Ick treatment

[smordi]

It appears my Pygmy angel may have a case of ick, I noticed these spots on the tail a few days ago. In the tank there is two wrasse, two clowns, a fire fish and an Ember Blenny. No one else is exhibiting symptoms although there may be a couple dots on the fire fish’s tail but I’m not positive. May be important to note this angel had a case of popeye a few months ago that resolved itself. My plan is to add metroplex and angelixir to the food as well as dosing peroxide.
The system is 40 gallons.

Salinity 35
Ammonia: 0 ppm
Nitrite: 0 ppm
Nitrate: 15-20 ppm
Alk: 7.8
Phosphate: .03 ppm
Magnesium: 1350
PH: 8


-Can I dose peroxide without a skimmer?

-If so any recommendations on how to dose the peroxide?

-Any other treatment advice or recommendations?

-Any alternative diagnosis’s?

Any advice or input is appreciated!

 

[vetteguy53081]

It appears my Pygmy angel may have a case of ick, I noticed these spots on the tail a few days ago. In the tank there is two wrasse, two clowns, a fire fish and an Ember Blenny. No one else is exhibiting symptoms although there may be a couple dots on the fire fish’s tail but I’m not positive. May be important to note this angel had a case of popeye a few months ago that resolved itself. My plan is to add metroplex and angelixir to the food as well as dosing peroxide.
The system is 40 gallons.

Salinity 35
Ammonia: 0 ppm
Nitrite: 0 ppm
Nitrate: 15-20 ppm
Alk: 7.8
Phosphate: .03 ppm
Magnesium: 1350
PH: 8


-Can I dose peroxide without a skimmer?

-If so any recommendations on how to dose the peroxide?

-Any other treatment advice or recommendations?

-Any alternative diagnosis’s?

Any advice or input is appreciated!

Pictures are extremely dark with blue lighting to see anything but assuming it’s ich , this fish and any others in with it will have to be placed in a separate treatment tank and treated with coppersafe or copper power at 2.25ppm monitored with a Hanna brand copper test ki
Display tank will need to be left without fish for 6-8 weeks to allow parasites to die off without a host fish. Corals and inverts can remain in display tank. Pics best under white lighting intensity only

 

[W31Olds]

Not conclusive this Ich, however if indeed it is, your treatment plan will not work. We need better pics with white lighting or a Video.

 

[Marine Betta]

It appears my Pygmy angel may have a case of ick, I noticed these spots on the tail a few days ago. In the tank there is two wrasse, two clowns, a fire fish and an Ember Blenny. No one else is exhibiting symptoms although there may be a couple dots on the fire fish’s tail but I’m not positive. May be important to note this angel had a case of popeye a few months ago that resolved itself. My plan is to add metroplex and angelixir to the food as well as dosing peroxide.
The system is 40 gallons.

Salinity 35
Ammonia: 0 ppm
Nitrite: 0 ppm
Nitrate: 15-20 ppm
Alk: 7.8
Phosphate: .03 ppm
Magnesium: 1350
PH: 8


-Can I dose peroxide without a skimmer?

-If so any recommendations on how to dose the peroxide?

-Any other treatment advice or recommendations?

-Any alternative diagnosis’s?

Any advice or input is appreciated!

Were any of these fish QT’d? As others have said, your treatment plan will not work for ich. The protocol outlined by vetteguy53801 is what needs to followed.

I do see some dots on the angel’s tail in the pictures, but pics under white light will better determine what they are. Do the fish have any other symptoms (i.e. heavy breathing, flashing, etc.)?

 

[smordi]

It appears my Pygmy angel may have a case of ick, I noticed these spots on the tail a few days ago. In the tank there is two wrasse, two clowns, a fire fish and an Ember Blenny. No one else is exhibiting symptoms although there may be a couple dots on the fire fish’s tail but I’m not positive. May be important to note this angel had a case of popeye a few months ago that resolved itself. My plan is to add metroplex and angelixir to the food as well as dosing peroxide.
The system is 40 gallons.

Salinity 35
Ammonia: 0 ppm
Nitrite: 0 ppm
Nitrate: 15-20 ppm
Alk: 7.8
Phosphate: .03 ppm
Magnesium: 1350
PH: 8


-Can I dose peroxide without a skimmer?

-If so any recommendations on how to dose the peroxide?

-Any other treatment advice or recommendations?

-Any alternative diagnosis’s?

Any advice or input is appreciated!

Pictures are extremely dark with blue lighting to see anything but assuming it’s ich , this fish and any others in with it will have to be placed in a separate treatment tank and treated with coppersafe or copper power at 2.25ppm monitored with a Hanna brand copper test ki
Display tank will need to be left without fish for 6-8 weeks to allow parasites to die off without a host fish. Corals and inverts can remain in display tank. Pics best under white lighting intensity only

@Marine Betta @W31Olds thank you guys for your help I’m going to try to post some better pictures and vid I took it’s just giving me a hard time

 

[smordi]

It appears my Pygmy angel may have a case of ick, I noticed these spots on the tail a few days ago. In the tank there is two wrasse, two clowns, a fire fish and an Ember Blenny. No one else is exhibiting symptoms although there may be a couple dots on the fire fish’s tail but I’m not positive. May be important to note this angel had a case of popeye a few months ago that resolved itself. My plan is to add metroplex and angelixir to the food as well as dosing peroxide.
The system is 40 gallons.

Salinity 35
Ammonia: 0 ppm
Nitrite: 0 ppm
Nitrate: 15-20 ppm
Alk: 7.8
Phosphate: .03 ppm
Magnesium: 1350
PH: 8


-Can I dose peroxide without a skimmer?

-If so any recommendations on how to dose the peroxide?

-Any other treatment advice or recommendations?

-Any alternative diagnosis’s?

Any advice or input is appreciated!

 

[smordi]

It appears my Pygmy angel may have a case of ick, I noticed these spots on the tail a few days ago. In the tank there is two wrasse, two clowns, a fire fish and an Ember Blenny. No one else is exhibiting symptoms although there may be a couple dots on the fire fish’s tail but I’m not positive. May be important to note this angel had a case of popeye a few months ago that resolved itself. My plan is to add metroplex and angelixir to the food as well as dosing peroxide.
The system is 40 gallons.

Salinity 35
Ammonia: 0 ppm
Nitrite: 0 ppm
Nitrate: 15-20 ppm
Alk: 7.8
Phosphate: .03 ppm
Magnesium: 1350
PH: 8


-Can I dose peroxide without a skimmer?

-If so any recommendations on how to dose the peroxide?

-Any other treatment advice or recommendations?

-Any alternative diagnosis’s?

Any advice or input is appreciated!

 

[Reefing addict Clay]

I know I’m not helping here I just wanted to give a shout out to you choats leopard wrasse love those guys.

 

[smordi]

It appears my Pygmy angel may have a case of ick, I noticed these spots on the tail a few days ago. In the tank there is two wrasse, two clowns, a fire fish and an Ember Blenny. No one else is exhibiting symptoms although there may be a couple dots on the fire fish’s tail but I’m not positive. May be important to note this angel had a case of popeye a few months ago that resolved itself. My plan is to add metroplex and angelixir to the food as well as dosing peroxide.
The system is 40 gallons.

Salinity 35
Ammonia: 0 ppm
Nitrite: 0 ppm
Nitrate: 15-20 ppm
Alk: 7.8
Phosphate: .03 ppm
Magnesium: 1350
PH: 8


-Can I dose peroxide without a skimmer?

-If so any recommendations on how to dose the peroxide?

-Any other treatment advice or recommendations?

-Any alternative diagnosis’s?

Any advice or input is appreciated!

 

[smordi]

It appears my Pygmy angel may have a case of ick, I noticed these spots on the tail a few days ago. In the tank there is two wrasse, two clowns, a fire fish and an Ember Blenny. No one else is exhibiting symptoms although there may be a couple dots on the fire fish’s tail but I’m not positive. May be important to note this angel had a case of popeye a few months ago that resolved itself. My plan is to add metroplex and angelixir to the food as well as dosing peroxide.
The system is 40 gallons.

Salinity 35
Ammonia: 0 ppm
Nitrite: 0 ppm
Nitrate: 15-20 ppm
Alk: 7.8
Phosphate: .03 ppm
Magnesium: 1350
PH: 8


-Can I dose peroxide without a skimmer?

-If so any recommendations on how to dose the peroxide?

-Any other treatment advice or recommendations?

-Any alternative diagnosis’s?

Any advice or input is appreciated!

 

[smordi]

It appears my Pygmy angel may have a case of ick, I noticed these spots on the tail a few days ago. In the tank there is two wrasse, two clowns, a fire fish and an Ember Blenny. No one else is exhibiting symptoms although there may be a couple dots on the fire fish’s tail but I’m not positive. May be important to note this angel had a case of popeye a few months ago that resolved itself. My plan is to add metroplex and angelixir to the food as well as dosing peroxide.
The system is 40 gallons.

Salinity 35
Ammonia: 0 ppm
Nitrite: 0 ppm
Nitrate: 15-20 ppm
Alk: 7.8
Phosphate: .03 ppm
Magnesium: 1350
PH: 8


-Can I dose peroxide without a skimmer?

-If so any recommendations on how to dose the peroxide?

-Any other treatment advice or recommendations?

-Any alternative diagnosis’s?

Any advice or input is appreciated!

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[smordi]

It appears my Pygmy angel may have a case of ick, I noticed these spots on the tail a few days ago. In the tank there is two wrasse, two clowns, a fire fish and an Ember Blenny. No one else is exhibiting symptoms although there may be a couple dots on the fire fish’s tail but I’m not positive. May be important to note this angel had a case of popeye a few months ago that resolved itself. My plan is to add metroplex and angelixir to the food as well as dosing peroxide.
The system is 40 gallons.

Salinity 35
Ammonia: 0 ppm
Nitrite: 0 ppm
Nitrate: 15-20 ppm
Alk: 7.8
Phosphate: .03 ppm
Magnesium: 1350
PH: 8


-Can I dose peroxide without a skimmer?

-If so any recommendations on how to dose the peroxide?

-Any other treatment advice or recommendations?

-Any alternative diagnosis’s?

Any advice or input is appreciated!

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[Marine Betta]

It appears my Pygmy angel may have a case of ick, I noticed these spots on the tail a few days ago. In the tank there is two wrasse, two clowns, a fire fish and an Ember Blenny. No one else is exhibiting symptoms although there may be a couple dots on the fire fish’s tail but I’m not positive. May be important to note this angel had a case of popeye a few months ago that resolved itself. My plan is to add metroplex and angelixir to the food as well as dosing peroxide.
The system is 40 gallons.

Salinity 35
Ammonia: 0 ppm
Nitrite: 0 ppm
Nitrate: 15-20 ppm
Alk: 7.8
Phosphate: .03 ppm
Magnesium: 1350
PH: 8


-Can I dose peroxide without a skimmer?

-If so any recommendations on how to dose the peroxide?

-Any other treatment advice or recommendations?

-Any alternative diagnosis’s?

Any advice or input is appreciated!

Pictures are extremely dark with blue lighting to see anything but assuming it’s ich , this fish and any others in with it will have to be placed in a separate treatment tank and treated with coppersafe or copper power at 2.25ppm monitored with a Hanna brand copper test ki
Display tank will need to be left without fish for 6-8 weeks to allow parasites to die off without a host fish. Corals and inverts can remain in display tank. Pics best under white lighting intensity only

@Marine Betta @W31Olds thank you guys for your help I’m going to try to post some better pictures and vid I took it’s just giving me a hard time

Happy to help. Did you try uploading the video on YouTube and then embedding the link here?

 

[smordi]

It appears my Pygmy angel may have a case of ick, I noticed these spots on the tail a few days ago. In the tank there is two wrasse, two clowns, a fire fish and an Ember Blenny. No one else is exhibiting symptoms although there may be a couple dots on the fire fish’s tail but I’m not positive. May be important to note this angel had a case of popeye a few months ago that resolved itself. My plan is to add metroplex and angelixir to the food as well as dosing peroxide.
The system is 40 gallons.

Salinity 35
Ammonia: 0 ppm
Nitrite: 0 ppm
Nitrate: 15-20 ppm
Alk: 7.8
Phosphate: .03 ppm
Magnesium: 1350
PH: 8


-Can I dose peroxide without a skimmer?

-If so any recommendations on how to dose the peroxide?

-Any other treatment advice or recommendations?

-Any alternative diagnosis’s?

Any advice or input is appreciated!

Pictures are extremely dark with blue lighting to see anything but assuming it’s ich , this fish and any others in with it will have to be placed in a separate treatment tank and treated with coppersafe or copper power at 2.25ppm monitored with a Hanna brand copper test ki
Display tank will need to be left without fish for 6-8 weeks to allow parasites to die off without a host fish. Corals and inverts can remain in display tank. Pics best under white lighting intensity only

@Marine Betta @W31Olds thank you guys for your help I’m going to try to post some better pictures and vid I took it’s just giving me a hard time

Happy to help. Did you try uploading the video on YouTube and then embedding the link here?

I was able to upload the pics and videos as several responses to OP

 

[smordi]

It appears my Pygmy angel may have a case of ick, I noticed these spots on the tail a few days ago. In the tank there is two wrasse, two clowns, a fire fish and an Ember Blenny. No one else is exhibiting symptoms although there may be a couple dots on the fire fish’s tail but I’m not positive. May be important to note this angel had a case of popeye a few months ago that resolved itself. My plan is to add metroplex and angelixir to the food as well as dosing peroxide.
The system is 40 gallons.

Salinity 35
Ammonia: 0 ppm
Nitrite: 0 ppm
Nitrate: 15-20 ppm
Alk: 7.8
Phosphate: .03 ppm
Magnesium: 1350
PH: 8


-Can I dose peroxide without a skimmer?

-If so any recommendations on how to dose the peroxide?

-Any other treatment advice or recommendations?

-Any alternative diagnosis’s?

Any advice or input is appreciated!

Were any of these fish QT’d? As others have said, your treatment plan will not work for ich. The protocol outlined by vetteguy53801 is what needs to followed.

I do see some dots on the angel’s tail in the pictures, but pics under white light will better determine what they are. Do the fish have any other symptoms (i.e. heavy breathing, flashing, etc.)?

I was able to reply to the OP with several pictures and vids they’re not great but best I could get. The fish in this specific system have not been quarantined for one reason or another (leopards due to sensitivity, clowns were QTed in the tank because they were the fish added and observed but didn’t need any treatment came from breeder. Angel was not out of laziness and ember Blenny was not due to running out of time before trip) however no other fish have any symptoms at all. The angel has no different breathing, doesn’t seem stressed or to be flashing. Like I said the only thing I’ve ever dealt with before in this system was the angel having popeye a few months ago that resolved itself

 

[vetteguy53081]

I do see early signs of ich and best recourse is to place this fish and any others now exposed in a separate tank and treat with Coppersafe or Copper Power at therapeutic level 2.25 for a FULL 30 days (do not interrupt this 30 day period) monitored with a Hanna Brand copper test kit- No API brand. Also monitor Ammonia levels while in quarantine with a reliable test kit and add aeration during treatment using an air stone.
The display tank will have to be kept fishless (FALLOW) for 6-8 weeks to assure the existing parasites go through their life cycle without a host fish and die off. Inverts and coral can remain in the display (not treatment) tank during fallow period.
A quarantine tank can be as simple as a tank from a second hand store, a Rubbermaid type tub or a starter kit from Walmart which most of the needed essentials.

 

[Marine Betta]

It appears my Pygmy angel may have a case of ick, I noticed these spots on the tail a few days ago. In the tank there is two wrasse, two clowns, a fire fish and an Ember Blenny. No one else is exhibiting symptoms although there may be a couple dots on the fire fish’s tail but I’m not positive. May be important to note this angel had a case of popeye a few months ago that resolved itself. My plan is to add metroplex and angelixir to the food as well as dosing peroxide.
The system is 40 gallons.

Salinity 35
Ammonia: 0 ppm
Nitrite: 0 ppm
Nitrate: 15-20 ppm
Alk: 7.8
Phosphate: .03 ppm
Magnesium: 1350
PH: 8


-Can I dose peroxide without a skimmer?

-If so any recommendations on how to dose the peroxide?

-Any other treatment advice or recommendations?

-Any alternative diagnosis’s?

Any advice or input is appreciated!

Were any of these fish QT’d? As others have said, your treatment plan will not work for ich. The protocol outlined by vetteguy53801 is what needs to followed.

I do see some dots on the angel’s tail in the pictures, but pics under white light will better determine what they are. Do the fish have any other symptoms (i.e. heavy breathing, flashing, etc.)?

I was able to reply to the OP with several pictures and vids they’re not great but best I could get. The fish in this specific system have not been quarantined for one reason or another (leopards due to sensitivity, clowns were QTed in the tank because they were the fish added and observed but didn’t need any treatment came from breeder. Angel was not out of laziness and ember Blenny was not due to running out of time before trip) however no other fish have any symptoms at all. The angel has no different breathing, doesn’t seem stressed or to be flashing. Like I said the only thing I’ve ever dealt with before in this system was the angel having popeye a few months ago that resolved itself

I agree it looks like ich. If you’re worried about your wrasses, chelated copper (ie coppersafe and copper power) are generally safe with wrasses including leopards. Provide a Tupperware of sand for the wrasses to bury themselves in at night while in qt. Bring copper up to 2.25 ppm as soon as possible and monitor the tank for ammonia with an ammonia badge or a reliable ammonia test (Hanna is best). Chelated copper products use an amine as the chelator, and will give a false ammonia reading on a lot of ammonia tests (like API).