Coral beauty with ick?

[Garyf7257]

so last night I noticed my coral beauty had a few white dots on her head. She was also twitching really bad. I got her out Into QT and started copper. Today I don’t see any white dots on her. I’ve read that after so many days of treatment the white dots can disappear but you still have to continue the treatment. Overnight and the dots disappear? I don’t get it. I haven’t added anything to this tank. It’s been a clown,coralbeauty and a watchman for about a year. I thought it may have been microbubbles on her face but when I caught her I still saw them. She also has loss of color. Any help is appreciated.

 

[Mari]

The ick parasite can travel on corals as well. So it is likely ick but i am no expert.

 

[Maritimer]

Apparently, it's not uncommon for all of the ich parasites on the same fish to exit within 16-18 hours of one another, even though they can infest a fish for anywhere from 3 - 7 days.

I'd feel free to treat, but also consider the other fishes in your tank, and what to expect upon the coral beauty's return. If the coral beauty does indeed have ich, then all of the rest of the fish in the same tank should be expected to have ich as well. If they're relatively hardy fish (ex.: clownfish) or fish with thick, protective mucus coats (ex.: wrasses, dragonets) they may not show symptoms - but ich can still very much be there, hiding inside their gills and awaiting the coral beauty's return. Consider removing _all_ of the fish for treatment, and returning them after 76 days of "fallow" period. (A period with no fish of any kind in the display.)

~Bruce

 

[4FordFamily]

Apparently, it's not uncommon for all of the ich parasites on the same fish to exit within 16-18 hours of one another, even though they can infest a fish for anywhere from 3 - 7 days.

I'd feel free to treat, but also consider the other fishes in your tank, and what to expect upon the coral beauty's return. If the coral beauty does indeed have ich, then all of the rest of the fish in the same tank should be expected to have ich as well. If they're relatively hardy fish (ex.: clownfish) or fish with thick, protective mucus coats (ex.: wrasses, dragonets) they may not show symptoms - but ich can still very much be there, hiding inside their gills and awaiting the coral beauty's return. Consider removing _all_ of the fish for treatment, and returning them after 76 days of "fallow" period. (A period with no fish of any kind in the display.)

~Bruce

Agree. Does it hide a lot from the light? That can be indicative of ich’s far more deadly cousin, marine velvet. Can you post pics of the fish in the light?