Ich????

[vcnt]

Is this fish having ich!!?!

I just noticed this out of nowhere

What do i do!!!

#fishm#fishmedics eating nori fine right now

 

[Reef Jedi]

This does look like ich

You will need to pull all fish to put in quarantine and treat with copper.

@Fish Fan #medic

 

[vcnt]

This does look like ich

You will need to pull all fish to put in quarantine and treat with copper.

@Fish Fan #medic

I cant do that

This is really out of nowhere

 

[Fish Fan]

Please wait for the other, more knowledgeable Fish Medic guys to confirm, but this looks like a mix of Ich and mucus cones to me.

If so, likely treatment of all fish in a separate aquarium is warranted, unfortunately

Depending on what other animals you have in your display tank, the Fish Medics may have some other options, such as running hyposalinity.

#fishmedic

Best of luck!

 

[vetteguy53081]

Is this fish having ich!!?!

I just noticed this out of nowhere

What do i do!!!

#fishm#fishmedics eating nori fine right now

These are mucus cones often from a skin irritation and at times are mixed in with ich and Often you will notice other occupants show no signs but recommended is to remove all fish and treat them as well using coppersafe or copper power for a full 30 days at 2.25ppm which they respond to well and add an air stone and monitor copper level with a reliable Copper Test kit such as Hanna Brand- No API brand. Also monitor Ammonia levels while in quarantine with a reliable test kit and add aeration during treatment using an air stone.

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

Is this fish having ich!!?!

I just noticed this out of nowhere

What do i do!!!

#fishm#fishmedics eating nori fine right now

That's a classic case of marine ich, Cryptocaryon. The spots on the fins are the way to tell this apart from mucus plugs.

The number of spots may come and go over a period of days, but these will generally increase in number and spread to the other fish.

I'm afraid this is going to need to be treated by moving all of the fish to another tank with no invertebrates or corals and treating them there, and not returning the fish to this tank for 60 days. Your two best treatment options are coppersafe or hyposalinity.

 

[vcnt]

I'm afraid this is going to need to be treated by moving all of the fish to another tank with no invertebrates or corals and treating them there, and not returning the fish to this tank for 60 days. Your two best treatment options are coppersafe or hyposalinity.

is there any ways to do it without taking all fish out? This really isnt possible for me, i have blue tang, mandarin , clown. Coris Wrasse, algae blenny, gold sleeper goby and 2 pajama fish. And firefish

 

[vcnt]

Is this fish having ich!!?!

I just noticed this out of nowhere

What do i do!!!

#fishm#fishmedics eating nori fine right now

These are mucus cones often from a skin irritation and at times are mixed in with ich and Often you will notice other occupants show no signs but recommended is to remove all fish and treat them as well using coppersafe or copper power for a full 30 days at 2.25ppm which they respond to well and add an air stone and monitor copper level with a reliable Copper Test kit such as Hanna Brand- No API brand. Also monitor Ammonia levels while in quarantine with a reliable test kit and add aeration during treatment using an air stone.

How could I tell of its just Mucus Cones/Bacterial Tuffts? Or ich?

They look a little raised which i saw online (i think humble fish) describes bacterial

 

[Fish Fan]

How could I tell of its just Mucus Cones/Bacterial Tuffts? Or ich?

They look a little raised which i saw online (i think humble fish) describes bacterial

I think you're wishful thinking

What other fish and animals do you have in your tank? Hyposalinity may be an option, here's Jay's article on running hypo:
https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/hyposalinity.880546/

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

That's a classic case of marine ich, Cryptocaryon. The spots on the fins are the way to tell this apart from mucus plugs.

The number of spots may come and go over a period of days, but these will generally increase in number and spread to the other fish.

I'm afraid this is going to need to be treated by moving all of the fish to another tank with no invertebrates or corals and treating them there, and not returning the fish to this tank for 60 days. Your two best treatment options are coppersafe or hyposalinity.

Sorry, I don’t think anything but a full treatment is going to work in this case. I think there are already too many spots to trench management, and you’d need a strong UV sterilizers for that method to work.

There are lots of “reef safe”’ich medications on the market, but they all have dismal track records….

 

[vetteguy53081]

How could I tell of its just Mucus Cones/Bacterial Tuffts? Or ich?

They look a little raised which i saw online (i think humble fish) describes bacterial

Mucus cones will be a little raised and even have little threads on them , not always