So last night i notice the Hippo Tang and the Yellow Tang have some white spots on them, the hippo tang had more the yellow only had 3. Now i have delt with frwshwater ick but this is my first battle with saltwater ich (and i have had saltwater for 1.5 years)
So first things first, the other fish seem un affected and everyones is eating very well including the tangs. I check my water and compare to my last three readings and see little to no change. Tempature has remained constant at 78 degrees, ammonia is at 0.0, Nitrite is at 0.0, Nitrate is at 100 down from 150 from last week, I have been working hard on lowering this and have been getting more and more successful, My PH is at 8.2, this i raised from last week following the PH buffer instructions. i raised it from 8.0 in .1 incriments (pretty much raised it .1 one day, waited a day and raised it another .1 like the instructions said) My Rafroctometer had arrived and my salinity is good 1.023. Just to double check my tests i took some water to my LFP and they confirmed my findings. So Water quality is good and i am just confused. My quarentine tank is only 1 week up so i do not feel comfortable transfering these 2 fish. Except for the white spots they seem to be functioning normaly.
Any suggestion or reasoning ,
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So first things first, the other fish seem un affected and everyones is eating very well including the tangs. I check my water and compare to my last three readings and see little to no change. Tempature has remained constant at 78 degrees, ammonia is at 0.0, Nitrite is at 0.0, Nitrate is at 100 down from 150 from last week, I have been working hard on lowering this and have been getting more and more successful, My PH is at 8.2, this i raised from last week following the PH buffer instructions. i raised it from 8.0 in .1 incriments (pretty much raised it .1 one day, waited a day and raised it another .1 like the instructions said) My Rafroctometer had arrived and my salinity is good 1.023. Just to double check my tests i took some water to my LFP and they confirmed my findings. So Water quality is good and i am just confused. My quarentine tank is only 1 week up so i do not feel comfortable transfering these 2 fish. Except for the white spots they seem to be functioning normaly.
Any suggestion or reasoning ,
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