Ich?

[ShepherdReefer]

Hello, fellow reefers. Our new addition to our fish community, the display tank, has arrived and in the QT for about 9 days with no medication. Three days ago, three white spots appeared one spot on each side located on the fins and one on the body. We started treating the tank with General Cure (GC) and feeding the Potters Angel mixed into the food GC/Focus, the one spot on the body fell off. Not totally sure these spots are ich but hoping someone can help ID. Normally we use copper for the first 21 days and move onto GC but before we purchased the fish, our research said not to use copper on these angelfish, that copper was too harsh. Although, the other day I was reading and commenting on someone form and a member gave me a link to a fish treatment with guidelines, including a chart...awesome. The article stated we can treat with copper...but we are late into the game, I will have to remove the GC and start copper...which I can do.

 

[Big G]

Can only see the one spot. Are there more?
Is the spot raised a bit and cottony, fibrous, or cauliflower like in texture? If so it's probably lymphocystis. It's a usually harmless virus caused by the fish's immune system being suppressed by something: stress, meds, illness, etc.
If so the best is to feed high quality foods + vitamins ( I prefer Beta Glucan as it greatly enhances the fish's immune system) + Focus to bind it together.

 

[ShepherdReefer]

Thanks, Big G. you are the one who sent me the fish treatment with guidelines...was very helpful. Yes, only one spot on each side. The picture only shows the left side but the right also has one white spec. I forgot to mention that we also started adding vitamins to the food. We also purchased a different kind of food, Rod's Food, which the angel did not eat nor the other fish. Well, they picked out what they liked. I will take a closer look to see if the spots are raised a bit and cottony, fibrous, or cauliflower-like in texture.

 

[Big G]

Larry's Reef makes a product that is geared toward herbivores. . .
This is the Beta Glucan I use and recommend it works really well on Lymphocystis:

 

[ShepherdReefer]

Do you just break open on capsule per serving?

 

[Big G]

I usually use one half of a capsule when I make up a mix of foods. I use frozen cubes of a large variety. Usually mix 7-8 cubes after allowing them to soften in the fridge. Then add the BG and Focus and bit of water to get the consistency desired.

 

[ShepherdReefer]

we took a closer look and looks like a white pen head...like a grain of salt which most say ich, so small hard to really see that kind of texture. But I though when fish got ich, there was more white spots.

 

[Big G]

If there is just one spot, it's probably lympho.

 

[mickeysreef <*))))<]

not as experienced as everyone here but you could try the ttm in addition to the lympho treatment. terminate both possibilities at once

 

[ShepherdReefer]

what is TTM?

 

[Dr Jimmy]

Tank Transfer Method. I'm doing it right now thanks to an ich outbreak on my Royal Gramma. You transfer the fish to a clean tank every 2-3 days (no more than 72 hours). In this way, the ich has no way to get back onto a live fish. You do this for at least 12 days if I remember correctly.

I should add, when I pulled them from the DT, I did a freshwater dip.