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15-04-2010, 12:06 AM

i would recommend doing a weekly water change of 20% till the eyes clear. make sure you use good quality marine salt though. adding garlic to the food is also a good means of enhancing immuity level. i use ecosystems aquarium's galic elixir and it has always kept my fishes well and healthy.

dnsfpl · 15-04-2010, 11:17 AM

lots of small white slimy thing drop out from its body and fins

will soak the food with garlic in future, provided it starts to eat

thanks

dnsfpl · 15-04-2010, 03:07 PM

just took a pix of it
looks like it is infected with ich now
hope it can pull through

**KaLiB** · 15-04-2010, 11:19 PM

I would suggest stopping the FW dip, it seems to be stressing the fish and cause the ich outbreak.

The white slimy stuff and from your description, it seems that the fish is shedding its slimecoat due to the FW dip. From what I read, you would see the parasite drop off and die in the container. So it seems that the cloudy eye may have been a bacterial infection rather than eye flukes.

I'm thinking maybe you should look into using chemical medicines to treat the fish instead of FW dip given the circumstances.

blade · 16-04-2010, 02:02 AM

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Originally Posted by dnsfpl

just took a pix of it
looks like it is infected with ich now
hope it can pull through

bro u try using Ecosystem Fish Solution.......hope this helps

dnsfpl · 16-04-2010, 01:55 PM

will wait til monday before deciding what to do

hopefully it can win this battle

thanks

davidw · 16-04-2010, 02:35 PM

I face this problem before, FW dip not so effective, finally cure by using copper...think I use the brand Mardel, but be very careful as lionfish is supersensitive to chemicals..

16-04-2010, 10:39 PM

remember never to put medium to high dosage of cu for tangs cuz the stomuch bacteria might die...the thing needed to digest plants and algaes

starman.n · 16-08-2010, 12:41 AM

i faced this problem a few time on my lion and it simply just go away after 2 days by itself.. haha.. IMO, just leave it alone and feed per normal..

15-04-2010, 11:19 PM	#14
KaLiB Moderator Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 3,635	I would suggest stopping the FW dip, it seems to be stressing the fish and cause the ich outbreak. The white slimy stuff and from your description, it seems that the fish is shedding its slimecoat due to the FW dip. From what I read, you would see the parasite drop off and die in the container. So it seems that the cloudy eye may have been a bacterial infection rather than eye flukes. I'm thinking maybe you should look into using chemical medicines to treat the fish instead of FW dip given the circumstances. __________________ A fishtank is just like your computer. When your tank crash(OS crash), its time to cleanup(reformat hard drive) and setup(install OS) again and add new livestock(re-install software). Last edited by KaLiB; 15-04-2010 at 11:25 PM.

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15-04-2010, 12:06 AM	#11
maximus888 Guest Posts: n/a	i would recommend doing a weekly water change of 20% till the eyes clear. make sure you use good quality marine salt though. adding garlic to the food is also a good means of enhancing immuity level. i use ecosystems aquarium's galic elixir and it has always kept my fishes well and healthy.

15-04-2010, 11:17 AM	#12
dnsfpl Dragon Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 1,659	lots of small white slimy thing drop out from its body and fins will soak the food with garlic in future, provided it starts to eat thanks

15-04-2010, 03:07 PM	#13
dnsfpl Dragon Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 1,659	just took a pix of it looks like it is infected with ich now hope it can pull through

16-04-2010, 01:55 PM	#16
dnsfpl Dragon Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 1,659	will wait til monday before deciding what to do hopefully it can win this battle thanks

16-04-2010, 02:35 PM	#17
davidw Dragon Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 897	I face this problem before, FW dip not so effective, finally cure by using copper...think I use the brand Mardel, but be very careful as lionfish is supersensitive to chemicals..

16-04-2010, 10:39 PM	#18
jake800 Guest Posts: n/a	remember never to put medium to high dosage of cu for tangs cuz the stomuch bacteria might die...the thing needed to digest plants and algaes

16-08-2010, 12:41 AM	#19
starman.n Arofanatic Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 329	i faced this problem a few time on my lion and it simply just go away after 2 days by itself.. haha.. IMO, just leave it alone and feed per normal..

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