white spot

Hello all, new member today, have had a 125 gal reef tank for the last 10yrs, have my first case of I think white spot, bght sailfin tang month ago, noticed has a couple of spots on him yesterday, not sure what it is, looking for info and treatments.

 

Hi gsenn, Welcome to 3reef!
It may in fact be ich...what I would do is(for a reef tank) slowly decrease the salinity of your tank to around 1.010. Leave it ther fore a week or so til the ich subsides. Once this happens you can gradually increase your salinity to the desired 1.024-.26.
If it is a fish only tank then a copper medication should help.
The result of this ich problem is either temperature fluxuation or stress to the fish, which needs to be addressed!
Best of luck and hope you enjoy it here at 3reef!
TOM

 

thanks Tom for the suggestion, tank has corrals and fish, hydnopora bubble,brain, green leather, trumpets,anemone with 2 clowns, mushrooms, zooanthids, had a 10 yr old sailfin die couple of mnths ago, this new guy has been skittish since I got him. Haven't had any problem with temp,

 

Hi gsenn and welcome to 3reef.

Is it possible to remove the fish and quarantine it?

 

I imagine it is, but I don't have a quarantine tank, I have bght so very few fish in the last 10 yrs that I never kept a sick tank up, he is acting fine, eating well, have 2 cardinals, 2 clowns in tank, which look ok so far.