I thought I had ICK

[Bob Escher]

so this morning I talked to Tahoe61 of what I believed may have been ICK. I thought I had seen spots on my royal gramma. He started stayed hidden and last night didn't eat. This morning he was at bottom trying to eat off the sand. Then I noticed a chromis doing the sMe and next to the gramma ( normally the chromis are in a school. I QT them added some ICH X to treat ICH and any bacterial well now they look like this.
I'm also missing a strawberry dottyback that didn't come out to eat
What's going on water parameters are good everyone else looks good haven't lost any crabs or anything
Help

 

[pirate2876]

Test ammonia and nitrite. Whats temp? Salinity? I would consider doing a 50% WC.

 

[donnievaz]

Could be Velvet, which is a much faster progressing condition. Same treatment for both Ich and Velvet.

 

[Bob Escher]

Temp is 77.8
Salinity is 1.025
Ammonia, nitrate and nitrite are all 0
Ph is 8.2
Just checked they're both gone it looks like

Thanks everyone

 

[helen ann]

Awwww, sorry about your fish! :(

 

[Bob Escher]

Thank you Helen Ann
Now the question is why

 

[helen ann]

Thank you Helen Ann
Now the question is why

Hmmmmmmm, sorry, will have to leave that to the pros!:oops:

 

[Bob Escher]

Yep

 

[Breva1100]

I had Velvet take an entire tank in a couple days. I am currently treating a fallow tank, which will remain that way for another month and a half. The velvet cycle is about 76 days I am going a 80. I am also researching the use of UV treatment to keep the levels lower and of course setting up a QT. Sorry about the fish.

 

[Bob Escher]

How do know velvet? I can't find the dottyback saw him this morning and the top of his head looking funny but by the time I could get a good look he was gone. ( meaning hiding) I already had half the tank apart ( rock wise) going after the gramma. The chromis showed nothing at all no spots no nothing.
The royal a very few spots mostly around the top of his head and it looked like one in his eye. ( I'll look after the wife leaves later)
So I don't know it was quick maybe two days

 

[Breva1100]

Not sure about yours, but with mine they had what looked like white dust. From happy fish to dead fish was a little over a day. I treated the tank and let is sit for a week, then added another fish. From Happy to dead in a couple days. Everything I have read in Articles section of R2R, I believe I have Velvet. The protozoa have a cycle and that can take 76 day of adding nothing new to the tank for is to completely cycle and basically starve. If it is ick, fish can live quite a while and can be treated with a little better success.