Fish Have Ich?

StartingATank · May 17, 2025

So, I have 3 springeris and a pair of clowns in my tank, about 5 months old, 2 springeris are showing a lot of aggression, but not too much stress, but now the one being bullied has three white spots on him. One on the left side of his body, one on his tail, and one on his lower dorsal fin. I don't a quarentine tank, so what should I do? I think I caught it early, because it just appeared between now and about 3 hours ago. Not really an increased respiration rate compared to normal, but has high stress because of other springeri. I shouldn't have done 3, only 2. My system is 33 gallons. @Jay Hemdal @vetteguy53081 Please Help

bluemon · May 18, 2025

before the masters arrive, make sure you have a CLEAR picture and/or video of the fish in question.

Make sure they are in WHITE light, with little to no blues.

Depending on the size of the spots and whether or not they change spots, could be just lympho

StartingATank · May 18, 2025

Well, this morning all of the spots disappeared. I also had this with a Clownfish and they had similarly sized and spaced spots, but disappeared the next day. My clownfish has been fine for all this time, so maybe it was just a random white spot.

EuphyllinOHk · May 18, 2025

StartingATank said:
Well, this morning all of the spots disappeared. I also had this with a Clownfish and they had similarly sized and spaced spots, but disappeared the next day. My clownfish has been fine for all this time, so maybe it was just a random white spot.

It could be but, as ich goes through its lifecycle, the spots will drop, but come back in greater numbers, which is how ich infections balloon. It's hard to say without seeing any pictures of what your fish looked like previously, but I'd keep a close eye on your fish over the next day and be ready to treat them.

If you don't have the option to set up a hospital tank, you'll have to go through hyposalinity, which some fish don't tolerate well and will kill your inverts amd corals if you have any.