Don't Know What's On My Fish

[Kombat]

29 US G tank. 6 lemon tetras. 6 rummy nose tetras. 2 corys.

Stats are 0, 0, 10, 7.6, 78F.

Sunday I noticed something on all of the rummy noses. At first i thought it was Ich, but I am not sure. I've seen Ich before on my Betta and it didn't look like this. That plus all of the pictures I have seen of Ich show the cysts being irregular shaped. These are perfectly round. My wife says they look like tiny bubbles on the fish. But if they are bubbles why just the rummy noses? I've also read that Ich does not have a raised appearance, which this defintely does. Two of the fish also had the whatever they are disappear completely yesterday. Does Ich leave some sort of visible wound when the cyst bursts? These two fish show no physical blemishes. Also, the rummy noses are still acting as they always have, swimming around, noses are still nice and red, I have yet to see them scraping against anything. It also doesn't seem like velvet from what I've read about that. From my understanding velvet looks more like a dusting instead of a sprinkling.

Anyway, anyone have any ideas?

Thanks,
Karl

 

[WILDER]

I've heard before that whitespot can start off with bubbles on the skin.

When did you add them to the tank.

 

[riverman444]

Sounds like Ich to me. Just because symptoms vanish suddenly doesn't mean that Ich is gone. Watch your fish closely, ecspecially over the next 48 hours and read some of the pinned articles....they are extremely helpful and will show you the different stages in Ich's lifecycle.

Good Luck

 

[Kombat]

I know all about Ich life cycle. I asked because from dealing with Ich before and pictures I've seen on the Internet it doesn't look like Ich. And the fish are acting like they always do. The day before my Betta showed Ich it was obvious he wasn't feeling well. He was hiding a lot and not doing a lot of swimming. These fish aren't displaying any different behaviours.

FWIW, the fish are all "clean" now except a couple have some barely visible ones on their dorsal fin, very very small. I'll defintely keep an eye on it. If it's Ich it will be back.

Karl

 

[Kombat]

Wilder was correct once again. I came home from work yesterday and the rummy noses looked terrible and were acting strange. It still doesn't look like what my Betta had (maybe he didn't have Ich afterall, something else) but it isn't the "bubbles" I saw Sunday either. Anyway, I started treatment last night.

I started with Rid Ich and added 1 1/2 TBSP of aquarium salt. I went light at first on the salt because of the corys. I also got CopperSafe. Is it safe to use two medications at once or even necessary (i've read places that say use multiple meds as long as they use different ingredients?

Karl

 

[WILDER]

Whitespot look like they have been sprinkled in salt, i lost all my rummy noses, not much go in them, they acted strange too.

 

[Kombat]

Just a quick update. 5 days into treatment and there are no fatalities so far. The rummy noses are acting normal again and the spots are practically cleared up. Also, I stopped the salt treatment because my corys were starting to act freakish.

Thanks again.
Karl