Does this Scopas tang have ich??

[ThiccRichard]

I noticed these spots yesterday, but only in the afternoon they just appeared. They dont look elevated, and I'm just wondering about what to do

 

[beth]

Could be but the picture is not really very good to tell for certain. Is this a new fish? Other symptoms?

 

[ThiccRichard]

No other symptoms, hes grazing and looks calm. Hes been in my tank about a week

 

[beth]

Good liklyhood that it is ich since it is a new fish. He's not in a quarantine tank? What other fish do you have in the tank with him?

 

[ThiccRichard]

No I dont have a qt tank. There is 2 clowns in the tank with him

 

[beth]

What kind of tank is it? You can treat the tank ONLY if it is strictly fish-only. Meaning no live rock, nor corals, inverts, snails, crabs, etc. Also would like to wait and see how this develops in a day or two. See if you can get better pics in a day or 2. Keep an eye out for the fish rubbing itself, shaking, darting about, gilling rapidly.

 

[ThiccRichard]

I have a ricordea Yuma with live rock snails and hermit crabs. I'm going to put them in a separate container and use paraguard

 

[lmforbis]

Para guard won’t cure ich or velvet. Only copper for velvet and copper or hyposalinity for ich.

 

[beth]

You'll need to do hyposalinity. Any use of medications will contaminate the display tank for the use of live rock, corals, inverts. Below is a link to the procedure. Strongly suggest that you set up a quarantine tank for future use if you plan to keep fish.

https://forums.saltwaterfish.com/c/index.php/articles/content/hyposalinity.100