Help diagnose sick fish...!!!!

[Ziggy909]

Attachment 5762hi can you please help to diagnose my sick swordtail...

he has been placed in an isolation tank after showing aggression towards some guppies he shared with....

I’m guessing that the problem is fungal or bacterial and i am initially treating with waterlife Protozin (fungal)...

Symptoms are initial flaking and loss of scales in the one spot with the area growing larger in size over time (1 week) tried treatment with melafix but to no avail

Fish show no sign of stress such as flicking or erratic swimming problems…

Bit stumped on this one….having probles uploading image will try to attach later....

Thanks in advance…..

[koolman]

Hi,
If my assumption is correct, your fish is having white spot.
You have to quaratine your fish because white spot can spread very fast to other fishes.
Go to any of the LFS and get a bottle of medication and also add abit of salt for speedy recovery.
Do not quote or blame me if it doesnt get better, ok?

Thanks and regards,

Koolman

[Quixotic]

I don't think that is white spot. It looks more like a patch, so I will go with fungal disease. I have used Melafix in the past before to good effect.

Not sure how are you dosing the medication as you mentioned Waterlife Protozin at first, and then Melafix next. You switched medication half way through or dosing both at the same time?

Also, does your filter have any activated carbon in there? Remember to remove any activated carbon as it will absorb the medication.

[Ziggy909]

hi definatly not white spot.....the area is in one patch and is an errosion of the scales ....

melafix was used for about 5 day and the area effected got larger ...

afterwards i isolated the fish in an aqua cube 25 liter tank ... very simple filter in the pump not sure if it is a carbon filter .... should i restart the treatment it the filter contains a carbon filter..im am on day 3 of the treatment....

cheers....

[Quixotic]

If it is activated carbon, then yes, remove the carbon and restart the treatment.

But reading that there is actually erosion of the scale, I think that it may take much longer for the fish to recover, and Melafix is a pretty mild medication in my experience.

In any case, use Melafix for now and see if other aquarists have better suggestions or experience with this. Hoping for a speedy recovery of your fish.

[mtunlinn]

How about using milafix and mifa fix together.? it was recommended to me by petmart.

[michael lai]

looks like skin slime disease, could be costia or cyclochaeta. try salt or products from Tetra Medica. Very effective if dosage is applied correctly.

[michael lai]

How about using milafix and mifa fix together.? it was recommended to me by petmart.

I believe it's Melafix and pimafix.

[Ziggy909]

hi cheers for the advice ....but i beleive that slime is a conditions that coats the scales and not removes them....i think that the waterlife treatment i have already used covers this anyway....

fish still seems un stress by its condition ...and the patch at the moment seems not to be getting any bigger or smaller at the moment....

thanks...

[michael lai]

Hi Ziggy,
Cover the scales is mucus hyperreproduction, severe skin slime disease is known to affect scales dropping also. Anyway, it's just my diagnosis. Good luck with your fish.