Bristlenose Plec White Spots

[cambojnr]

I've been looking around for brisslenoses for a while now and when I was in my local pets at home today I finally found some but they were covered in white spots and I know white spots can mean ich, so I didint buy one, and because bristlenoses have white spots in there pattern how can you tell the diffrence? as all the tetras in the tank looked healty and only the 2 plecs had spots any advice would be helpful thanks.

 

[sadguppy]

Did they look like little grains of salt? Ich is very distinctive. There is no way it could be mistaken for natural patterning - Google it and see what I mean.

Also if you can avoid that shop and try an independent or a branch of MA I really would - I have seen common plecs labelled as bristlenoses in there before, more than once and at several branches! BNs shouldn't be hard to find.