noticable looked like 20 white dots on a 2-3 inch fish and it was acting really weird i was sure it was going to die and then when i woke up he looks perfectly normal is swimming around, ate, came to the glass when i looked in..... i don't know it seems weird but is ick a cycling disease/parasite like one day its their the next it is not then it comes back? :notsure:
They could have come off and are now in the entire water column. I'm not an expert so search the "disease" thread on the subject. Hope it works out for ya.

 

[mazdaman]

socalracer if you do not want to ever flush a fish

then invest in a qt tankcause flushing a fish that is still alive is no good.