Hello everyone. So about a week ago, I bought two ropefish from two different shops. One appears completely healthy but the other has several white, patchy lesions on his body. From my understanding, this is fairly common in ropes and it is almost always fatal.
Here are the symptoms of what I now believe is only the first stage of the illness:
From my research, all posts about this disease report that their fish died within 48 hours of symptom onset.
It has been 5 days since these lesions appeared. I have been treating both new fish in a 20g quarantine tank- no medication (since I have no idea what this is). I have been using a VERY slight amount of aquarium salt, turned up the heater and have done 25% water changes daily. Here are my results:
The disease has either progressed to another stage or he has a secondary infection. The patches have slightly receded but he is now covered in small bumps. These are about the size of the ick sores but look like they are under the fish's skin, like pimples (they are not white, they look like a lighter shade of the natural color). I've tried to get a good picture of the "pimples" but they're so small and they're the same color as the fish. My worry is that these are eggs of some kind.
Given the new data on this disease, is there anyone here that can give me advice on my next course of action for treating it?
Here are the symptoms of what I now believe is only the first stage of the illness:
- White sores on the body that appear as if the fish has shed scales. Dark marks appear around the exterior and in the center of these marks. A few black spots on body as well.
From my research, all posts about this disease report that their fish died within 48 hours of symptom onset.
It has been 5 days since these lesions appeared. I have been treating both new fish in a 20g quarantine tank- no medication (since I have no idea what this is). I have been using a VERY slight amount of aquarium salt, turned up the heater and have done 25% water changes daily. Here are my results:
The disease has either progressed to another stage or he has a secondary infection. The patches have slightly receded but he is now covered in small bumps. These are about the size of the ick sores but look like they are under the fish's skin, like pimples (they are not white, they look like a lighter shade of the natural color). I've tried to get a good picture of the "pimples" but they're so small and they're the same color as the fish. My worry is that these are eggs of some kind.
Given the new data on this disease, is there anyone here that can give me advice on my next course of action for treating it?
