FishyMike Posted April 26, 2022 Share Posted April 26, 2022 Hey guys just looking for some opinions/ ideas, I have grown my L134 colony in the past year to 12 fish. for the past 6/8 months the tank was perfect no problems. All the fish did there usual thing hid and eat hid and eat. they have grown out beautifully. fast forward till 2 weeks ago. i made the cardinal sin of not quarantining new pencil fish :(. I noticed the plecos out and about an flashing so I ran to my local pet store and immediately started treating for ick with tetra ick guard. I know i know i didn't get ick x in time.... started last Thursday kept doing water changes and adding more ick guard followed directions to the T. weekend was ok then Monday I lost 2 pencil fish. This morning looked at the tank and had a dead pleco and a dead pencil fish. on lunch ran home and found another dead pleco stuck between 2 caves. I'm at a loss there are no real signs on ick and the dead pleco looked healthy and clean. should i stop and treat for something else??? most of the plecos look like they are back to normal except for one that seems to be always out and it looks kind like there is something up with his eyes. Any suggestions or word of encouragement are greatly appreciated. and sorry for ranting. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FishyMike Posted April 26, 2022 Author Share Posted April 26, 2022 One theory I had was, possibly ick, but then this pleco also died being stuck between caves(unrelated)? but I haven't touched the tank in months. so confused. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FishyMike Posted April 26, 2022 Author Share Posted April 26, 2022 Epistylis? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted April 26, 2022 Share Posted April 26, 2022 (edited) Do they have any visible spots as I can't see any in your pictures he's how you tell ich from Epistylis if it's Epistylis you won't to treat with kanaplex in food @Mikeo Edited April 26, 2022 by Colu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FishyMike Posted April 26, 2022 Author Share Posted April 26, 2022 No visible spots. I thought I saw some bumps but no white spots One of them looks like they might have something funky with its eyes The last picture was of the fish with the eyes but You really can’t see it in that pic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted April 27, 2022 Share Posted April 27, 2022 I think the best option would be to do a course of kanaplex or maracyn2 and follow up with a course of paracleanse that will cover most bases if you start to see improvement after the Frist course of antibiotic medication I would follow up with a second course @Mikeo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FishyMike Posted April 27, 2022 Author Share Posted April 27, 2022 I hit it with a dose of ezethomycyn the one api makes because it was the only thing they had at my Local Petco. Kanaplex will be here hopefully tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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