What's the white patch on.my hippo tangs face?

[Dixyy]

My new hippo has been in QT for 2 weeks and in 2.4 ppm of copper for the last 7 days.

A few days ago I thought its black area looked a little lighter in areas, and today it has a white patch on top of its head that was not there yesterday.

It does rub its face against ornaments in the tank from time to time and sometimes it and the Sailfin that's in there with it size each other up by swimming real close and side by side, mirroring each other.

I have had the fish 2 weeks and they have been in QT since day 1. The first week was letting them settle in and comfortably feeding before starting copper power.

I noticed he hippo would rub its face against an ornament after a few days and before I started the copper I gave it a FW dip but I did not see anything, it's possible being a newbie that I missed something.

Can anyone tell me if the white patch is an illness, injury, stress or a reaction to copper?

In QT I have 2 clowns, the hippo, a sailfin and a tomini tang, they're all about the same size and only the hippo has these marks.

They are all eating well and I have been doing a 30% water change every 3 days to limit ammonia. I also add dr tims nitrofying bacteria.

 

[TX_REEF]

hello - I'd recommend including clear photos under white light and a youtube link to your video to aid in diagnosis.

 

[vetteguy53081]

My new hippo has been in QT for 2 weeks and in 2.4 ppm of copper for the last 7 days.

A few days ago I thought its black area looked a little lighter in areas, and today it has a white patch on top of its head that was not there yesterday.

It does rub its face against ornaments in the tank from time to time and sometimes it and the Sailfin that's in there with it size each other up by swimming real close and side by side, mirroring each other.

I have had the fish 2 weeks and they have been in QT since day 1. The first week was letting them settle in and comfortably feeding before starting copper power.

I noticed he hippo would rub its face against an ornament after a few days and before I started the copper I gave it a FW dip but I did not see anything, it's possible being a newbie that I missed something.

Can anyone tell me if the white patch is an illness, injury, stress or a reaction to copper?

In QT I have 2 clowns, the hippo, a sailfin and a tomini tang, they're all about the same size and only the hippo has these marks.

They are all eating well and I have been doing a 30% water change every 3 days to limit ammonia. I also add dr tims nitrofying bacteria.

Looks like an impact injury and should heal on its own however keep an eye on it for continued healing and turning red or sore which will if so, require treatment in a separate tank using seachem Neoplex, otherwise kanaplex. Was hard to see due to debris in water

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

The tang also seems to have a mild case of lymphocystis on its fins. It may get worse, but it won’t need treatment and won’t be fatal.

 

[Dixyy]

Thanks for your help guys

 

[Dixyy]

 

[Dixyy]

I removed the blue tang from that QT an hour ago. I gave it a 5 minute freshwater dip and moved it to it's own QT, copper lever is at 2.4

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

I removed the blue tang from that QT an hour ago. I gave it a 5 minute freshwater dip and moved it to it's own QT, copper lever is at 2.4

Those white spots on its back weren’t visible in the first video - those aren’t lymphocystis and are not impact damage.

I think you are going in the right direction with the treatment

 

[Dixyy]

Thanks for everyone's help guys, unfortunately the tang didn't make it.