@Humblefish can i get your inside on this or maybe from [HASHTAG]#ReefSquad[/HASHTAG]
Ich
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@Humblefish can i get your inside on this or maybe from [HASHTAG]#ReefSquad[/HASHTAG]
jsker
Reefing is all about the adventure
Add metroplex to this. Add you frozen food and the focus binds the med , vitamins, amino acids to the food. You can also do a fresh water dip with cupramine. Do you have a quarantine tank?
I don't have a qt if but if I have to set one up I will tomorrow so I get all those bottles plus metroplex and it'll take care of my issue?Add metroplex to this. Add you frozen food and the focus binds the med , vitamins, amino acids to the food. You can also do a fresh water dip with cupramine. Do you have a quarantine tank?
4FordFamily
Tang, Angel, and Wrasse Nerd!
I suspect that is far worse than ich if you can grab the tang that way and it looks as it does. Humble will be here shortly I'm sure.
@Humblefish @melypr1985
@Humblefish @melypr1985
4FordFamily
Tang, Angel, and Wrasse Nerd!
Sorry to be frank but I wouldn't be handling my fish unless absolutely mission critical. Especially when sick with parasites, damaging and removing slime coat and stressing them out with handling will be very counter productive.
I hope she pulls through though, I love hippo tangs!
That's not ich, but I do think I see some HLLE starting around the face. And possibly Lympho nodules at the end of the tail. Hippo tangs can be hard to diagnosis because they get splotchy just from stress. But if you're handling the fish often, that could actually be the reason why the skin looks so scuffed up. It's best to use latex, nitrile or rubber gloves when handling a fish; direct human skin contact can be abrasive.
Below is a photo of a Hippo tang with ich for comparison purposes.
Below is a photo of a Hippo tang with ich for comparison purposes.
I don't believes it has hlle but possibly the lympho and that's what I though woulda been ich but here's day time pics sorry for the bad camera picsThat's not ich, but I do think I see some HLLE starting around the face. And possibly Lympho nodules at the end of the tail. Hippo tangs can be hard to diagnosis because they get splotchy just from stress. But if you're handling the fish often, that could actually be the reason why the skin looks so scuffed up. It's best to use latex, nitrile or rubber gloves when handling a fish; direct human skin contact can be abrasive.
Below is a photo of a Hippo tang with ich for comparison purposes.
Probably just Lympho... but I'd be more sure after seeing a closeup photo of the growths.
melypr1985
totally addicted
Can't tell much from the other pictures, but in that first one I do see what could be the beginnings of HLLE on the face. If she doesn't look like that normally, then well, I would say dont touch her anymore. I agree about lymph being a possibility. Better pics are needed though. 
I don't normally touch the fish I just did this time cause I was seeing the spots on the fishCan't tell much from the other pictures, but in that first one I do see what could be the beginnings of HLLE on the face. If she doesn't look like that normally, then well, I would say dont touch her anymore. I agree about lymph being a possibility. Better pics are needed though.
CoralCollectors805
Coral Collectors
+1 ON the freshwater dip. There are tons of fourms on here about it. started doing it for 5 mins to all my fish and havent had an outbreak since. Make sure your water is free of chlorine. i airate my tap water for about 48 hours and then match the temps. Good luck!
melypr1985
totally addicted
We don't usually recommend doing FW dips with Tap water. RO/DI is ideal, though tap will work with a dechlorinator in a pinch.
melypr1985
totally addicted
I see some that look like ick and some that are too small for ick. I no longer think it's lymph from these pictures though.
