Do I have ich?

[Be102]

I recently just hung my light, and can really see my tank better. Upon closer examination I noticed a few white dots on my clownfish.. the longest fish I’ve had to date. I have a pair of clowns yet can only seem to see a few dots on one of them. They’ve been eating fine however, and honestly don’t seem very different from the day I got them. Is it possible only one has it?

Only thing new I’ve added to my tank in like over a year was a dwarf golden moray eel a few weeks ago, along with a sump, new protein skimmer, overflow, plumbing and everything.

I am just finally at the point where I can start to add more fish to my tank, and have no clue if I can even do that now. Don’t wanna start to add them to have hem get sick. Any advice would be great.

 

[sticksreef]

Hard to tell from the photos, but if you see white specks on it probly it is.

 

[iemsparticus]

There are a few of the pictures you posted that I can’t see anything, but in a few others I can see the tell tale oval shaped white spots near the fins. I’d pull the fish, treat with copper for 30 days, and keep them in QT for 76 days so your DT can go fallow. This will completely take care of your ich.

 

[iemsparticus]

Just noticed you have an eel. You can’t treat it with copper. I have no clue if you can use CP in them, but I tend to doubt it. You may want to consider tank transfer method... although the eel is much less susceptible to ich, because of its slime coat, it can still get it.

 

[Humblefish]

It could be ich, but some of what I'm seeing also reminds me of flukes: https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/flukes-–-general-guidelines.224423/

I would give the fish a 5 min FW dip to confirm/rule out my flukes theory: https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/freshwater-dip.248898/