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i moved my RD into a QT

on his back he has like paracites and fungus mix, i think it might be fish lice.

i have a bunch of very veryu poor pics, but you can just see that on the back(both sides)of the fish it is discolored and has bumps.

he is a all white body fish, so that coloration shouldn't be there.

http://s104.photobucket.com/albums/m191/BettaChris_Fish/

at the bottom of the main menu

parameter- new water new tank.

still no help

it is more like a rash. it looked alittle like drospys at first but it isn't. just rashy and bumpy, discolored, infected.

really an ugly sight.


i did get a reply from someone who knows dieases and him and i have never seen this kind of sickness b4.

Judging from your photos, I really can't be sure of what your fish has, but maybe one of these sites can help you:
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art3619.asp
http://www.animal-world.com/encyclo/information/freshwater_fish/Diseases.htm
http://www.pondcreations.co.uk/fish_health.htm (deals with pond fish, but some of the same deseases tropical fish can get)
I hope one of these will have something that matches the description of how you fish looks.

after i thought it was drosys, i thought after that it looked kinda like fish lice. but that was b4 i knew what the pics looked like.

it cant be as fish lice pics from google, have it being blackish.

the things affecting my fish are white-greyish.

Chris,

It looks like you have a couple of things happening to your fish. I am going to give you a treatment plan although you have not indicated your tank conditions. It is always nice to know pH, GH, KH, nitrates and if you have measurable ammonia or nitrtites. Hell, it would be nice to know the size of the tank and the size of the fish!

My GUESS is that the rash is due to high nitrates in the old tank. Nitrates can cause irritation over a period of time. The higher the nitrates the shorter the time to see the irritation. It manifests itself as a rash. Change the water. Do a 50% water change today followed by a 50% water change tomorrow. Do not feed it while it is in quarantine. Food will only deteriorate water conditions. It will be fine with no food for up to 2 weeks. The idea is that you want hospital like conditions - clean.

The bumps are not parasites. It is a reaction to water conditions. Given 50% water changes, the bumps should go away in a day or two. Do not attempt to throw meds at the conditions. Water changes will make the bumps go away.

Lastly, you appear to have a little fungus eating the fins. The treatment is - water changes! I recommend a week of 50% per day water changes, no food, no medicines.





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unfort, when i got back he was dead.

he was lookinjg so good in the morning and the night b4.