Hippo tang, not ick?

[aannddyy78]

Hey everyone, I just bought a new hippo tang last week after my old one got stuck in my overflow drain . I have him in a 44 gallon qt for now along with a yellow tang. I figured to put the tangs together in my 125. So, it looks like he has developed ick, but it seems different that what I'm used to. Unfortunately I have dealt with ick many times and this looks like it is bigger white spots, it looks like big particles of sand stick on his Fins and body, maybe fungus? I can't get a good picture but I got one that shows one of the big spots on his top fin l. Could this be ick? Or some kind of fungus?

 

[aannddyy78]

You can see her it on her fin too

 

[Spar]

if you are talking about that large white spot at the top of the dorsal fin, that is not likely Ich. more likely Lympho, which is a non-invasive / non-serious virus that will go away on its own with good husbandry and water quality. vitamin supplement will help it along as well.

on Hippo's Ich will be much more noticeable across the body like small white specks, appearing more-and-more each day.

 

[aannddyy78]

Yes but it seems like she has both.. big spot on her top fin and tail, then little but still bigger than ick looking on her body

 

[ThRoewer]

Lymphocystis and Chryptocaryon can easily coexist on a fish.

I would ignore the Lymphocystis infection for now and concentrate on ridding the fish of ich.

 

[aannddyy78]

Do you guys think the hyposalinity will stress him out and make the virus worse if it is not ick also? I'm thinking about doing hypo for a week and if the spots are still there bring it back up since it proves it is not ick

 

[juniorrocketdad]

He def has lynphocystis can't tell if he has inch too but just feed him a lot with selcon and the lympho will go away it's not even contagious

 

[Spar]

Do you guys think the hyposalinity will stress him out and make the virus worse if it is not ick also? I'm thinking about doing hypo for a week and if the spots are still there bring it back up since it proves it is not ick

hypo is the least stressful treatment for fish... at least when at the lower level (it can be very stressful once you eventually start going up if you go too fast).

i've never heard of anyone saying lympho reacts negatively to hypo, my gut says you will be fine.

trophonts can stay on the fish for up to 7 days, so you may want to give the fish 12 days or so in hypo to ensure they all have jumped off and the white spots healed over.

seems excessive to do this, but if it gives you peace of mind, then may as well. just make sure you go sloooooooow when raising salinity. over a week if possible.