Need ID

[Sbristol49]

Is this ich he has or something else cause I’ve been treating these guys with cupramine for about a month ago there all back to normal haven’t seen any white spots in a long time. Wanna make sure this isn’t ich before I put them in a new tank I setup thanks

 

[KingTideCorals]

Not sure...

@Jay Hemdal thoughts?

 

[ichthyogeek]

It's certainly something, but I'm doubtful that it's ich. Do other fish have the same white spots? What was your dosage for the cupramine? Which fish was the most heavily affected by your recent ich outbreak, and are they also showing spottage?

 

[Sbristol49]

It's certainly something, but I'm doubtful that it's ich. Do other fish have the same white spots? What was your dosage for the cupramine? Which fish was the most heavily affected by your recent ich outbreak, and are they also showing spottage?

I put the recommended 100 drops in my 55 gallon quarantine tank, the most affected was my blue tang, but I haven’t seen any white spots in like 3 weeks.

 

[KrisReef]

Fish in QT may be stressed, Lymphocystis?

 

[JCTReefer]

Looks a little large to be ich. Man, I would suggest a Hanna Copper checker. They make life SO MUCH easier when dosing cupramine “ionic copper” or “chelated copper” like Copper Power. I really like the fact that chelated copper has a broader therapeutic range than ionic copper. Not that cupramine can’t be effective, it just has a smaller treatment window. So if you have a very small therapeutic range using cupramine the Hanna is really nice.
It’s dead nuts accurate also. No guesswork
involved. And that way you know therapeutic levels were kept the entire time. Those dang color charts are dang near impossible to read!
It does kind of look Lymphocystis ish. Hmm.

 

[Sbristol49]

Fish in QT may be stressed, Lymphocystis?

dang, is it deadly, ive done abit if research on it there’s no treatment for it

 

[Sbristol49]

Looks a little large to be ich. Man, I would suggest a Hanna Copper checker. They make life SO MUCH easier when dosing cupramine “ionic copper” or “chelated copper” like Copper Power. I really like the fact that chelated copper has a broader therapeutic range than ionic copper. Not that cupramine can’t be effective, it just has a smaller treatment window. So if you have a very small therapeutic range using cupramine the Hanna is really nice.
It’s dead nuts accurate also. No guesswork
involved. And that way you know therapeutic levels were kept the entire time. Those dang color charts are dang near impossible to read!
It does kind of look Lymphocystis ish. Hmm.

True I’ll definitely look into it, yeah it’s tough to read the colours on test kit.

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

Because of the dark color of this species, every bump and spot really stands out. I see two white spots that look larger than ich. Could be Lymphocystis, in which case no treatment is needed. It could possibly be a secondary reaction to flukes, did you treat for that? My general rule is not to release a fish from QT if it is showing any symptoms .
Jay

 

[KrisReef]

So if you are certain the ich is gone (appears clean from ich in the pictures and from your account) I would suggest that moving it into a clean system with more room and no copper might be the best thing for the fish. If the copper and quarantine is causing stress leaving and "treating" the fish isn't going to improve the likely outcome. (Don't wait for the vaccine!)
Lymphocystis like "cold sores" isn't curable but if you give the fish healthy conditions they often heal and show no external signs of disease once they have a proper tank with good food and room to live life. Right now it seems your fish might be just barely surviving treatment in QT bathing in copper. Be careful you don't cure them of life.