Ich after 11 days in copper ?

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Hello , new to reefing. Need help. Im currently QTing 7 fish for 13 days and after 11 days in Copper Power 2.35PPM (measured with hanna checker) 3 white spots appeared on the side of blue tang and one on its forehead. Is this ich ? is it possible after 11 days ? My plan was after 14 days in copper to put them in a clean tank with prazinquantel or clean water and make 2 more concentrated 6hours prazi baths.
This messed my schedule. Do i need to wait untill spot will disappear and reset 14 days schedule in copper ? Or what should i do . Don't want to keep them in copper more then is necessary.

thank you

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Hello , new to reefing. Need help. Im currently QTing 7 fish for 13 days and after 11 days in Copper Power 2.35PPM (measured with hanna checker) 3 white spots appeared on the side of blue tang and one on its forehead. Is this ich ? is it possible after 11 days ? My plan was after 14 days in copper to put them in a clean tank with prazinquantel or clean water and make 2 more concentrated 6hours prazi baths.
This messed my schedule. Do i need to wait untill spot will disappear and reset 14 days schedule in copper ? Or what should i do . Don't want to keep them in copper more then is necessary.

thank you

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This is mucus cones likely from skin irritation and mixed with ich and rarely spreads to others. Assure coppersafe levels are at 2.25 monitored with a reliable copper test kit. Coppersafe takes a couple of days to start working and has to be above 2.0.
 

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Hello , new to reefing. Need help. Im currently QTing 7 fish for 13 days and after 11 days in Copper Power 2.35PPM (measured with hanna checker) 3 white spots appeared on the side of blue tang and one on its forehead. Is this ich ? is it possible after 11 days ? My plan was after 14 days in copper to put them in a clean tank with prazinquantel or clean water and make 2 more concentrated 6hours prazi baths.
This messed my schedule. Do i need to wait untill spot will disappear and reset 14 days schedule in copper ? Or what should i do . Don't want to keep them in copper more then is necessary.

thank you

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Probably just mucus plugs, but you really should run copper for 30 days.
 

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