philipraposo198
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Hey everyone,
On December 10th I came home and like always went to check on my tank. I immediately noticed my golden ram (around 1 years old) had a faint looking pimple on his head. First thing I did was move him to a QT tank that I had done 2 very large water changes prior to putting him in to remove any nitrates. There are a few plants and snails in the tank. Temp is being kept at 82 and i don't run lights while he has been in there to encourage him to rest as much as possible. he has been showing no signs of feeling ill, but the spot is there.
I think it could by hith but thats my best guess.
Anyways bring us to today, 10 days later, he is still perfectly fine it seems. The spot is not really any bigger and almost appears as its flush with the rest of his scales. not raised. but it is whiter looking then 10 days ago. He still has all his wonderful energy, color, and appetite. I have been treating with 2tsp per 5 gallons of salt, prazipro @ 1tsp for up to 20g, and 2 scoops of metro that gets disolved in water before going into the tank. Anytime i have done a large wc I redose appropriately. I realized today on the prazipro bottle it says not to use with other med, oops. Not sure what effect that has though. I dosed the prazipro as a precaution thing because i am not sure what it is. I know prazipro treats for parasites and such. Metro is supposed to be good for hith and salt is just added measure of relieving a bit of stress and prevent ich.
So... today i just did a large 60-70% wc and redosed the salt, prazipro, and metro. metro i been doing every 2 days as directed. and prazipro once a week. salt once a week or replenish after a wc.
Any thoughts on what it is or how long its going to take to get better if it ever will? can i do anything else? raise temp to 84 maybe? daily wc? only reason daily wc would be tough is due to meds being constantly stripped from the water.
BTW the QT is a 15g.
I just don't know what to do at this point. I feel good about him pulling through this as its been 10 days and doesn't appear to be getting much worse. just more whiter. He is no sluggish at all. My main tank with 60+ other fish are all fine and show no similar signs or any other sign of illness. My 75g water parameters are always solid with nitrates never really exceeding 10ppm-15ppm and its heavily planted with weekly waterchanges of 50% ish.
any help would be great. I will see if I can get some pics right now to show his current state. keep in mind by tonight it will have been 10 days in QT.
On December 10th I came home and like always went to check on my tank. I immediately noticed my golden ram (around 1 years old) had a faint looking pimple on his head. First thing I did was move him to a QT tank that I had done 2 very large water changes prior to putting him in to remove any nitrates. There are a few plants and snails in the tank. Temp is being kept at 82 and i don't run lights while he has been in there to encourage him to rest as much as possible. he has been showing no signs of feeling ill, but the spot is there.
I think it could by hith but thats my best guess.
Anyways bring us to today, 10 days later, he is still perfectly fine it seems. The spot is not really any bigger and almost appears as its flush with the rest of his scales. not raised. but it is whiter looking then 10 days ago. He still has all his wonderful energy, color, and appetite. I have been treating with 2tsp per 5 gallons of salt, prazipro @ 1tsp for up to 20g, and 2 scoops of metro that gets disolved in water before going into the tank. Anytime i have done a large wc I redose appropriately. I realized today on the prazipro bottle it says not to use with other med, oops. Not sure what effect that has though. I dosed the prazipro as a precaution thing because i am not sure what it is. I know prazipro treats for parasites and such. Metro is supposed to be good for hith and salt is just added measure of relieving a bit of stress and prevent ich.
So... today i just did a large 60-70% wc and redosed the salt, prazipro, and metro. metro i been doing every 2 days as directed. and prazipro once a week. salt once a week or replenish after a wc.
Any thoughts on what it is or how long its going to take to get better if it ever will? can i do anything else? raise temp to 84 maybe? daily wc? only reason daily wc would be tough is due to meds being constantly stripped from the water.
BTW the QT is a 15g.
I just don't know what to do at this point. I feel good about him pulling through this as its been 10 days and doesn't appear to be getting much worse. just more whiter. He is no sluggish at all. My main tank with 60+ other fish are all fine and show no similar signs or any other sign of illness. My 75g water parameters are always solid with nitrates never really exceeding 10ppm-15ppm and its heavily planted with weekly waterchanges of 50% ish.
any help would be great. I will see if I can get some pics right now to show his current state. keep in mind by tonight it will have been 10 days in QT.
. Little bribing might help 
