I have a spotted catfish in a thirty gallon with 3 tigerbarbs,3 mollies,3 tetras, a dwarf frog and a centimeter long dwrf puffer. I noticed a disese like glowing ich on his scals but i treated the water and it still didnt go away.Today i cant see the dises but he is on the bottom of the tank on his side.I noticed a change in his behavior ever since i started adding brine shrimp anlong with the usual flakes for my dwarf puffer.He wasnt moveing as much and would suck on the tank like a sucker fish.I have had him for acouple months.Please help.Thank-you.
2007-03-28 06:20:32 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Fish
The glowing appearance to the disease is possibly the by product of your lighting. No fish disease really glows but some can fluoresce under just the right conditions. I would suggest you continue the treatment with a good parasite medication, not just targeted to ich as this could easily be ( and probably is) a different parasite completely. The first thing that comes to my mind is velvet as it can appear in many colors other than the most common gold - rust colors. In most cases, spotting on the fish is caused by a parasite so this should clear up the problem in a week or so.
Don't move him to a hospital tank as parasites usually infest the entire tank , not just one fish. Even if no other fish shows symptoms, the parasties are most likely in the water.
Best of luck
MM
2007-03-28 07:15:26 · answer #1 · answered by magicman116 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
First, take him out of that tank. Anytime a fish is ill isolate him in order to medicate him.
A couple of things could be happening. The ich-like growths need to be treated, but the treatment doe not always work.
The brine shrimp may be changinh the pH of the tank. Brine shrimp are salty and thus can influence the tank.
Did you ask your fish store about putting the puffer in this community tank? I have had dwarf puffers and have always had to keep them in their own tank. If the brine shrimp is the issue, you can feed the puffers meal worms.
2007-03-28 06:41:45 · answer #2 · answered by Water Monkey 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well... then since it has been started as you began feeding something new, don't feed that anymore... also, if it is a desease, you definatly need to put into like a 10 gallon tank or something like that so it is not contaminatiing thw whole tank.
2007-03-28 06:25:35 · answer #3 · answered by Just some country girl 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You should quarrantine the fish into a small tank, and treat it for ich again.
I have had those catfish before, and they live for a long time and are hard to kill.
2007-03-28 06:29:19 · answer #4 · answered by thesisbug 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Could be the disease is too far along and that's why. Plus the fact fish don't live forever.
2007-03-28 06:29:36 · answer #5 · answered by dk 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋