Severum illness, clueless please help!

[Smcoyle87]

Any ideas on what this big guy has??

 

[Smcoyle87]

His symptoms include:
Skittish, dark/stressed coloration, fins clamped (also dorsal and anal) He twitches and bends his body at weird angles.

He is eating though, but having trouble pooping. When he does it's white and stringy.

 

[HUKIT]

Looks like spirnoculous which is a intestinal flagellated protozoa attacking the digestive track, if he's still eating that a good sign. Ingestion of the medication metrozoindale is best method of treatment, medicated flakes from Angels or pellets soaked with in distilled water with a 3% Epsom salt solution is the best treatments. I'd start soaking the pellets until you can get the flakes.

Medicated Flake Food for Fish

 

[Smcoyle87]

Alright thanks. I'm actually in the middle of a treatment of metro right now. But in the water, not injestion. Should I still do salt soaked pellets? I don't want to do too much at one time ya know?

 

[Smcoyle87]

Ps..all of the other fish are fine. Are they in the clear you think?

 

[HUKIT]

If he's eating soak the pellets in metro and Epsom salt, I'd do half and half. Epsom salt directly into the gut works phenomenally on internal parasites. Yes watch the other fish since it can be contagious from mouthing infected feces.

 

[Smcoyle87]

Do you think he has head and lateral line disease as well?

 

[HUKIT]

Do you think he has head and lateral line disease as well?

No signs of any deterioration of sensory pits or the lateral line itself, most new worlds suffer from HLLE(head and lateral line errosion). They are different and will show different symptoms, but I don't see any issues other than the parasitic infection.