Some help please - pic added

Montana · #1 03-17-2006, 03:40 AM

i agree it sounds like black ich, I just went through this with my yellow tang, all i did was fresh water dips once a day for no more then 3 min for 3 days and the ich went away, if you notice the fish being stressed out. like trying to jump out of the plastic container stop, also some people recomend formalin dips but i dont know anything about using that method.

Noj · #2 03-17-2006, 04:15 AM

thanks alot

how do I diagnose this for 100% certainty?

is there something I can read on these freshwater dips so I do everything properly?

thanks again

Montana · #3 03-17-2006, 04:34 AM

www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2003-10/sp/index.php
good article
if you can post apic of the spots that would help,

Noj · #4 03-18-2006, 01:32 AM

you can sort of see the spots on the back half of the the fish.

Hopefully this helps a bit...I'm still trying to get a better shot.

adidas · #5 03-18-2006, 02:33 AM

oh man It looks like my Saddleback clown has got black ich too!!

and my tangs are scratching.

OCDP · #6 03-18-2006, 03:14 AM

That does not look like black ick to me. It looks like your clowns have been rubbing up in something (a coral) and it's giving them the spots. My clowns have this as well, the rub up on LPS corals like Frogspawns...

Do yours do this?

mr_alberta · #7 03-18-2006, 03:37 AM

I agree with Scott. My clowns as well got this after hosting in some Xenia. I believe its a skin irritation. It went away after I removed my Xenia and has not come back since.