Sick Mandarin :(

[Jhuneke]

Hi ,
So I thought I'd move my question to the correct forum.. My female Mandy has kind of suddenly become very rough looking. Almost looks like rough skinned and fins are raggedy. Have ruled out water quality issues.. And other Mandy , both firefish and all the Seahorses are fine. Nobody picks on her at all..
Any ideas? Here is a kindof bad pic, but Ive tried all day and it's the best I can do so far

 

[Number8]

Maybe mucus membrane at night like a cocoon. Like what wrasses do possibly.

 

[Jhuneke]

I hoped so .. But no. It's like she's shedding her slime coat .. All scruffed up and find are now tore up a bit too


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[thedevilscandy]

Mandarins are tough, even tougher to treat :/ They're very sensitive to medication. My boy was sick a few months ago. A couple of my tangs had ich and I was reluctant to treat the ich in fear of killing the mandarin. Once he got sick and though he was a finner for sure, so I trated the tank with Hikari Ich X and it ended up saving his life. He had already stopped eating for a couple days by the time I started treating. He had some "sheshedding skin" As well as very pale color. The Ich X is reef safe as far as that goes, but I usually with just over a half dose. Wish I could be more help.

 

[Jhuneke]

Thanks :/ um in a tough spot really since I can't treat the tank because seahorses are super sensitive .. I was hoping to hear metro in food would help some . Not sure it's ich really .. Looks like some type of infection maybe?


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[thedevilscandy]

The medication is just called Ich X. It treats a few different diseases though. It's a small dose of formaldehyde. Might be worth setting up a small qt. For a mandarin you count get away with a 1 or 2 gallon and just use the old water from a small water change. It's worth trying. I'd she still eating?

 

[Jhuneke]

Yes she's eating.. But about half as much mysis as usual.. Not chasing it down like she normally does


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