Is this ich? Please help

Richie1898 · Oct 30, 2020

Just noticed a white spot on my clownfish, he’s swimming perfectly fine. Could he be hurt or is this some disease. Please help!

h2so4hurts · Oct 30, 2020

Looks like she bumped into a rock.

Richie1898 · Oct 30, 2020

h2so4hurts said:
Looks like she bumped into a rock.

Is that a common thing? She seems happy and is eating well. I’m not sure what it is

Bfragale · Oct 30, 2020

It doesn’t look like Ick to me. Looks more like a wound. Could be a bite from another fish, but there are some bacterial or fungal infections that could cause that as well but I’m not an expert and couldn’t point you to what it could be.

If it was me, I would observe for a few days and see if you can see it either getting better or worse. If you see improvement then i would guess it’s just some kind of injury. If you see it getting worse I would look into issues that could cause similar symptoms like a bacterial or fungal infection.

Sorry I don’t have more of an exact answer. Hope this helps. Take care and happy reefing.

Jay Hemdal · Oct 30, 2020

As was said, that's not ich. As @Bfragale said, it bears watching closely over the next few days. It is most likely a bacterial infection from an injury and it may heal on its own. Watch for a lack of appetite or rapid breathing or an expansion of the lesion . If you see that, you will need to act, otherwise, probably best to just observe for now.

Jay