Hello,
I am fairly new to the hobby (less than 2 yrs) and currently own a 92 gallon corner, mainly fish only with some snails, crabs, and a coral banded shrimp. My stock is an ocellaris clown, longnose hawk, watchman gobie, coral beauty and Kole yellow eye Tang.
My question is related mainly to my Tang. I've had for about 4 weeks now and the fish seems vibrant, active and healthy. However, about 2 weeks ago, I noticed 3-4 "cysts", whitish/gray in color on the tailfin. I've had an ich problem in the past before the Tang was introduced and treated the tank with the NO SICK FISH ich treatment (safe for reef without quarantine). I was skeptical, but the ich was gone and has been gone since. I figured since this new fish was introduced and Tangs are magnets for ich, this was the culprit (I did start to see the typical small "dusty" white spots 4 days or so ago). I'm into the 4th day of the 7 day treatment and all the fish look great but the Tang still has these cysts (no signs of anything else). They are much larger than I've seen compared to ich as well, so I'm wondering if anyone may have a clue as to what this is and how to treat. They are probably a 64th to 32nd of an inch in diameter.
Again, these have been present for at least 2 weeks and haven't gotten bigger, worse, better or moved. Normally I've been told the white spots of ich usually drop off fish in 4-5 days anyway.
Any ideas or help would be appreciated!
-Nick M.
(PS - Can I add one more smaller fish or am I maxed out based on my aquarium size).
I am fairly new to the hobby (less than 2 yrs) and currently own a 92 gallon corner, mainly fish only with some snails, crabs, and a coral banded shrimp. My stock is an ocellaris clown, longnose hawk, watchman gobie, coral beauty and Kole yellow eye Tang.
My question is related mainly to my Tang. I've had for about 4 weeks now and the fish seems vibrant, active and healthy. However, about 2 weeks ago, I noticed 3-4 "cysts", whitish/gray in color on the tailfin. I've had an ich problem in the past before the Tang was introduced and treated the tank with the NO SICK FISH ich treatment (safe for reef without quarantine). I was skeptical, but the ich was gone and has been gone since. I figured since this new fish was introduced and Tangs are magnets for ich, this was the culprit (I did start to see the typical small "dusty" white spots 4 days or so ago). I'm into the 4th day of the 7 day treatment and all the fish look great but the Tang still has these cysts (no signs of anything else). They are much larger than I've seen compared to ich as well, so I'm wondering if anyone may have a clue as to what this is and how to treat. They are probably a 64th to 32nd of an inch in diameter.
Again, these have been present for at least 2 weeks and haven't gotten bigger, worse, better or moved. Normally I've been told the white spots of ich usually drop off fish in 4-5 days anyway.
Any ideas or help would be appreciated!
-Nick M.
(PS - Can I add one more smaller fish or am I maxed out based on my aquarium size).
