What’s my clownfish suffering from?

Sunshine63 · Jun 4, 2021

My clowns have been in copper quarantine for over a month. All was clear so I started water changes without adding copper water. 2 days later and this is happening. These white spots seem to poke out of their body. Any idea what it could be? I thought copper kills everything!?

Uncle99 · Jun 4, 2021

I see a few white spots.
Or where the last ones fell off.
A bit fuzzy the pic on my end.

Mos · Jun 4, 2021

New reefer here, do you think it could be Ich? I know you said you were medicating them with copper for a month, but it's all that comes to mind..

What else was in the tank with the clowns? (Apart from the Y-tang)

Sunshine63 · Jun 4, 2021

Mos said:
New reefer here, do you think it could be Ich? I know you said you were medicating them with copper for a month, but it's all that comes to mind..

What else was in the tank with the clowns? (Apart from the Y-tang)

A blue damsel and sand sifting goby.

Sunshine63 · Jun 4, 2021

Uncle99 said:
I see a few white spots.
Or where the last ones fell off.
A bit fuzzy the pic on my end.

These are new white spots. They just came on. They look like something popping out of its scales.

Mos · Jun 4, 2021

Sunshine63 said:
A blue damsel and sand sifting goby.

Do you think Ich was still about (guessing one of the fish had it) and now it's spread across the tank? This could be possibly why they say to quarantine fish alone..

BUT I would have thought the copper would have got rid of Ich anyway..

Do you have the resources to atleast split the clowns from the rest as they are they ones you can physically see the white spots and QT all over again?

Sunshine63 · Jun 5, 2021

Mos said:
Do you think Ich was still about (guessing one of the fish had it) and now it's spread across the tank? This could be possibly why they say to quarantine fish alone..

BUT I would have thought the copper would have got rid of Ich anyway..

Do you have the resources to atleast split the clowns from the rest as they are they ones you can physically see the white spots and QT all over again?

That’s just it. They were quarantined with the same thing for over 30 days with what was left of their tank mates. Everyone else is fine. But these two started back up today. Do you think it could be a parasite? I’ve tried praziquantel, paraguard,rally pro and kick ick pro, fresh water dips , etc. just wound up finally using copper. The others were really not affected by whatever it is.