Two Royal Gammas Flashing and Hiding at Same Time

[Doug Kaiser]

About two weeks ago I added two Royal Gammas. Both are were and still are eating well. The pick at each other to some from time to time, but not overly. They both hid at first but then finally stayed out. With that said, I’m sure there is still plenty of stress. Just today, they both, at the same time, started flashing and hiding. At the exact same time. At the same time I also noticed today tons of tiny white dots on the glass. They appear to be flowing, moving around. Kind of like they are stuck in a transparent slime. The flashing is pretty bad and just started today. I might say it was ich, but there is no visible spots and I find it odd that they both started flashing at the same time and hiding at the same time. Could this be a copepod bloom and they are irritated by the copepods? All of the other fish are perfectly fine with no issues. A Wrasse that was added at the same time and from the same tank is not having any issues. Thoughts?

 

[blaxsun]

An image or two for the experts might help.

 

[firehawk922]

Anyone know how long they live? I have one for 11 years and kills anything i put in the tank?

 

[firehawk922]

Any idea how long the royal gamma live? I have one that is 11 years old and kills everything but my huge B&W clown