I have had a small onespot foxface (~3 in.) for little more than 3 weeks. For the last couple of weeks, he has had fairly consistant white spots only on his tail fin. While at first glance it looks like a classic case of ich, the spots don't appear to have changed at all. Doesn't ich have a life cycle of about 3-7 days hosting on the fish and then drop off before reappearing (more than likely in a new location)? These spots aren't dropping off.
He does at times have spots on his body but they usually don't last more than a day, or at most maybe 2 days, so I am thinking it is just debris or small air bubbles clinging to him. I do have a lot of tiny particles in the water column. I only have 2 other fish that are completely clean (clown & mandarin)
I've thought about doing a 5 min. fresh water dip just in case it is some other parasite. I'm also considering adding a UV. Would anyone recommend this?
It is a reef tank with soft corals and inverts. I've considered trying Ruby Reef Kick Ich as my
LFS claims success with it as long as the ich outbreak is not too bad. But I really hate to treat the whole tank.
Any suggestions?
