panther
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I just 'inherited' a regal blue tang from a friend who is moving.
There are small white splotches on him, but they are larger than salt-sized granules. They are smaller than say, a pencil eraser, but from what I understand ich looks more like salt-sized white spots. I've never had a case of ich before, so maybe that is what this is?
Tang is 2", swims all over picking at the LR, and doesn't rub against anything. He doesn't eat any greens I've put into the tank, and I've tried different methods for that...on the clip near the top of tank, on bottom of tank tied to a rock, etc. I've given him Seaweed Selects, lettuce, and spinach, but he just ignores it all. He eats the flakes and frozen foodstuffs readily enough and otherwise appears healthy.
When I first got the tang, he had a couple of these smaller sized spots on him, but now he has more. They are near his gills, along his body, and even on the fins.
I'm tempted to wait and see what happens, as he doesn't appear stressed. Thought I might try this whole garlic thing and see what happens. What do you think? Could it be ich or is it maybe something else?
Other tank inhabitant is a Diana Hog, but it appears to have none of these white splotches. 37g qt tank (has LR in it atm). ammonia, Nitrite are 0, Nitrate is 10. PH 8.2, SG 1.022
There are small white splotches on him, but they are larger than salt-sized granules. They are smaller than say, a pencil eraser, but from what I understand ich looks more like salt-sized white spots. I've never had a case of ich before, so maybe that is what this is?
Tang is 2", swims all over picking at the LR, and doesn't rub against anything. He doesn't eat any greens I've put into the tank, and I've tried different methods for that...on the clip near the top of tank, on bottom of tank tied to a rock, etc. I've given him Seaweed Selects, lettuce, and spinach, but he just ignores it all. He eats the flakes and frozen foodstuffs readily enough and otherwise appears healthy.
When I first got the tang, he had a couple of these smaller sized spots on him, but now he has more. They are near his gills, along his body, and even on the fins.
I'm tempted to wait and see what happens, as he doesn't appear stressed. Thought I might try this whole garlic thing and see what happens. What do you think? Could it be ich or is it maybe something else?
Other tank inhabitant is a Diana Hog, but it appears to have none of these white splotches. 37g qt tank (has LR in it atm). ammonia, Nitrite are 0, Nitrate is 10. PH 8.2, SG 1.022
