Quarantine

[Creighton]

Bumping this. If no one can ID the disease by tomorrow night (Wednesday 1/30) then I’ll try and piece together a quarantine tank on the fly.

 

[Coral reefer]

Pic didn’t work for me

 

[magnetar68]

I am reposting the pic for you so others can see.

 

[magnetar68]

I have had some success treating sick fish, but not a lot, so you will be better off with advice from someone with more experience. But in the event I am the only one who chimes in, here is what I would do.

Based on the attached chart, my best guess is a fungal infection. It is hard to diagnose these without experience. It could be something else. The picture is not great. Maybe it is Lymphocystis.

I would put the fish in a 10G hospital tank. This can be very difficult and very stressful for the all of the fish. Often requires taking the rock work apart. Maybe the goby has a hole that will make it easier.

If I thought it was Lymphocyrus, I would Keep the fish in really good water quality with places to hide in the hospital tank.

Otherwise, assuming I was pretty sure it was fungal, I would try Kordon Rid-Ich as it has both formalin and malachite green.

 

[Coral reefer]

I would have to guess some sort of fungus maybe.
Maybe @fishdoctor can chime in?

 

[tankguy]

If it’s a fungus I’ve used pimafix by API. Worked really well for me

 

[Creighton]

This is super helpful, thank you!

 

[rygh]

It is always really hard to accurately diagnose.
Generally rough guesses are the best you can do.
Some people just treat for everything. (But not all at once, that is really bad)

I cannot tell.
The fuzzy / puffy aspect makes it look like a fungus.
But the pinkish red color make me thing it is more bacterial.