little white spots on angel

jb1972 · 09/17/2006, 08:01 AM

I recently started a 30g reef tank and am cycling a 125 but a pigmy angel in my 30 has little white spots on fins and body
Are they parasites and if so would a cleaner shrimp or gobie be helpful?

Freed · 09/17/2006, 08:07 AM

That sounds like Cryptocarion Irritans or maring ich. You can do a search on google or here on RC if you are lucky to get the search to work. You should be QTing all new arrivals that are "wet" including fish, live rock, inverts, etc. Hyposalinity in a quarantine tank(QT) would take care of it quickly if that is what it is. And by the way...

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gh0st · 09/17/2006, 09:03 AM

Yeah, sounds like Ich.

A cleaner shrimp or cleaner goby may help, but to be sure you get rid of it all, you will want to treat with a reef/invert safe ich treatment , and a UV sterilizer wouldn't hurt either.

Or you can try lowering your salinity to around 1.014-1.015 for about a month.

Otherwise if you loose the angel, you will want to let the tank sit without fish (fallow) for a good month or so in order to make sure all the parasites are dead.

Andrew · 09/17/2006, 10:57 AM

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Heres a good link to info on Quarantine.

http://home2.pacific.net.ph/~sweetyu...uarantine.html

jb1972 · 09/17/2006, 05:22 PM

thanks got a cleaner gobie to day also have a royal gramma and two chromis in tank will eventually use 30 gal a QT tank when 125 is up and running

09/17/2006, 08:01 AM	#1
jb1972 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Vermont Posts: 132	little white spots on angel I recently started a 30g reef tank and am cycling a 125 but a pigmy angel in my 30 has little white spots on fins and body Are they parasites and if so would a cleaner shrimp or gobie be helpful?

09/17/2006, 08:07 AM	#2
Freed It's what it's Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: 41° 2' 45" N 85° 8' 43" W Posts: 7,579	That sounds like Cryptocarion Irritans or maring ich. You can do a search on google or here on RC if you are lucky to get the search to work. You should be QTing all new arrivals that are "wet" including fish, live rock, inverts, etc. Hyposalinity in a quarantine tank(QT) would take care of it quickly if that is what it is. And by the way... *To Reef Central* __________________ Freed Current Tank Info: 180gal(1120 watts of MH/VHO light), 60gal "sump", Deltec 601 calcium reactor, Euro Reef CS8-3+ skimmer, 20 gallon QT

09/17/2006, 09:03 AM	#3
gh0st Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 956	Yeah, sounds like Ich. A cleaner shrimp or cleaner goby may help, but to be sure you get rid of it all, you will want to treat with a reef/invert safe ich treatment , and a UV sterilizer wouldn't hurt either. Or you can try lowering your salinity to around 1.014-1.015 for about a month. Otherwise if you loose the angel, you will want to let the tank sit without fish (fallow) for a good month or so in order to make sure all the parasites are dead. __________________ I REFUSE to buy Named/LE/High End Corals for insane prices. I REFUSE to pay Per Polyp for micro "Frags." Further more, I REFUSE to sell in any similar fashion. This is a hobby, not the Stock Market. If you feel the same, change you're signature to something similar and spread the word! Long Live the Reef Revolution!

09/17/2006, 05:22 PM	#5
jb1972 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Vermont Posts: 132	thanks got a cleaner gobie to day also have a royal gramma and two chromis in tank will eventually use 30 gal a QT tank when 125 is up and running __________________ "so long and thanks for all the fish" Current Tank Info: 125 mixed reef w/ 3 250w 14k mh tunzee 6060 tunzee wave box model 4 all glass sump w/ tunzee9010 skimmer. and a 75 gal softees tank w t-5 lighting

09/17/2006, 10:57 AM	#4
Andrew Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Columbus, OH Posts: 13,640	*To Reef Central* Heres a good link to info on Quarantine. http://home2.pacific.net.ph/~sweetyu...uarantine.html