is this ich?

[Milad]

So i just got this purple tang and today i noticed a ton of white spots on his right side. left side doesnt have anything
hes eating like crazy still swiming around and hes not rubbing against rocks or sand.

[naesco]

Originally Posted by Milad

So i just got this purple tang and today i noticed a ton of white spots on his right side. left side doesnt have anything
hes eating like crazy still swiming around and hes not rubbing against rocks or sand.

If the spots look like salt like specks it is ich.

Do you know what to do.

[Milad]

they dont really look like salt specks, they are huge and they look flat, like they arent outside his body it doesnt seem.

and im almost positive they appeared within a couple hours period because when i first saw him this morning, there was nothing there. went to get my hair cut, came back and hes covered in it.

ive been feeding garlic extreme soaked pellets to him last few days. i dont have a QT to put him in.

[Milad]

well this is weird,

i looked at marine velvet symptoms and ich symptoms and hes not showing anything.
the closest thing it looks like is ich dots but it doesnt even look like the pictures ive seen on the net.

[edikpok]

I am not sure but from the photo these dots seem to be slightly too big to be ich...and the tail does not seem to have it either

[naesco]

ich looks like specks of hard salt.
If you look closely would you say it is more small cottony looking things?
Look sideways down the tang.

[Milad]

Yes cotton over salt

[naesco]

Originally Posted by Milad

Yes cotton over salt

You need to set up a QT. 10 gallons is fine.
If you do not have prepared saltwater use the tank water.
Make sure the water is the same in the QT as the tank. salinity, Ph and temperature.
Purchase a product call Mardel Maroxy for Saltwater. Phone the lfs first before you go.
Follow the directions to a tee and do not use carbon in the QT

Without observing the fish it is possible that the fish had ich at some stage before you bought it, was treated leaving tiny 'sores' where the ich was once attached. The damaged skin attracted a fungal bacteria which is what you see.

Obsere the fish to see if the the cotton is gone is one or two days.

Continue feeding your fish garlic extreme soaked dry foods, feed only garlic soaked foods and overfeed including the fish in the QT
Good Luck

[kien]

Could be skin flukes. Do a search for that.

[naesco]

Originally Posted by kien

Could be skin flukes. Do a search for that.

Could be as well.
By carefully observation Milad should be able to see if the spots are moving.