Royal Gramma Ich/Velvet/flukes

[TSOPTC]

Afternoon all,

So I'm relatively new to this but have had a fluval evo for 6 months with no issues what so ever, so far.

I've just set up a water box 60.2 and currently have a Royal Gramma and Purple Fire Fish, noticed on Tuesday that the Gramma was not coming out as usual with the Fire Fish so fed them, came out and looked a bit beat up, no fin tears but slight discolouration on the purple section.
Same again yesterday and today, noticed today that the mouth seems almost brown and like a human scab which I've never seen before, there are some very small white ish spots which makes me think Ich at first but I'm not 100%, can anybody shed any light? (Sorry pictures aren't great but he's very skittish).

Purple fire fish shows no sign of anything.

I'm in the lucky position that there is only 2 fish in there with no clean up crew or corals and I have a 10 gallon I could use as a QT (but for selfish reasons this would be a big step back and 3 months with nothing in DT, having said that I want the best for my fish and the future of the tank).

What's the way forward? Leave it a couple of days or act now?

Hope that's enough info and thanks for any incoming help!

 

[Fish Fan]

Welcome!

I'm no expert with fish diseases, and I'm sure others will offer more help, but I would encourage you to repost your question in the fish disease forum. There are some members there who are very, very knowledgeable with fish diseases. Good luck!

 

[jda]

I would ask this in the disease forum. There are some really good folks over there.

There might be some physical damage around the mouth, but I do not see any diseases. I am not really all that good at this, so please find smarter people to offer their opinions.

 

[TSOPTC]

Ahh apologies, I did not see the disease board, I'll put it in there was well, cheers guys!