Sick Wrasse

[Ashley]

Our half-and-half wrasse has recently started showing some white spots and we just noticed that part of his tail is torn. Our hippo tang has been rubbing against things in the tank and we've been treating with garlic...the wrasse just started rubbing against things as well. Any ideas on whether this is ich? And how should we proceed? We'd like to treat pretty aggressively as this guy is our favorite little fishy!

Pics attached...notice the white spot near where his tail meets his body..that is usually solid black. You can also see in the pictures the missing part of tail.

Thanks so much for any advice!
Ashley

[princer7]

What else do you have in the tank as far as fish and inverts go?

[Ashley]

We've got a little hippo tang, a flame hawkfish, a purple firefish, a royal gramma, and a lawnmower blenny. We've got peppermint shrimp, an emerald crab, hermits, and snails. Everybody is pretty little (under 2") and it's a 75 gallon tank. There are two damsels in the sump.

[Ashley]

On closer inspection, the "white spot" on his tail isn't so much a spot of something on top of the flesh...it looks like he has rubbed off the flesh or something else has eaten away at it. It is more like a hole.

[JoshOdphi]

yea that looks more like an abrasion than ich....

[uriah]

Maybe fin rot? Has it been progressively worsening?

[uriah]

Try throwing a cleaner shrimp in the tank... Many times the cleaner shrimp will clean fin rot, ick, and any other paracites pretty quick.

[reefer man]

I WOULD GO WITH A CLEANER SHRIMP ALSO