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This whitetail bristletooth tang I got yesterday has some spots/light marks on its body. It came from a frag tank at the LFS that had some egg crate in it that it could swim under. Is this Ich? It doesn't quite look like it to me. Is it just marks from rubbing against things?

Any identification or treatment tips are greatly appreciated.
 
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This whitetail bristletooth tang I got yesterday has some spots/light marks on its body. It came from a frag tank at the LFS that had some egg crate in it that it could swim under. Is this Ich? It doesn't quite look like it to me. Is it just marks from rubbing against things?

Any identification or treatment tips are greatly appreciated.

Sometimes you see skin blanching around ich trophonts. I commonly see it on baby emperor angelfish....that looks just like this. This is a pretty small tang, right? I think you need to watch it closely and be prepared to treat it for ich. If the spots come and go and change location and change numbers over a few days, then it is probably ich.

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Sometimes you see skin blanching around ich trophonts. I commonly see it on baby emperor angelfish....that looks just like this. This is a pretty small tang, right? I think you need to watch it closely and be prepared to treat it for ich. If the spots come and go and change location and change numbers over a few days, then it is probably ich.

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Gotcha, I'll keep an eye on it and move it quarantine soon if it doesn't improve.

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