Royal Gamma ich?

[jpvot3]

Been out of town for 2 days, just got back and during feeding I noticed that my royal gamma wasn’t eating. Normally he’s a pig. Upon further inspection I noticed some small white dots on his tail and he was itching (rubbing on rocks).
Tank is 2.5 months old and he is the first fish I got for the tank. Noticed he started making a den under one of the rocks about 4/5 days ago. Only recent change is I added a flame hawkfish.
I don’t have a QT tank, it’s acting normal otherwise, still being territorial with my blue throat wrasse.
Any suggestions on what to do are greatly appreciated, want to nip this before it becomes anything more serious. Tank currently has just fish, snails, and hermit crabs.

 

[Tahoe61]

Just to get started please look at the link.
Any images under white lighting are appreciated.
Reaching out to @fishmedic

https://www.reef2reef.com/ams/fish-disease-index-pictorial-guide.199/

 

[Subsea]

Been out of town for 2 days, just got back and during feeding I noticed that my royal gamma wasn’t eating. Normally he’s a pig. Upon further inspection I noticed some small white dots on his tail and he was itching (rubbing on rocks).
Tank is 2.5 months old and he is the first fish I got for the tank. Noticed he started making a den under one of the rocks about 4/5 days ago. Only recent change is I added a flame hawkfish.
I don’t have a QT tank, it’s acting normal otherwise, still being territorial with my blue throat wrasse.
Any suggestions on what to do are greatly appreciated, want to nip this before it becomes anything more serious. Tank currently has just fish, snails, and hermit crabs.

It’s already serious. Did all fish come from the same vendor? If it’s your LFS, let them know so they can nip it in the bud.

Keep tank parameters stable, feed high quality food and reduce stress. Provide numerous hiding places.

Please take a full tank shot with white light. Then get a picture of fish with white dots using white light.

How was this tank cycled and what are the present parameters?

 

[James CNM]

Recent thread,

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/royal-gramma-looks-sick-but-not-sure.1174981/#post-14595465

 

[Fish Fan]

Been out of town for 2 days, just got back and during feeding I noticed that my royal gamma wasn’t eating. Normally he’s a pig. Upon further inspection I noticed some small white dots on his tail and he was itching (rubbing on rocks).
Tank is 2.5 months old and he is the first fish I got for the tank. Noticed he started making a den under one of the rocks about 4/5 days ago. Only recent change is I added a flame hawkfish.
I don’t have a QT tank, it’s acting normal otherwise, still being territorial with my blue throat wrasse.
Any suggestions on what to do are greatly appreciated, want to nip this before it becomes anything more serious. Tank currently has just fish, snails, and hermit crabs.

Dots on the tail sounds like Ich, but could you take a couple of clear pictures or even a short video to confirm? Please use the whitest lights you have turning off all your bue lights for clarity. For videos, it's best if possible to first upload the video to YouTube and then link it back here. That way, all R2R members will be able to view your video. Some members have issues with videos uploaded directly to R2R.