fish are scatching on the rocks.

[nuggets423]

I don't see any visiable ick or anything, but all my fish tend to scach on the rocks. I did treat the tank with copper safe stuff, because of some bacterial thing, but need to find out why they would be scatching like that?

 

[avbryce1]

ive always heard that was early signs of ick

 

[lionfish12]

Yes, you fish(s) have ich.

 

[firefish3]

get your fish in a quarantine!

 

[killafins]

get urself a cleaner shrimp... the sure signs of ich "white spot disease", swf don't have ich, is OMG, WHITE SPOTS... turn up ur temp a bit, NOT MUCH, get urself a pair of cleanershrimp and let the magic work... damn parasites

 

[firefish3]

I thought it was fire shrimp that got rid of ich

 

[dreeves]

Cryptocaryon irritans often first infect inside the gills due to the softer tissue in the area...often times this will throw a tank owner off due to not seeing the encapsulated cysts attached to the exterior portion of the fish.
You mentioned you treated the tank with copper...depending on the amount and duration of the copper in the tank...shrimp probably wouldnt be able to survive.

 

[killafins]

oh sh*t, gud catch dreeves, i completely forgot he said that