What to treat with??

[Waters]

My first ever post in this forum . I am on day one of quarantine...just received these two guys today. Any idea what this white spot is and what to treat it with?

 

[JasonK84]

I will guess ich. 14 days copper treatment then transfer to sterile tank or 30 days copper treatment without the transfer.

 

[Waters]

I will guess ich. 14 days copper treatment then transfer to sterile tank or 30 days copper treatment without the transfer.

It is probably hard to tell from the pic but it is too large to be ich. Almost seems like a fungus? What is the protocol in receiving fish online that have issues on day one? Are these normally replaced or just up to me to treat?

 

[C. Eymann]

Lymphocystis maybe?

 

[Florida Sunshine]

It depends on where you purchased the fish. Some on-line retailers offer an arrive alive guarantee and a few will guarantee longer. Contact the seller ASAP and see what your options are.
As to treatment, I will leave that to the experts.
Are you planning to treat in your quarantine tank or are you using the QT for observation only? Very few remedies are safe for a reef tank so you want to take care of whatever it is before it hits your main tank.

 

[JasonK84]

It is probably hard to tell from the pic but it is too large to be ich. Almost seems like a fungus? What is the protocol in receiving fish online that have issues on day one? Are these normally replaced or just up to me to treat?

What spot are you looking at?
Not sure how this is large for ich

 

[Waters]

It depends on where you purchased the fish. Some on-line retailers offer an arrive alive guarantee and a few will guarantee longer. Contact the seller ASAP and see what your options are.
As to treatment, I will leave that to the experts.
Are you planning to treat in your quarantine tank or are you using the QT for observation only? Very few remedies are safe for a reef tank so you want to take care of whatever it is before it hits your main tank.

I would be treating the quarantine tank only. I was hoping to use it strictly for observation but I guess that isn't going to happen.

 

[Waters]

What spot are you looking at?
Not sure how this is large for ich

OP, did I circle the spot your concerned about?

Sorry...no, it is the white spot above closer to the head. That spot that you circled was just a bubble in the water column.

 

[JasonK84]

If your talking about this then I would think either lymphosystis or a bacterial issue.

 

[JasonK84]

Is it fluffy cottony looking?

 

[Waters]

Is it fluffy cottony looking?

Yeah...that is the spot. Seems kinda fluffy looking....haven't been able to get a super good look at it though. Funny, I found this pic online which has a spot in a similar place which is just the fishes coloration ........now it has me wondering lol.

 

[Waters]

Got a little better pic....definitely appears raised. Also, comparing this to my first pic, it looks like it has already starting to spread just within the last hour?