macawmatt Posted April 18, 2021 Share Posted April 18, 2021 (edited) pH - 7.6 Nitrates - 0ppm Hardness - 8dH Nitrite - 0ppm Ammonia - 0ppm KH/Buffer - 9ppm Water Temperature 74F Came back to the outbreak on my SAPS. Read through a post where another keeper is having a similar issue. Browsing through the link provided comparing ich to epistylis it does appear as though the white dots are raised off of the fish rather then being flat. They were wormed when I got them a little over a month ago. They are still rather active, are not clamping their fins much, but do not seem to have a lot of appetite based on what I see in the tank. Looking for opinions on if I should treat for ich or epistylis. Also, we have some otocinclus with them in the tank, added less then two weeks ago and they show no sign of this yet. Edited April 18, 2021 by macawmatt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWilson Posted April 18, 2021 Share Posted April 18, 2021 (edited) Been following these posts because I keep SAPs too. This is really hard....from your pictures it kinda looks more like ich to me, but given what that article said about how fast epistylis kills, if it were me and I just could not rule out epistylis over ich, I'd treat for that first and then if that doesn't help I'd then treat for ich. Good luck to your and your puffers...hope they get better soon. Edited April 18, 2021 by SWilson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macawmatt Posted April 18, 2021 Author Share Posted April 18, 2021 These little guys are so hard to get a clear picture of. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macawmatt Posted April 24, 2021 Author Share Posted April 24, 2021 Little update. All of the little guys are still with us though visually are not looking the best. I gambled on starting with Kanaplex with their food last week but even with some Garlic Guard they were still not tempted to eat. Tuesday when the local shop owner was back in he felt it was a just really bad ich and recommend treating for it. So I have raised the temp and treated the water twice now, benefit is that all but one is chowing down now but for the most part they look worse. Stopping back in at the LFS today but thought I would ask for opinions here. I netted a couple to get better pictures though they still are not as clear as I would of hoped, camera didn't like focusing on them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laritheloud Posted April 24, 2021 Share Posted April 24, 2021 https://aquariumscience.org/index.php/10-2-4-epistylis/ It might be epistylis if the ich treatment isn't working... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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