I have to assume this is ich… did not notice it yesterday. The clown fish seem to be okay but hard to tell on their white body. The hippo has been in about 4 weeks and the clown fish about 6.
This hippo and two clowns in a new tank (2.5 months since cycle). Also in the tank are one cleaner shrimp and one blood shrimp. There are 5 corals.
The fish were quarantined in copper before adding them but I did not quarantine the 5 corals (but I did dip them with revive). Only other thing I put into the tank is Chaeto from algae barn, sand from aquabiomics and rods fish food. I added the Chaeto and aquabiomics sand about a week ago so I assume that must be it.
questions:
1) anything else those white spots could be?
2) treatment options? I have a qt tank with copper up and running but not sure if there is any easier way than 76 days of the fish out of the tank… do the shrimp get to stay in the tank?
3) presumably the clown fish have to go into QT as well.
4) I have a UV sterilizer plumbed in, but have never turned it on because I kind of didn’t want to mess with it. Would it help or not really?
tank parameters if helpful (as of today):
Ph: 8 (apex)
Ammonia: 0 (api)
Alk: 9.2 (hanna)
Nitrate: 5 (nyos)
Calcium: 430 (Red Sea)