Ich or velvet?

[EEE1986]

Hello,
I’ve had this pygmy yellowtail angel fish for 3 days now. The first two days they kept to themselves for the most part. On day one when I brought them back home I noticed they had some frayed fins and a small ulceration on their side that disappeared by the next day. On day 2 I noticed white spots on their fins which I thought could have been part of the normal coloration but I had some doubts after reviewing pictures of this species online. They started accepting food for the first time that evening. Today (day 3) I see they have more of a diffuse covering of tiny white spots on their body. They wete also flashing and stopping by my fire shrimp for grooming. Despite this, they still maintained normal energy level, appetite and seemed to be more confident swimming around the tank. With spreading of the white dots and the fish being wild caught I’m concerned for an ectoparasite such as ich or velvet. Am I being paranoid or do I have a problem here?

 

[Fish Fan]

Sorry you're experiencing this! Definitely looks like something going on. I'm betting Ich as Velvet tends to be very lethal, and can kill all your fish in a very short period of time, like 12-24 hours. That's almost a hallmark of Velvet, so to speak.

I don't like to make diagnoses, I leave that for the #fishmedic #fishmedics crew or those confident enough to make a diagnosis.

Following along; best of luck!

 

[Sharkbait19]

Velvet generally doesn’t show any spots. You will only see rapid breathing, swimming into flow, and acute death in most cases.
The spots are suspicious for ich. The best course of treatment would be copper in a qt tank (coppersafe or copper power at 2.25 ppm for 30 days) followed by a 60 day fallow (fishless period) of the dt to starve any remaining parasites.

 

[Fish Fan]

Velvet generally doesn’t show any spots. You will only see rapid breathing, swimming into flow, and acute death in most cases.

Thank you very much for your help and clarification here!