Hippo Tang scratching himself against rock...

[pittchic]

My hippo tang has been repeatedly scratching himself against a piece of live rock the past few days. Has anyone ever saw a fish do this before? I wonder why it's doing that?

 

[quarryshark]

How long has he been in the tank? Any spots or blemishes? Did you qt him before adding?
Could be ich. Flashig (scratching) is a sign of irratation and these fish are ich magnets.

 

[melosu58]

I`ve seen my fish scratch on rocks and they did not have ick. Not to say that yours don`t. Keep a close eye on him and if you see small white parasites that look like salt grains then you have ick and must treat. Hopefully he just has an itch

 

[zenn]

ich

 

[jazztalker]

My convict tang has been doing the same thing lately. I don't see any little white spots, but there are a few spots on him that look like he rubbed on my LR or something. They kind of look like what a butterfly looks like when you touch it and smudge the "powder" on them..... Any ideas?

 

[seafan]

smudge the "powder" on them..... Any ideas?

Maybe velvet? I never had a sick fish so I don't really know.

 

[jazztalker]

I have no idea... its really weird though. I mean, I know there's not powder or anything like that on the fish, but thats just kind of the best way for me to describe the look.

 

[salmo trutta]

could be some kind of funguss