Hippo tang in qt. White patches? Stress marks?

[truben1010]

I have had a hippo blue tang with white patches over her, doesn’t look like ich. Could it be stress marks? Sorry this the best picture I could get of her because she is super shy and she dashed away to hide if she sees any movement.

 

[4FordFamily]

I can’t see anything. It stress or brook comes to mind

 

[truben1010]

I can’t see anything. It stress or brook comes to mind

I thought brook only affected clownfish and damsels??

 

[Skep18]

How big are the patches and how many (roughly)?

 

[truben1010]

How big are the patches and how many (roughly)?

Hmm that’s a really small measurement I’d say close to as big as the eye, the entire eye size though. Not like ich which would be smaller

 

[truben1010]

Hmm that’s a really small measurement I’d say close to as big as the eye, the entire eye size though. Not like ich which would be smaller

Probably the size of the entire eye of the chromis in that picture.

 

[Skep18]

I'd guess it could be stress. Is this a new fish in QT? From an online retailer?

It looks quite young which would seem to contribute to it being subject to more extreme sensitivity to its surroundings. Is it eating OK and otherwise acting OK?

 

[truben1010]

I'd guess it could be stress. Is this a new fish in QT? From an online retailer?

It looks quite young which would seem to contribute to it being subject to more extreme sensitivity to its surroundings. Is it eating OK and otherwise acting OK?

No I got this hippo tang from a store that is 3 and a half hours away from me. He is 1.5 inches and does eat like a pig.