Some history on my Fahaka Maximus. He is about 2.5 inches, came into the LFS with internal parasites. They treated him there and he survived the IP. He then got ick there, I left him there for another week for them to treat, then I brought him home a little over 2 weeks ago. He had about 3 spots of ick when I brought him home, but now just has one tiny white spot on his top fin. I have been treating him with temperature, salt, and water changes. My question is should I be concerned about this last spot? It has been the same since I brought him home. Is there something else I should try? Any advice would be greatly appreciated. He is acting completely normal and feeds every day.
Fish Tank Information
Ammonia 0
Nitrite 0
Nitrate 5
PH 7.6
Temperature 84 degrees
Using water changes every 3 days adding aquarium salt as directed from the puffer articles.
75 gallons I know its too small, getting him a 120 in 3 months. Cycled it with bio spira, been going for about 2.5 months now. There is two flying foxes in there from the initial setup. They have shown no signs of ick.
Fahaka with Ick
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Since this board has been up, we have found there are several questions that routinely get asked in order to help diagnose problems. If you can have that information to begin with in your post, we'll be able to help right away (if we can!) without having to wait for you to post the info we need.
1) Your water parameters - pH, Ammonia, Nitrite, Nitrates and salinity (if appropriate). This is by far the most important information you can provide! Do not answer this with "Fine" "Perfect" "ok", that tells us nothing. We need hard numbers.
2) Tank size and a list of ALL inhabitants. Include algae eaters, plecos, everything. We need to know what you have and how big the tank is.
3) Feeding, water change schedule and a list of all products you are using or have added to the tank (examples: Cycle, Amquel, salt, etc)
4) What changes you've made in the tank in the last week or so. Sometimes its the little things that make all the difference.
5) How long the aquarium has been set up, and how did you cycle it? If you don't know what cycling is read this: Fishless Cycling Article and familiarize yourself with all the information. Yes. All of it.
We want to help, and providing this information will go a LONG way to getting a diagnosis and hopeful cure that much faster.
While you wait for assistance:
One of the easiest and best ways to help your fish feel better is clean water! If you are already on a regular water change schedule (50% weekly is recommended) a good step to making your fish more comfortable while waiting for diagnosis/suggestions is to do a large water change immediately. Feel free to repeat daily or as often as you can, clean water is always a good thing! Use of Amquel or Prime as a dechlor may help with any ammonia or nitrite issues, and is highly recommended.
Note - if you do not normally do large water changes, doing a sudden, large water change could shock your fish by suddenly changing their established water chemistry. Clean water is still your first goal, so in this case, do several smaller (10%) water changes over the next day or two before starting any large ones.
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Re: Fahaka with Ick
I wouldn't be too concerned. My fahaka would occasionally get a spot on his fins & they'd stay for a while, then disappear. Probably not even ich. Try Melafix & see if it goes away with that.
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Re: Fahaka with Ick
I agree nothing to worry about really, is it like a salt grain? If not its probably a white mark that puffer get on their fins which grows out in time. Melafix is always good to be on the safe side
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Re: Fahaka with Ick
It does not look like a salt grain, it is completely white. The other spots of ick looked like salt grains, but they have dissapeared. I am not very educated on Melafix, is it possible to pick up at petco or do I have to go to a LFS? How should I treat him with it? Thanks.
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Re: Fahaka with Ick
Does it look like this? If so, its just fin ray damage and will heal up on its own. No treatment necessary.
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Re: Fahaka with Ick
It looks just like that. What is fin ray damage. Thanks.
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Re: Fahaka with Ick
The rays are the lines in the fins, sort of like tiny bones that help them keep their shape and flutter and whatnot. Sometimes the rays get a little damaged through rough handling, bites, etc. Sort of like banging your fingernail and it bends and turns a little whitish. It'll go away without any further treatment.
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Re: Fahaka with Ick
YEp nothing to worry about. If there is any red or irritated areas though add the melafix 