Struggling to identify ich

Jay Hemdal · Mar 16, 2022

Miami Reef said:
In the video, there is a slight moment where the fish moves and shows the left side. The sun hits directly at him and you see the 3 marks that I was talking about.

Well, I can see the spot on the left side of the darker clownfish. That isn't ich. I doubt that it is flukes either. Clowns are often a bit "rough and tumble" could it just be a missing scale? Those can take some time to regrow....

Jay

Miami Reef · Mar 16, 2022

Jay Hemdal said:
Well, I can see the spot on the left side of the darker clownfish. That isn't ich. I doubt that it is flukes either. Clowns are often a bit "rough and tumble" could it just be a missing scale? Those can take some time to regrow....

Jay

Thank you. I feel even better knowing that you responded. I do agree with you.

polyppal · Mar 20, 2022

Update? I’m still in the lympho camp

Miami Reef · Mar 20, 2022

polyppal said:
Update? I’m still in the lympho camp

The area in the previous pictures are clean. He has a tiny little mark on the other side.

It seems like the female clown was just asserting dominance.

I’m using the baby blue tang as my canary to see if there’s any ich. For now it looks completely clean, but I do plan to observe for longer.

I personally don’t think it’s lympho. I think it’s just little scratches/missing scales.