Possible Ich?

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I’m pretty new to reefing so can someone please tell me if this is ich or not? He has a tiny white spot near his gill aswell but this might be due to having fought my other clown. Thanks in advance!
 

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These pics are very fuzzy to confirm but looks based on size, to be secondary bacterial lesions often confused with ich
Best-safest-most convenient treatment is Ruby Rally Pro which is tank safe with inverts but before moving with this step, please provide clearer pics and even video under bright white intensity to confirm
 

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Welcome to Reef2Reef!

Looks like it could be ich. We do need more information though:

 
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I hope this will be a good enough view to determine whether or not is actually ich or not. I am almost 100% confident the torn up fin is from fighting the other clown I have.
 

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I hope this will be a good enough view to determine whether or not is actually ich or not. I am almost 100% confident the torn up fin is from fighting the other clown I have.

That's Lymphocystis - a non-treatable, but non-fatal viral disease. The virus gets into the fish's skin cells and causes them to grow to giant size. Then, the fish's immune response kicks in and the virus is controlled.

Lymphocystis lesions tend to grow on the fins and are larger than a pinhead. Ich can be found on the body and on the fins, and is always pinhead size or smaller. The ich spots tend to come and go and change location every few days, but generally increasing in number. I see Lymphocystis here, however, there could easily be some ich spots mixed in there - no way to tell for sure.
 
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That's Lymphocystis - a non-treatable, but non-fatal viral disease. The virus gets into the fish's skin cells and causes them to grow to giant size. Then, the fish's immune response kicks in and the virus is controlled.

Lymphocystis lesions tend to grow on the fins and are larger than a pinhead. Ich can be found on the body and on the fins, and is always pinhead size or smaller. The ich spots tend to come and go and change location every few days, but generally increasing in number. I see Lymphocystis here, however, there could easily be some ich spots mixed in there - no way to tell for sure.
Thank you very much! I will keep an eye out on him, if I see some drastic changes happening I will be back here.
 
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