HELP WITH Hippo Tang

noelskii · 01-27-2008, 05:24 PM

i think my hippo tang has ich....what should i do before it spreads???

Mr. Barlow · 01-27-2008, 05:28 PM

I'm a saltwater newb but from my freshwater days I would say get him out of the tank and quarantine him.

noelskii · 01-27-2008, 06:42 PM

yea but what should i use in the QT tank?

chazertis · 01-27-2008, 06:56 PM

hyposalinity and feed food soaked in garlic

Awibrandy · 01-27-2008, 07:24 PM

Or medicate with copper in hospital tank (QT). What ever you do move fast! Do a search here on ich. You will find a ton of info., or see the below site.

Click here: MarParasitCureFAQs

noelskii · 01-27-2008, 07:27 PM

ahh now the hard part...any advice on how to catch it?

Mr. Barlow · 01-27-2008, 07:36 PM

ummm, use a really big net.

Awibrandy · 01-27-2008, 07:42 PM

Get a big net, place food in the net, place net where the flow from pump keeps the food in it, be patient, and the instant the fish goes in pull the net straight up. This is how I've caught all my tangs when I wanted them out.

PATIENCE being the KEY word here.....

ZANYMASTER · 01-27-2008, 10:48 PM

Catching them is not as easy as it looks.They're pretty smart and lay on their sides under rock.Tough fish to get out.Even Qt does not work sometimes.Ich is a terrible killer.

bigyankfan · 01-27-2008, 11:28 PM

There is a plexiglass trap that is $18 at ThatFishPlace. It works like a charm - I put food in a tea strainer and put it in the trap. The scent draws them in and voila! they are caught. HTH!

http://www.thatpetplace.com/pet/prod/214304/product.web

01-27-2008, 05:24 PM	#1
noelskii MemBiZzLe. Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: BrOnx Posts: 538 Reefer Ratings: (8) Friends: (2)	HELP WITH Hippo Tang i think my hippo tang has ich....what should i do before it spreads??? __________________ it's the reefer, with the 40 breeder.

01-27-2008, 05:28 PM	#2
Mr. Barlow aka The Master Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: New Jersey Posts: 19 Reefer Ratings: (0) Friends: (0)	I'm a saltwater newb but from my freshwater days I would say get him out of the tank and quarantine him. __________________ "You'll enjoy Mr. Barlow, and he'll enjoy you!"

01-27-2008, 06:42 PM	#3
noelskii MemBiZzLe. Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: BrOnx Posts: 538 Reefer Ratings: (8) Friends: (2)	yea but what should i use in the QT tank? __________________ it's the reefer, with the 40 breeder.

01-27-2008, 06:56 PM	#4
chazertis DDS Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: WAY upper westside manhattan Posts: 798 Reefer Ratings: (21) Friends: (1)	hyposalinity and feed food soaked in garlic __________________ be the flame not the moth http://www.manhattanreefs.com/forum/...uare-tank.html

01-27-2008, 07:27 PM	#6
noelskii MemBiZzLe. Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: BrOnx Posts: 538 Reefer Ratings: (8) Friends: (2)	ahh now the hard part...any advice on how to catch it? __________________ it's the reefer, with the 40 breeder.

01-27-2008, 07:36 PM	#7
Mr. Barlow aka The Master Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: New Jersey Posts: 19 Reefer Ratings: (0) Friends: (0)	ummm, use a really big net. __________________ "You'll enjoy Mr. Barlow, and he'll enjoy you!"

01-27-2008, 10:48 PM	#9
ZANYMASTER Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Astoria,NY Posts: 2,760 Reefer Ratings: (49) Friends: (9)	Catching them is not as easy as it looks.They're pretty smart and lay on their sides under rock.Tough fish to get out.Even Qt does not work sometimes.Ich is a terrible killer. __________________ Concentrate all firepower on that superstar destroyer!

01-27-2008, 11:28 PM	#10
bigyankfan Seńor member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Staten Island Posts: 358 Reefer Ratings: (20) Friends: (9)	There is a plexiglass trap that is $18 at ThatFishPlace. It works like a charm - I put food in a tea strainer and put it in the trap. The scent draws them in and voila! they are caught. HTH! http://www.thatpetplace.com/pet/prod/214304/product.web

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