I need help.

[Jdale78]

Hello-
I just this Hippo Tang yesterday. Today I noticed he was rubbing on a rock and I see these spots on his side. I did a little research and see it could be a few things. What do you all think it is?
What do I do about it?

 

[EmdeReef]

Can you take a closeup pic of the spots?

 

[Jdale78]

3 spots on one side. 1 on the other.

 

[Jdale78]

Can you take a closeup pic of the spots?

I posted a new pic.

 

[Maacc]

External parasite, start with a fresh water dip matched for temp and ph.

 

[Jdale78]

External parasite, start with a fresh water dip matched for temp and ph.

How do you do that?

 

[Maacc]

Get a bucket and fill at least half way with rodi water and put a heater in to match your tanks temperature. Then check your tank ph and use a buffer to get the bucket water to match. Put in an air stone for circulation and dip for 10 minutes. Keep a close eye on the hippo if it shows rral distress put back into qt, try to keep the room dark

 

[EmdeReef]

Do you have an anemone in the tank? What other fish? Is the tank fully cycled?

Those look like injuries. Could be result of the tang scratching on rocks. The question is why the scratching.

Eating ok? Any smaller spots anywhere else on the body?

 

[Jdale78]

Do you have an anemone in the tank? What other fish? Is the tank fully cycled?

Those look like injuries. Could be result of the tang scratching on rocks. The question is why the scratching.

Eating ok? Any smaller spots anywhere else on the body?

I have no anemone. I have clowns, damsel, goby, CUC, starfish. Tank is fully cycled. He has been up in the rocks quite a bit. He's eating like a champ. The spots seem to be coming and going really fast. example- by the time I answered you another popped up and now seems to have faded. It's quite weird.

 

[Jdale78]

Get a bucket and fill at least half way with rodi water and put a heater in to match your tanks temperature. Then check your tank ph and use a buffer to get the bucket water to match. Put in an air stone for circulation and dip for 10 minutes. Keep a close eye on the hippo if it shows rral distress put back into qt, try to keep the room dark

thank you for your info!

 

[merereef]

I have no anemone. I have clowns, damsel, goby, CUC, starfish. Tank is fully cycled. He has been up in the rocks quite a bit. He's eating like a champ. The spots seem to be coming and going really fast. example- by the time I answered you another popped up and now seems to have faded. It's quite weird.

Is the fish eating and swimming around ok?

 

[Jdale78]

Is the fish eating and swimming around ok?

yeah. Am I just paranoid ?

 

[merereef]

Feed it more garlic enriched foods and give it lots of nori... feed it frozen foods often like 4-5 times a day with garic if you can.. keep doing that and it should heal and go away. If it gets worse then do the treatment keep a close eye on it but feed alot

 

[ZipAdeeZoa]

If the spots appear to be moving around on the fish then it could be flukes, a mentioned a freshwater dip would either confirm that or rule it out. Heres how to do a freshwater dip https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/freshwater-dip.248898/