possible marine velvet!?

[Jellyfishmon]

a blue tang I bought got little bumps on a week after I got it so I put her in QT with .5 copper thinking its ich, its been 3 weeks so I was about to put her back as she had no bumps on her when I noticed she has these odd white spots on her. its also possible its just from the stress of accumulating her.

 

[sean rand]

It looks like ich. How did u check the level of copper?

 

[Jellyfishmon]

p.s its not powdery more like the spots lost color like scars or something

 

[Jellyfishmon]

seachem copper test

 

[Frtdrmrose7]

Copper is either 30 days straight or 14 days with transfer to another sterile QT for observation. Did you ever do a FW dip? I don’t think I see velvet though.

 

[Jellyfishmon]

yes before putting her in the copper, but my guess is It just want long enough so ill do another 3 weeks and see what happens thank you guys for your help

 

[Frtdrmrose7]

yes before putting her in the copper, but my guess is It just want long enough so ill do another 3 weeks and see what happens thank you guys for your help

Copper needs to be run for either 30 days straight or 14 days with a transfer to a sterile tank.

 

[HotRocks]

This is in line with what you would see secondary to an ich or velvet affliction.

How long has the fish been in therapeutic copper. This could be a secondary infection.

 

[jsvand5]

Agree, tough to tell for sure in the pics but it’s pretty common for fish to have some skin issues after copper. Especially tangs. I’d put it in a clean QT for a day or two without copper to see if it improves or starts getting worse.

 

[4FordFamily]

This is in line with what you would see secondary to an ich or velvet affliction.

How long has the fish been in therapeutic copper. This could be a secondary infection.

This. I wouldn’t do anything unless it seems life threatening, continue treatment as usual.