Spots on Bristletooth Tang

[Soilworker]

This whitetail bristletooth tang I got yesterday has some spots/light marks on its body. It came from a frag tank at the LFS that had some egg crate in it that it could swim under. Is this Ich? It doesn't quite look like it to me. Is it just marks from rubbing against things?

Any identification or treatment tips are greatly appreciated.

 

[Uncle99]

Does not look like ick to me.
Looks like the bad end of an attack.
Pic fuzzy on my end, the patches look to big for any ick I’ve seen.

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

This whitetail bristletooth tang I got yesterday has some spots/light marks on its body. It came from a frag tank at the LFS that had some egg crate in it that it could swim under. Is this Ich? It doesn't quite look like it to me. Is it just marks from rubbing against things?

Any identification or treatment tips are greatly appreciated.

Sometimes you see skin blanching around ich trophonts. I commonly see it on baby emperor angelfish....that looks just like this. This is a pretty small tang, right? I think you need to watch it closely and be prepared to treat it for ich. If the spots come and go and change location and change numbers over a few days, then it is probably ich.

Jay

 

[Soilworker]

Sometimes you see skin blanching around ich trophonts. I commonly see it on baby emperor angelfish....that looks just like this. This is a pretty small tang, right? I think you need to watch it closely and be prepared to treat it for ich. If the spots come and go and change location and change numbers over a few days, then it is probably ich.

Jay

Gotcha, I'll keep an eye on it and move it quarantine soon if it doesn't improve.

Thanks!