Black ich or something else?

[tur4k]

My hippo got some white spots. I assumed it was ich, but then the white spots became black spots. Could this be from my Scarlet Skunk Cleaner picking ich off him? I think my PBT is getting ich (white) as well. Both are fat, eating and active.

 

[tur4k]

Oh.. My water parameters:
Ammonia: 0
Nitrite: 0
Nitrate: 0
PH: 8.2
SG: 1.024

 

[beth]

Are those black spots raised? Look like ich, only black? You should begin Hyposalinity for the ich. Formalin bathes is the treatment for black spot.

 

[tur4k]

The black spots don't looked raised. They seem bigger then ich as well. The white is definitely raised.

 

[tur4k]

It looks like there is s little bit of ich on my royal gramma as well. The question is do I try to catch all of my fish and transfer them to another tank for hypo or just the infected.
If I do transfer them all, I'm going to need to buy a decent sized QT/HT tank. I don't think I could put even one of those tangs in a 10 gallon for a month.
1 x Powder Blue Tang
1 x Hippo Tang
1 x Royal Gramma
2 x Clown
1 x Pygmy Angel
1 x Niger Trigger
3 x Green Chromis
1 x Yellow Watchmen Goby

 

[robyn]

I had similar problem, I think we finally had it diagnosed as Marine Velvet. Fish had white spots then appeared as black spots, all in all I lost 15 fish before I was able to treat the whole tank with RALLY, which is invert safe. Had a puffer and sailfin tang which were on their death bed and overcame the disease and are still alive today, albeit my sailfin has a notch in his head where a secondary infection occurred from the disease. I swear by the stuff! good luck, it sucks losing fish

 

[beth]

Those spots are not marine velvet. Likely both white and black ich.
All fish need treatment. Hypo works for white ich. Formalin bathes work for black ich.