Crypto help

[AddictedtoSalt]

Here is the story,

Yesterday I picked up a couple frags from Dendro Dude, (thanks by the way they look great), when I got home I noticed what I thought was Ich on my hippo tang. upon closer inspection I noticed she had the stuff on her left eye as well. It looks like little pieces of rice that are hanging off her body and eye. I believe its crypto.
I purchased a 40 gallon tank and set it up in the garage last night to use as a hospital tank.

as of right now I don't think I will be able to use it due to several reasons.

1) its cold at night and I don't know if the 400 Watts worth of heaters is enough to maintain 81 degrees
2) unsure if its big enough for all my fish
3) I'm unable to catch the fish due to elbow surgery I had this past tuesday

can I go hypo on the DT if I remove all coral? what about my clam and nems?
will the hypo work with the rock and sand in DT?

I am currently stuck on what I can do.
any help suggestions are welcome but please keep them on track.

thank you

current fish list

Hippo tang
yellow tang
White tail Tang
PBT
Copperband
filefish
2 lyretails
blue spot jawfish
hoevens wrasse
royal dottyback
2 clowns
rainbow bubble tip nem
ultra maxi mini
fire shrimp
2 peppermints
3 sand shifting stars
assorted snails etc.
1 red star

 

[LAreefguy]

Hmmmmmm that's a tough one, I don't think hypo will work as the nem and clam would be affected. I think your eat bet would be your 40 g. I'm not rue where sunland is but if it's not to far I don't mind catching em for ya. You don't need to keep your temp at 81 also parasites like the water warmer. You can prob get away with as low As 77. Id set up the 40 and treat that way.


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[BeanMachine]

Can you post a pic... doesn't sound like ich. Also what were the last few fish you have added?

 

[Confuse]

Are the eyes cloudy? I had ich like pieces of rice on a fish, but I think it was more like flukes.

 

[AddictedtoSalt]

Best I can do.
She is the only one affected right now and all fish are eating

 

[BeanMachine]

Those look like flukes.

 

[AddictedtoSalt]

Really?
Ok so if its flukes I can treat the dt with Prozipro right?

 

[Confuse]

Really?
Ok so if its flukes I can treat the dt with Prozipro right?

It's hard to tell from the pictures. But just to verify, are it's eyes cloudy?

Also, I belive you can treat with Prazipro in the display, but it might take corals a bit to recover. Aaron [MENTION=2872]sonnus[/MENTION] mentioned this in a previous thread.

Here's a post [MENTION=6904]Zoarder[/MENTION] posted a while back on Flukes. See if you see any symptoms: http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=1260067

 

[AddictedtoSalt]

Just the one eye is cloudy as seen in the pic

 

[Confuse]

Just the one eye is cloudy as seen in the pic

Hmmm. Well, I'll let [MENTION=6904]Zoarder[/MENTION], [MENTION=2928]Tangwich[/MENTION], and Aaron chime in if they can. They have more experience on the matter.

Flukes have the shape of sesame seeds, do you see anything similar?

Giving it a freshwater bath would confirm if flukes for sure.

 

[ericta000]

sorry to see that, but that was the same thing i saw on my small blue tang last week before he die and all my otherl fish die too. Good luck

 

[Confuse]

sorry to see that, but that was the same thing i saw on my small blue tang last week before he die and other all fish die too. Good luck

What happened? What else died Eric?

 

[AddictedtoSalt]

If I could catch her I would do a fw dip but im currently a 1 armed bandit and its gonna be impossible for me

 

[Confuse]

If I could catch her I would do a fw dip but im currently a 1 armed bandit and its gonna be impossible for me

Oh. That sucks. Well, check the RC link I posted and see if you note anything. That'll probably give us more hints.

Does the hippo still eat normally? Does it poop normal? Does it act oddly in any other way?

 

[ericta000]

What happened? What else died Eric?

Good thing it was my frag tank but i also lost 2 clown, 1 hooded, 1 labout and pair of fish that [MENTION=6904]Zoarder[/MENTION] dont like.

 

[AddictedtoSalt]

Everything is normal except she is rubbing the rock trying to scrape the stuff off.

 

[Confuse]

Good thing it was my frag tank but i also lost 2 clown, 1 hooded, 1 labout and pair of fish that [MENTION=6904]Zoarder[/MENTION] dont like.

Ouch man! So it was flukes?

 

[Confuse]

Everything is normal except she is rubbing the rock trying to scrape the stuff off.

Well, that's definitely a red flag then. Question now is...is it flukes or ich. Hopefully, the other guys can chime in and help you.

 

[ericta000]

Ouch man! So it was flukes?

most likely

 

[AddictedtoSalt]

I have read that entir post on rc and its still hard to tell what it is. Most of the pics show flukes on the eye as just cloudyness with nothing sticking I out. My fish actually has the mily white things sticking out about 1 - 2 mm. Man this sucks bad.
I think im gonna run down to Aaron's shop at 1 when he opens and see if we cant narrow it down and come up with an action plan.

I also just noticed these little things on my filefish that look almost the same but they are evenly distributed and all the same length on both sides of the body. Wondering if thats normal on a filefish