Hi everyone. So here is the situation. I bought a tailspot blenny and a firefish and put them through a 30 day quarantine using copper power and treatments of metroplex and API General Cure. I also fed medicated food laced with API GC and focus. During that time I fed a mix of hakari alage pellets, TDO pellets, and freeze dried mysis shrimp. I laced those with selcon 1 - 2 times a day.
Unfortunately my timing was not good so I transferred them (via a couple hour drip acclimation) to the main tank at the end of quarantine and immediately left on vacation for 8 days. During that time, feeding was three times per day of a very small amount of TDO pellets with an automatic feeder. I returned to day and the blenny and firefish are alive and seem to be ok behaviorally. Upon close examination, the tailspot has some large white/gray spots on it (but not ich looking). This is stupid to say I know but I don't know if the spots are normal because he pretty much hid the entire quarantine and was almost impossible to observe properly. I think he is easier to see in the tank because he is more comfortable in the rockwork than the quarantine with a couple PVC pipes.
My question is, are these spots normal? Are they a concern? He has been profalictically treated to the best of my ability but I am new (I have only done this once before with a couple of clowns). I tried very hard to do things as right as I could. I think the chance of extracting him from the display tank is very low. Is there anything I should do expect get all the fish back on a more balanced diet than TDO pellets now that I am back? Is he even sick at all?
Thanks for any help.
Unfortunately my timing was not good so I transferred them (via a couple hour drip acclimation) to the main tank at the end of quarantine and immediately left on vacation for 8 days. During that time, feeding was three times per day of a very small amount of TDO pellets with an automatic feeder. I returned to day and the blenny and firefish are alive and seem to be ok behaviorally. Upon close examination, the tailspot has some large white/gray spots on it (but not ich looking). This is stupid to say I know but I don't know if the spots are normal because he pretty much hid the entire quarantine and was almost impossible to observe properly. I think he is easier to see in the tank because he is more comfortable in the rockwork than the quarantine with a couple PVC pipes.
My question is, are these spots normal? Are they a concern? He has been profalictically treated to the best of my ability but I am new (I have only done this once before with a couple of clowns). I tried very hard to do things as right as I could. I think the chance of extracting him from the display tank is very low. Is there anything I should do expect get all the fish back on a more balanced diet than TDO pellets now that I am back? Is he even sick at all?
Thanks for any help.