Blue tang ich?

[Bo2022]

Had it for 3 month, suddenly got sick have no idea why. Does it look like ich?

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[littlefoxx]

Had it for 3 month, suddenly got sick have no idea why. Does it look like ich?

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[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

Had it for 3 month, suddenly got sick have no idea why. Does it look like ich?

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Are the spots only on its left side?
What species of coral do you have in the tank? Any LPS?

At this point, I'm thinking coral sting.....

Jay

 

[vetteguy53081]

Agree- looks like hypermelanization which is associated with sting and is Not black ich which many often suggest.

 

[Dburr1014]

Are the spots only on its left side?
What species of coral do you have in the tank? Any LPS?

At this point, I'm thinking coral sting.....

Jay

Or anenome sting.

OP, do you have a nem?

 

[nereefpat]

Does it look like ich?

Not to me, no.

 

[Bo2022]

Or anenome sting.

OP, do you have a nem?

Yes I got anemone and she always swim near by idk why it she does it

 

[Dburr1014]

Yes I got anemone and she always swim near by idk why it she does it

Probably what happened. What type of nem?
I used to have a condy and my purple tang would always swim into it. I don't know why, it was like it was mad at it for being in the tank. It would try to slap it with the tail all the time. Had to get rid of the condy and got a bubble tip, all is well now.

 

[Bo2022]

Are the spots only on its left side?
What species of coral do you have in the tank? Any LPS?

At this point, I'm thinking coral sting.....

Jay

Yes only on its left side, but on the right side there are some ich spots.

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

Yes only on its left side, but on the right side there are some ich spots.

Those are too large to be ich, but the focus of the shot is bad, maybe they just look larger because they are not in focus? Ich spots are about the size of a large grain of salt.

Jay

 

[Bo2022]

Probably what happened. What type of nem?
I used to have a condy and my purple tang would always swim into it. I don't know why, it was like it was mad at it for being in the tank. It would try to slap it with the tail all the time. Had to get rid of the condy and got a bubble tip, all is well now.

I got the RBTA. I think it just wanna to play with the clown?
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[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

I got the RBTA. I think it just wanna to play with the clown?
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RBTA don't usually cause stings like that, but the Euphyllia below it can.....

Jay

 

[Bo2022]

RBTA don't usually cause stings like that, but the Euphyllia below it can.....

Jayit

I got torch, emm maybe it was sting by the torch?

 

[Bo2022]

Those are too large to be ich, but the focus of the shot is bad, maybe they just look larger because they are not in focus? Ich spots are about the size of a large grain of salt.

Jay

I think maybe the focus of the shot is not clear however I couldn’t think of anything other than ich.

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

I think maybe the focus of the shot is not clear however I couldn’t think of anything other than ich.

Blue tangs often get mucus plugs that look like large ich spots. These can be caused by general stress, but can also be caused by ich itself.
Jay

 

[Bo2022]

How to treatment it? I can’t catch it

 

[jmichaelh7]

How to treatment it? I can’t catch it

That doesn’t look like ich idk what does on top of that it’s a blue hippo

Was this guy quarantined ? That will eliminate the parasite possibility

 

[Dburr1014]

How to treatment it? I can’t catch it

If it is hypermalanization, if it got stung by a coral, there is no treatment it will go away on its own in a few days if it stays away from said Coral.

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

How to treatment it? I can’t catch it

That looks like those mucus plugs I had mentioned. These are a response to some sort of stress. However, ich can be one of the causes, so it gets a bit tricky….

Jay

 

[jmichaelh7]

So op what’s the plan for the little dory