Is this ich!!!

[Gabrielaquatics]

I got a uv and have never had any cases of ich just randomly I was looking and saw these dots on my hippo tang. What do I do is it really ich?

 

[magallonbuckinbulls]

looks like scars, hard to tell in the picture. Ich best described as salt or sugar-like “sprinkles”.

How to Identify & Prevent Saltwater Ich (Cryptocaryon irritans)

Identifying, Treating, and Preventing Saltwater Ich (Cryptocaryon irritans)

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[Fish Styx]

Please post photos under whites for a more accurate assessment.

 

[vetteguy53081]

looks like scars, hard to tell in the picture. Ich best described as salt or sugar-like “sprinkles”.

How to Identify & Prevent Saltwater Ich (Cryptocaryon irritans)

Identifying, Treating, and Preventing Saltwater Ich (Cryptocaryon irritans)

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I got a uv and have never had any cases of ich just randomly I was looking and saw these dots on my hippo tang. What do I do is it really ich?

This fish has mucus cones likely mixed with ich and is very susceptible to such. How does the other fish in the tank look?
You will want to treat with coppersafe or Copper Power at therapeutic level 2.25-2.5 For a FULL 30 days (do not interrupt this 30 day period) monitored by a reliable Copper Test kit such as Hanna Brand- No API brand. Also monitor Ammonia levels while in quarantine with a reliable test kit and add aeration during treatment using an air stone.
The display tank will have to be kept fishless (FALLOW) especially if other fish are show signs/symptoms for 6-8 weeks to assure the existing parasites go through their life cycle without a host fish and die off
A quarantine tank can be as simple as a tank from a second hand store or a starter kit from Walmart which most of the needed essentials. UV will address what is free floating and passes through the unit and Not erase ich from an infected fish