white dots...ich?

[Steven91]

Hello everyone,

I need your help! Lately I've been noticing a few small white dots on my Blue Eye Kole Tang, Longnose Butterfly, and Pearlscale Butterfly fish, none of my other fish seem to have them, though I want to make sure what ever I got does not spread. On the fish it looks like a whole bunch of small white dots on them and the only fish I've been able to capture is the tang and can try to get a better picture if needed. All fish seem to be eating well and no noticeable difference in appetite. Any and all advise/help is welcomed

 

[HotRocks]

Can you try to take a pic of the fish in the tank?

It may be velvet just based on the amount of the spots. Its hard to tell from that angle.

 

[Steven91]

Can you try to take a pic of the fish in the tank?

It may be velvet just based on the amount of the spots. Its hard to tell from that angle.

I'll try and I doubt it's velvet as I've been noticing it over the last week, thought velvet was a lot faster than that?

 

[HotRocks]

I'll try and I doubt it's velvet as I've been noticing it over the last week, thought velvet was a lot faster than that?

If you have that kind of coverage in only a week's time it is likely velvet. The pic you posted the spots do look rather large which is why I asked to see a pic of the fish from the side in the tank.

It could be an extreme case of ich, but to come on that quickly it's not as likely. Velvet has a much faster cycle.

Good rule of thumb is a few spots in a week = ich, more spots than you can count easily likely velvet.

 

[Steven91]

If you have that kind of coverage in only a week's time it is likely velvet. The pic you posted the spots do look rather large which is why I asked to see a pic of the fish from the side in the tank.

It could be an extreme case of ich, but to come on that quickly it's not as likely. Velvet has a much faster cycle.

Good rule of thumb is a few spots in a week = ich, more spots than you can count easily likely velvet.

I'll gonna pull the tang, just found him on his side on my grye and see if i can't get him to get better. Suggestions for curing either ich or velvet?

 

[HotRocks]

Do you have copper on hand?

 

[HotRocks]

Also a fish wouldn't normally be stuck to a powerhead/wavemaker after one week of dealing with ich.

The treatment is virtually the same you will just want to ramp up the copper or CP faster if you are dealing with velvet.

You will also want to treat all fish that share that same tank in a quarantine together even if they are asymptomatic at this point.

 

[Steven91]

Do you have copper on hand?

Currently, I do not, I'm gonna run down to a pet store and see what they have. What should I pick up or look for?

 

[HotRocks]

Currently, I do not, I'm gonna run down to a pet store and see what they have. What should I pick up or look for?

I prefer chelated. Copper power. If they don't have it, you can use coppersafe. I would not advise using copper safe without a Hanna checker due to inconsistency.

Cupramine is ionic copper and available in most LFS near me. At this point you just have to use whatever you can get.

So if they don't have copper power I'd go with cupramine and a seachem test kit.

 

[Steven91]

I prefer chelated. Copper power. If they don't have it, you can use coppersafe. I would not advise using copper safe without a Hanna checker due to inconsistency.

Cupramine is ionic copper and available in most LFS near me. At this point you just have to use whatever you can get.

So if they don't have copper power I'd go with cupramine and a seachem test kit.

Did pick up cupramine and a test kit, got my tang out, now gotta tear apart my aquascape to get everyone else out

 

[Steven91]

Update...unfortunately did end up losing my tang, keeping an eye on all my other fish