ick
 

my coral beauty has white dots on it. They are small dots, so I don't know. How do I know if it's ick, and if it is, how do I cure it. It might be stressed also.

Garlic additives with food will help ick.

Otherwise the usual more extreme options of QT, or hyposalinity. If it is not too bad, it may very well go away on its own, keep the water perfect and feed garlic if you can. My coral beauty had it after purchase and went away just fine on its own in 2-3 days.

I've always wondered about ick, couldn't you just throw in a cleaner shrimp or 2 and let them take care of it?

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can have a dog face puffer

Did a search on "ick". Here is a thread that discusses treatment. Follow Bulletsworld's advice on ich. She knows what she's talking about....

http://www.canreef.com/phpBB2/viewto...&highlight=ich

There are also a few links provided on the subject of ich.