End of QT, and damsel has something going on?

[SS_Sean]

We had two clowns, two blenny's and a damsel in QT after an ich outbreak. We were treating with hypo-salinity treatment, and all has gone well for five weeks. I started raising salinity from 1.009 on 0.002 steps, and tonight we hit 1.023. I noticed some white appearing scales on the damsel. A closer look revealed it wasn't ich, but the scales appear white-ish in color on the forehead of the fish. We took some pictures. The other fish appear fine, so far. What do y'all think is going on??

 

[Newsmyrna80]

It almost looks like HLLE. How is he acting, breathing, eating? Good nutrition and vitamins helps clear HLLE.

 

[SS_Sean]

Eating and breathing have been normal. Normal activity. This came on suddenly, within the last two days. I did not observe fish yesterday as I was slammed with work, so took some time to do a water change, and observe today, and noticed this.

 

[snorvich]

How certain are you that you never exceeded 1.009 SG? And how did you measure it?

 

[SS_Sean]

I'm 100% certain. It was measured daily using a MA887. It's not ich.

 

[snorvich]

I'm 100% certain. It was measured daily using a MA887. It's not ich.

First, the resolution of the MA887 is ± 0.002 which is not sufficient to guarantee 1.009 was absolutely maintained. Since your picture was not definitive I am looking for clues. However, perhaps others can help.

 

[SS_Sean]

I went and looked at my meter.... for some reason I thought it was .0002 when I bought it. That's frustrating. Thanks for chiming in, Steve.

Anyway, it's definitely not Ich.... I think it's HLLE, but if anyone has any better knowledge let me know. Those are the best pics I could take of him, as I have a crappy little digital camera.

From reading I gathered I needed to switch tanks and improve his nutrition and that was about all I could do with it. Sound right?