is this ich?

[Milad]

So i just got this purple tang and today i noticed a ton of white spots on his right side. left side doesnt have anything
hes eating like crazy still swiming around and hes not rubbing against rocks or sand.

[naesco]

Originally Posted by Milad

So i just got this purple tang and today i noticed a ton of white spots on his right side. left side doesnt have anything
hes eating like crazy still swiming around and hes not rubbing against rocks or sand.

If the spots look like salt like specks it is ich.

Do you know what to do.

[Milad]

they dont really look like salt specks, they are huge and they look flat, like they arent outside his body it doesnt seem.

and im almost positive they appeared within a couple hours period because when i first saw him this morning, there was nothing there. went to get my hair cut, came back and hes covered in it.

ive been feeding garlic extreme soaked pellets to him last few days. i dont have a QT to put him in.

[Milad]

well this is weird,

i looked at marine velvet symptoms and ich symptoms and hes not showing anything.
the closest thing it looks like is ich dots but it doesnt even look like the pictures ive seen on the net.

[edikpok]

I am not sure but from the photo these dots seem to be slightly too big to be ich...and the tail does not seem to have it either

[naesco]

ich looks like specks of hard salt.
If you look closely would you say it is more small cottony looking things?
Look sideways down the tang.

[Milad]

Yes cotton over salt