Ich or Velvet or neither?

[ReeferMadne55]

Last night I noticed these little white spots on my coral beauty. I’m assuming it’s ich (great) but I could be wrong. No idea where it came from as all fish have been happy and healthy. All my other fish are fine.

 

[Crabs McJones]

Have you added any new fish to the tank recently?

 

[ReeferMadne55]

The Coral Beauty and a royal gramma came 1 week ago

 

[Crabs McJones]

hard to tell, could be ich or velvet. regardless of which, the treatment is pretty much the same, just have to move faster with velvet then with ich. Quarantine and copper treatment for 30 days.

Copper treatment

Copper treatment What It Treats – Marine Ich (Cryptocaryon irritans) and Marine Velvet Disease (Amyloodinium ocellatum). There is some anecdotal evidence that copper will suppress symptoms of Brooklynella hostilis and Uronema marinum; however it is unlikely to completely eradicate either. How...

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[ReeferMadne55]

hard to tell, could be ich or velvet. regardless of which, the treatment is pretty much the same, just have to move faster with velvet then with ich. Quarantine and copper treatment for 30 days.

Copper treatment

Copper treatment What It Treats – Marine Ich (Cryptocaryon irritans) and Marine Velvet Disease (Amyloodinium ocellatum). There is some anecdotal evidence that copper will suppress symptoms of Brooklynella hostilis and Uronema marinum; however it is unlikely to completely eradicate either. How...

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I did not have a QT set up so I just went to the store and set one up today. I used tank water to fill it. Can I put the angelfish in immediately or does it need to cycle again? How should I set up the filter as well?

 

[Crabs McJones]

A hang on back power filter will suffice just fine just make sure the filter has no carbon in it also an ammonia alert badge and bottle of bio spira to keep ammonia levels down

 

[ReeferMadne55]

A hang on back power filter will suffice just fine just make sure the filter has no carbon in it also an ammonia alert badge and bottle of bio spira to keep ammonia levels down

So could I put the fish in there tonight?
I have a bottle of Fritz Turbostart would that suffice?
I will head to store to buy some pvc

 

[Crabs McJones]

So could I put the fish in there tonight?
I have a bottle of Fritz Turbostart would that suffice?
I will head to store to buy some pvc

Should be ok, but definitely grab an ammonia alert badge. To my knowledge it's the only ammonia test that is capable of accurately reading when copper is present. All the rest give false readings.

 

[ReeferMadne55]

Should be ok, but definitely grab an ammonia alert badge. To my knowledge it's the only ammonia test that is capable of accurately reading when copper is present. All the rest give false readings.

Should I drop the salinity in the QT a bit?
Also just curious, If there is no live rock or biomedia in the filter, where would the bacteria live? I bought a small starter kit on sale but the filter only has a pad in it

 

[Crabs McJones]

The filter pad is where your bacteria will colonize. Salinity in a quarantine I usually run at 1.019 sg

 

[ReeferMadne55]

Thanks for all your help. I’ll let you know if anymore questions arise

 

[Crabs McJones]

Thanks for all your help. I’ll let you know if anymore questions arise

Absolutely! Keep us posted

 

[ReeferMadne55]

So I poured some Turbostart into the tank and the filter pad. Also threw some fish food in for ammonia. I’m sure that will take some time to cycle. Should I buy a powerhead and a bioblock to just throw in the tank?

 

[Crabs McJones]

So I poured some Turbostart into the tank and the filter pad. Also threw some fish food in for ammonia. I’m sure that will take some time to cycle. Should I buy a powerhead and a bioblock to just throw in the tank?

Powerhead would be good, point it to the surface to keep O2 levels up

 

[ReeferMadne55]

Powerhead would be good, point it to the surface to keep O2 levels up

Filled QT with tank water and poured some Turbostart in yesterday along with a bag of bio media. I just tested the water in the QT today. Ammonia reads 0, nitrites read 0, nitrates around 15 (easy water change fix). Would it be safe to put the angelfish in the tank now?

 

[Arsenix2001]

If you look up my last thread I literally just went through the same thing. If you read through I got some pretty good advice on there, lots of good info and my coral beauty is on the road to recovery.

HELP! New fish just came, QT emergency

Just got a coral beauty that came in and unfortunately I was planning on being lazy and just putting them directly into my DT tank but I noticed he has something going on like a minor scale injury and I saw a white spot on him. Long story short I am setting up a fluval spec 5 gallon which is the...

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[ReeferMadne55]

If you look up my last thread I literally just went through the same thing. If you read through I got some pretty good advice on there, lots of good info and my coral beauty is on the road to recovery.

HELP! New fish just came, QT emergency

Just got a coral beauty that came in and unfortunately I was planning on being lazy and just putting them directly into my DT tank but I noticed he has something going on like a minor scale injury and I saw a white spot on him. Long story short I am setting up a fluval spec 5 gallon which is the...

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Wow you weren't kidding. Same exact scenario that's crazy. Thanks for linking that!

 

[Arsenix2001]

Wow you weren't kidding. Same exact scenario that's crazy. Thanks for linking that!

No problem. Hope it gets better!