psimitry
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So I picked up an achilles tang about 2 months ago. Was ich free at the time of purchase, and had been at the store for quite a while without showing any symptoms (I think for about a month). He's been eating nouri and other meaty fish foods ever sinec I put it in the tank - overall he's been quite the model fish.
Recently though I've been noticing he's been doing some itching on the sandbed. I started looking for white spots, and indeed there is a few. So I think he has ick - but here's the kicker:
He also has what looks like a small bubble on his dorsal fin on the left side. When he itches, he ONLY itches that side. And he will be usually white-spot free in the morning and the white spots only show up AFTER he itches.
He still eats like a pig thoughand he doesn't appear to be showing any stress other than the itching.
Whaddaya think of that??
Sidenote: In the eventuality that it IS ick, what is the procedure for disinfecting a reef tank? I can build a pair of non-reef hospital tanks that I can either go hyposaline, copper, etc, but I don't really have enough hospital room for ALL my fish.
Recently though I've been noticing he's been doing some itching on the sandbed. I started looking for white spots, and indeed there is a few. So I think he has ick - but here's the kicker:
He also has what looks like a small bubble on his dorsal fin on the left side. When he itches, he ONLY itches that side. And he will be usually white-spot free in the morning and the white spots only show up AFTER he itches.
He still eats like a pig thoughand he doesn't appear to be showing any stress other than the itching.
Whaddaya think of that??
Sidenote: In the eventuality that it IS ick, what is the procedure for disinfecting a reef tank? I can build a pair of non-reef hospital tanks that I can either go hyposaline, copper, etc, but I don't really have enough hospital room for ALL my fish.
