Ich?
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4FordFamily
Tang, Angel, and Wrasse Nerd!
Looks like ich to me, maybe even velvet. Hippo are very susceptible. They're also one of the tangs that CAN fight it and survive with fantastic husbandry. Powder blues cannot, but I've had several hippos in "ich management tanks".
If velvet (and we need [HASHTAG]#humblefish[/HASHTAG] s opinion), no hope of it surviving without treating everyone with copper and letting the tank run fallow for 72 days.
And also I should add that just because some hippo can kick ich on their own and build a strong resistance does not mean it's the most ethical decision. It can work I've done it. I don't recommend it though
If velvet (and we need [HASHTAG]#humblefish[/HASHTAG] s opinion), no hope of it surviving without treating everyone with copper and letting the tank run fallow for 72 days.
And also I should add that just because some hippo can kick ich on their own and build a strong resistance does not mean it's the most ethical decision. It can work I've done it. I don't recommend it though
I'm not so sure it's ich or even an external parasite. The white spots look to be irregular in shape and protruding outward. Ich trophonts are more oval shaped, whereas velvet is perfectly round. Both ich & velvet would appear to be more under the skin, and not protrude outward or dangle off.
To the OP: Based upon the above information, can you describe in more detail what you are seeing on the fish?
To the OP: Based upon the above information, can you describe in more detail what you are seeing on the fish?
ca2or
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Ich is easy to deal with, Velvet is not. For Ich here is my treatment and it works everytime....for me at least. Raise tank temp to 82, run UV sterlizer. Dose garlic if needed to maintain appetite of fish.
I agree with you, it seems to be maybe a slime from a coral. It does dangle kind of loosely. It is white but like i said it looks like it just got boogered from a coral or something.
I have my clown in med tank with temp in low 80s with copper aid. I have a 98% feeling he is velvet. I was breaking his DT tank down and consolidating anyways for my new 75g build. He was the only fish left from that tank. So was easy to isolate only him.
If it dangles, it cannot be ich or velvet. Those embed themselves under the epithelium (outer skin layer).
Did he share water at any time with your current fish, or rock, corals, inverts, etc.?
Ill try to make this not confusing:
Tank 1:
- rock, sand bed
-shrimp, snails, hermits, emerald crab
-LTA
-Clown ( looked sick but didn't act sick). He is in the ER atm.
- flame angel( dies unexpectedly)
-corals
Tank 2:
-hippo tang (nothing on his face this morning) i think he was junked up lol
-two clowns
-coral beauty
-hermits
-corals
-six line wrasse
-diamond goby
-rock, sandbed
OK gotcha. Two tanks, hopefully no cross contamination if you believe the clown may have velvet. Also, are the two tanks housed at least 10 feet away from one another? See here for more info if they are not: https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/aerosol-transmission.190292/
If the spots on the hippo are all gone now, I would just monitor closely. Doesn't sound like a disease to me though.
If the spots on the hippo are all gone now, I would just monitor closely. Doesn't sound like a disease to me though.
