Clownfish not eating. Sick?

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Hi guys. I have a mated pair of clowns that I have had for almost 7 months. They contracted ich on their first month and I treated them with copper in the hospital tank. The ich went away and I chose to keep them in the QT tank this whole time because of 2 fallow periods I did on my DT. Ever since they have been growing so much and feasting on pellets. However a few days ago the female started ignoring pellets and eats 3 or 4. She would eat about 20-25 in comparison. The male has also ignored a few but still eats almost normally. They have had no other contact with fish since they have been in the same hospital tank (obviously without copper anymore) I see some white marks in her upper side so Im dreading this is ich again.

Here is a video. Thank you in advanced

 
Sometimes fish stop eat their food you feed them all the time and feeding them something else gets them to eat again. Have you tried feeding the clowns sometime else?
 
I don’t see ick on that fish, yet not always visible.
Behavior looks normal, except loss of appetite.
Just keep eye right now.

Fins look clean in the video for what I can see.
 
Live brine is is almost never not eaten if you could get your hands on some. Bot a lot of nutritional value but could help get their appetite back.
 

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