[Yen]

I believe it's possible that we can. If we make sure all ich in there are gone by keeping the main tank fallow for 6-8 weeks, and keeping a good QT practice when introducing new fish into the tank. The only I'm not sure how to do is about coral that's why I posted the question.

I've also been keeping fish for years, although they're fresh water fish, but the practice is pretty much similar.

They're not all large angel. I got 4 clowns, 3 3-4" yellow tangs, 1 3-4" hippo tang, 1 5-6" sailfin tang, and a 7-8" blueface angel. For the first 2 weeks, I kept watching the ammonia and nitrite, and changed 30% of water everyday until they both came down to 0. They all came out healthy.

Yen

Quote: Originally Posted by cali_reef And I believe it is impossible to eradicate ich from a tank that contains water. Just ask all the people that have treated their fish and tanks over the years. you put multiple large angels in a 45G tank for 4 weeks?

	Paracanthurus Hepatus Paracanthurus Hepatus-Hippo Tang Hippo tangs are really good tangs for a reef tank and usually don’t have any problems with any other fish, outside of other hippo tangs. There are very ich prone and need to be quarantined before placing them into your main tank. They do grow to a pretty large size, but most small ones will do well for some time in small tank, 55gal being about the smallest as anything smaller and they will outgrow it in a short time. When purchasing small Hippo tangs, try staying away from the very small sizes, usually around a nickel or so, as they have a very bad track record and most don’t make it. If you're going to get a small Hippo, try getting one that is at least the size of a quarter or even larger.

	DesjardinZebrasome Veliferum Desjardin/Zebrasome Veliferum-Sailfin Tang These tangs do well in reef tanks, but do get on the large size over time. One of the hardiest tangs around, they do well with other fish and tangs. Small Juv. can be kept in 75gal tanks, but since they do grow large, a good sized tank will be needed.

[UnknownWaters]

About 4 weeks ago I introduced a hippo tang into my system without quarintine and 2 days later ich everywhere. And 4 days later my tank was looking like an aquatic cemetary I know big mistake on my part(spare me the lecture). But when I talked about treating the tank I was told to never treat a reef tank and netting all the sick fish was not an option so I said screw it if they die I will just go 6 to 8 weeks fallow.
Until LPS owner said try this product called KICK ICH. I went against what I was told by a friend and treated my reef tank. After 4 doses of this stuff it worked and fish are doing great and so are corals the only thing that got stressed out was a white bubble tip (that had brownish tinge since I dosed the tank)and a hairy mushroom I have receded a little other than that everything else is doing fine. Only thing I did not like about this product was turning off my skimmer,phosban and carbon reactors off for 2 weeks but hey it worked. Im happy with the results but maybe I just got lucky.

	Paracanthurus Hepatus Paracanthurus Hepatus-Hippo Tang Hippo tangs are really good tangs for a reef tank and usually don’t have any problems with any other fish, outside of other hippo tangs. There are very ich prone and need to be quarantined before placing them into your main tank. They do grow to a pretty large size, but most small ones will do well for some time in small tank, 55gal being about the smallest as anything smaller and they will outgrow it in a short time. When purchasing small Hippo tangs, try staying away from the very small sizes, usually around a nickel or so, as they have a very bad track record and most don’t make it. If you're going to get a small Hippo, try getting one that is at least the size of a quarter or even larger.

[Yen]

It's great that you saved your fish and major head-ache of trying to catch all the fish. I stayed up until 4AM that night catching, prepare the hospital tank, replaced the rock, etc.

Maybe I'm unlucky I did try Kick-ich for 3 days before going the copper route, didn't see any improvement.

Yen

Quote: Originally Posted by UnknownWaters About 4 weeks ago I introduced a hippo tang into my system without quarintine and 2 days later ich everywhere. And 4 days later my tank was looking like an aquatic cemetary I know big mistake on my part(spare me the lecture). But when I talked about treating the tank I was told to never treat a reef tank and netting all the sick fish was not an option so I said screw it if they die I will just go 6 to 8 weeks fallow. Until LPS owner said try this product called KICK ICH. I went against what I was told by a friend and treated my reef tank. After 4 doses of this stuff it worked and fish are doing great and so are corals the only thing that got stressed out was a white bubble tip (that had brownish tinge since I dosed the tank)and a hairy mushroom I have receded a little other than that everything else is doing fine. Only thing I did not like about this product was turning off my skimmer,phosban and carbon reactors off for 2 weeks but hey it worked. Im happy with the results but maybe I just got lucky.

	Paracanthurus Hepatus Paracanthurus Hepatus-Hippo Tang Hippo tangs are really good tangs for a reef tank and usually don’t have any problems with any other fish, outside of other hippo tangs. There are very ich prone and need to be quarantined before placing them into your main tank. They do grow to a pretty large size, but most small ones will do well for some time in small tank, 55gal being about the smallest as anything smaller and they will outgrow it in a short time. When purchasing small Hippo tangs, try staying away from the very small sizes, usually around a nickel or so, as they have a very bad track record and most don’t make it. If you're going to get a small Hippo, try getting one that is at least the size of a quarter or even larger.

[UnknownWaters]

3 days isn't long enough thats just the first dose you can try it every 2 days and it really works better if the fish look bad like mine did. I did 1st dose thursday 2nd dose on sunday and and I was supposed to do the next dose on wednesday but went for tuesday instead and then waited until friday to do the last dose and waited until sunday to turn skimmer carbon and phosban back on again and it worked great.