ICH on Orange Spot Rabbitfish and firefish goby

[Tigershark22]

Wondering the best course of action for the fish and tank if this is confirmed to be ich. Seems to be on 2 fish, 4 others in tank show no signs. None show any noticeable signs of distress.

I think it may be pretty clear, but this would be my first experience with it and I’m still new to the hobby.

The firefish goby has some spots as well but it doesn’t seem to be as much, though he is mostly white so it’s not easy to tell.

Potentially useful info:
The firefish is the newest addition along with a colony of metallic green star polyp coral about 3-4in in diameter, approximately a week ago. It had quite a bit of life flushed out by the dip prior to introduction.
The rabbitfish was introduced about 2 weeks ago and I’ve just noticed all this recently.
The fish are copper treated at my LFS but corals are not.

Parameters:
SG- fluctuates between 1.024 and just below 1.027 the way my ATO is setup
Temperature- 80°F
Ammonia, Nitrite, Nitrate, and Phosphate all reading zero per API test kit.
KH- 10
pH-8.0

Thanks in advance for your time.

 

[Sharkbait19]

It’s hard to make out in the pictures, but it does appear to be ich.
Unless all of the fish are in full strength copper for 30 days, the lfs really is not going to kill ich, just suppress it long enough to sell the fish.
The best course of action is to quarantine and treat all fish (and to qt all new fish).

 

[vetteguy53081]

Wondering the best course of action for the fish and tank if this is confirmed to be ich. Seems to be on 2 fish, 4 others in tank show no signs. None show any noticeable signs of distress.

I think it may be pretty clear, but this would be my first experience with it and I’m still new to the hobby.

The firefish goby has some spots as well but it doesn’t seem to be as much, though he is mostly white so it’s not easy to tell.

Potentially useful info:
The firefish is the newest addition along with a colony of metallic green star polyp coral about 3-4in in diameter, approximately a week ago. It had quite a bit of life flushed out by the dip prior to introduction.
The rabbitfish was introduced about 2 weeks ago and I’ve just noticed all this recently.
The fish are copper treated at my LFS but corals are not.

Parameters:
SG- fluctuates between 1.024 and just below 1.027 the way my ATO is setup
Temperature- 80°F
Ammonia, Nitrite, Nitrate, and Phosphate all reading zero per API test kit.
KH- 10
pH-8.0

Thanks in advance for your time.

Bring salt to 1.026 slowly
For the future, many stores treat with copper at low level and disease is on you - not the fish. Always assume they may have something and treat them on your own, even 14-21 days
It does appear as ich and prior to an infestation, treat now with coppersafe at 2.25 for 30 days and to be safe, treat any other occupants in the tank and leave tank without fish at least 45-60 days to allow any existing parasites to die off without a host fish

 

[Tigershark22]

Bring salt to 1.026 slowly
For the future, many stores treat with copper at low level and disease is on you - not the fish. Always assume they may have something and treat them on your own, even 14-21 days
It does appear as ich and prior to an infestation, treat now with coppersafe at 2.25 for 30 days and to be safe, treat any other occupants in the tank and leave tank without fish at least 45-60 days to allow any existing parasites to die off without a host fish

Thank you for the advice! I have a 10gallon quarantine. I am guessing that is too small for all of my fish to qt together and I’ll need another.
Orange spot rabbitfish, firefish goby, tomini tang that doesn’t like the firefish, bicolor blenny and two ocellaris clownfish

 

[Jay Hemdal]

Thank you for the advice! I have a 10gallon quarantine. I am guessing that is too small for all of my fish to qt together and I’ll need another.
Orange spot rabbitfish, firefish goby, tomini tang that doesn’t like the firefish, bicolor blenny and two ocellaris clownfish

IMO - that's too many fish for a 10 gallon tank.

 

[Tigershark22]

IMO - that's too many fish for a 10 gallon tank.

I assumed as much, just wanted confirmation. Thank you, I will get another qt tank