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That's definitely not sand stuck to him. It appears that the spots showed up and started disappearing all within 24 hours? Coupled with the "dirty appearance" could be the start of velvet. The mandy is cute but represents a problem when it comes to treating.... even if it's just ick we are seeing here, the mandy can't be treated in copper. TTM works for ick but not velvet and you can't just leave him in the tank at that point because he will just keep the parasite's life cycle going even if he doesn't die from it, so you see the problem there right? It just doesn't look like brook to me.