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.

 

[jpvot3]

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?

All fish came from the same vendor. Been feeding frozen mysis shrimp. Tank was cycled for 3 weeks with ocean water. I live in west palm beach and got clean clear water from the ocean. Tank parameters are nitrates 0-10ppm nitrites 0-1 ppm and ammonia 0. I only have test strips right now.
Good thing is he is eating today. Looks like less spots on his tail, but his tail is torn up today when it was fine last night.

 

[jpvot3]

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?

Tank was cycled for 3 weeks and I used ocean water. I live in west palm beach so I got clean clear water from out in the ocean. All fish have come from the same vendor. Parameters nitrates 0-10 ppm nitrite 0-1 ppm and ammonia 0. All I have are the test strips to test the water right now.

Good news is he is eating today. And it seems like most of the dots on his tail are gone, but his tail is now a little torn up when last night it had no damage.

 

[jpvot3]

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.

I tried posting a video I’m not sure if it worked

 

[Fish Fan]

I was able to view your video. The fish looks a bit thin, and its tail fin is badly beaten up. Are there other fish in the tank with this fish?

I do believe I see a couple of spots on the tail that may be Ich.

Let's see if the #fishmedic team can take a look for you. Would you be able to post a YouTube version of your video? Some people have a hard time with videos uploaded directly to R2R.

 

[jpvot3]

I was able to view your video. The fish looks a bit thin, and its tail fin is badly badly beaten up. Are there other fish in the tank with this fish?

I do believe I see a couple of spots on the tail that may be Ich.

Let's see if the #fishmedic team can take a look for you. Would you be able to post a YouTube version of your video? Some people have a hard time with videos uploaded directly to R2R.

Yes there’s a small clownfish, blue throat wrasse, and flame hawkfish in the tank with it. I also have an arrow head crab, blue leg hermits, and trochus? Snails
I don’t have a YouTube account and have never posted on there but I will look into it!

 

[Fish Fan]

I think you have some aggression issues going on here for sure, and possibly some spots that may be Ich. You may need to separate that fish, and if it's Ich, then all the fish should be treated.

Could you post some pics under white light? See if you can focus on the fins where Ich often shows.

 

[jpvot3]

I think you have some aggression issues going on here for sure, and possibly some spots that may be Ich. You may need to separate that fish, and if it's Ich, then all the fish should be treated.

Could you post some pics under white light? See if you can focus on the fins where Ich often shows.

You think it’s the flame hawkfish? This happened after I added it. The clownfish is super small less than 1” and the wrasse keeps to itself, if anything I usually see the royal chasing the wrasse.

I’ll try and get some better pics and post them.

Thanks for all the help!