Got a blue tang about 1 week ago, i am very new to the hobby and i was very busy the whole week. When i got the blue tang, i acclimated him, put him in the tank and left for work.
Today i noticed he has very tiny white spots on his upper black part of the body, im afraid its ich.
Edit: I bought the tang from a guy who is moving, he has had the tang for 1 Year. I bought a bangaii cardinal from the same guy (and tank) 1 month ago, he is healthy.
Ammonia, nitrite: 0, nitrate 0-1. Temp 25C (was 26C on friday, i turned it down to 25C, i have a temp controller so the temp is stable otherwise). Phosphate: nearly 0, cant read an exact value.
The tang is about 8-9cm in length.
The spots are about 1/10mm in diameter.
I recently purchased a QT tank but have not set it up yet, i could fill it with water now and move the fish to the QT, but i am not sure if this would be good for the fish.
Some places i read tell me the ich is everywhere in the DT anyway and there is no point of moving the fish, some say moving it to a QT will cause more issues.
The fish eat VERY well (like a pig), i have not seem him scrath himself on rocks (he does hide in a cave if i get too close, he is still a little shy if i come near the DT, but never seen him scratch).
The fish is very active, swims around and explores his tank, not agressive and no other fish are agressive towards him either.
All parameters are good, only changes made was an increase in Calsium and ALK, as well as 3 new rocks being added to the sump to increase bio-filtration.EDIT: I bought the fish from a guy who had to move his tank, i bought the tang and a bangaii cardinal. The cardinal was bought 1 month ago, tang 1 week ago. He has had this fish in his system for around 1 Year without issues, .
Today i noticed he has very tiny white spots on his upper black part of the body, im afraid its ich.
Edit: I bought the tang from a guy who is moving, he has had the tang for 1 Year. I bought a bangaii cardinal from the same guy (and tank) 1 month ago, he is healthy.
Ammonia, nitrite: 0, nitrate 0-1. Temp 25C (was 26C on friday, i turned it down to 25C, i have a temp controller so the temp is stable otherwise). Phosphate: nearly 0, cant read an exact value.
The tang is about 8-9cm in length.
The spots are about 1/10mm in diameter.
I recently purchased a QT tank but have not set it up yet, i could fill it with water now and move the fish to the QT, but i am not sure if this would be good for the fish.
Some places i read tell me the ich is everywhere in the DT anyway and there is no point of moving the fish, some say moving it to a QT will cause more issues.
The fish eat VERY well (like a pig), i have not seem him scrath himself on rocks (he does hide in a cave if i get too close, he is still a little shy if i come near the DT, but never seen him scratch).
The fish is very active, swims around and explores his tank, not agressive and no other fish are agressive towards him either.
All parameters are good, only changes made was an increase in Calsium and ALK, as well as 3 new rocks being added to the sump to increase bio-filtration.EDIT: I bought the fish from a guy who had to move his tank, i bought the tang and a bangaii cardinal. The cardinal was bought 1 month ago, tang 1 week ago. He has had this fish in his system for around 1 Year without issues, .
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