hippo tang scratching one side of his body

[Billy P]

i qt my hippo tang for about two weeks he look great, never shown any signs of stress or disease. so i moved him into the display tank where i have a yellow tang that i have had for about 4 months. today i noticed he was scratching one side of his body. does anyone know what it could be. i am 99% sure its not ich.

 

[mikersx02]

they start itching first usually- then the spots show.

got a steralizer on your tank?

 

[stykthyn]

a sign of impending complications

 

[BTTRFLYGRL]

I have 2 Hippo's in qt now..it took 2 weeks for the visible spots of ich to show. They were scratching before that..Keep an eye on them, if it is ich [and with this being a Hippo, I'm sure its ich] You'll have to remove all fish for treatment