I got a yellow tang and had it for about a month. And had ich from the very first day I put it in the tank. I dont have a quarantine system and I know the whole tank has ich but it's only the yellow tang that has it. What should I do. It's still perfectly healthy, and eating but I'd hate to see it die.
Ich!!!!!
- Thread starter tomjof
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- Location
- Brooklyn
There is plenty of information on MR about this.
Search for ICH and learn how to use cupramine medication.
32 drops of cupramine in a 10 gallon fish tank, dripped in over a 48 hour period and follow the rest of the instructions.
Everything else you hear will be a waste of your time but you are free to try feeding vitamin C and singing to your yellow tang while it "fights it off".
Search for ICH and learn how to use cupramine medication.
32 drops of cupramine in a 10 gallon fish tank, dripped in over a 48 hour period and follow the rest of the instructions.
Everything else you hear will be a waste of your time but you are free to try feeding vitamin C and singing to your yellow tang while it "fights it off".
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- Location
- The Big City
No need to do a search or leave the board, all the info is right:
http://www.manhattanreefs.com/forum/pests/?filter[29]=Diseases
http://www.manhattanreefs.com/forum/pests/?filter[29]=Diseases
Will that kill all my invertebrates and my tank is a reef tank
- Location
- Mahopac NY
Unless you set up a QT tank with cupramine, all you can do is continue feeding and keeping him healthy, and he will naturally fight it off (hopefully).
My tank got hit with ich a few months ago, and it would have been impossible to remove all the fish without a complete teardown. Everything, tangs included, survived by keeping them well fed, and soaking mysis with garlic. Several garlic drops in the tank every 2-3 days also seemed to help keep them wanting to eat. Several small water changes help a bit too.
This has worked for me twice in a 125 gallon tank. Although ich is still in the tank (unseen/dormant?), the fish are much more likely to survive after beating it once. My yellow watchman has gone through several tank outbreaks over the years in 3 different tanks, and never got spots again after surviving the first bout.
This doesn't work so well in a small tank though. I believe volume of water is a big factor.
My tank got hit with ich a few months ago, and it would have been impossible to remove all the fish without a complete teardown. Everything, tangs included, survived by keeping them well fed, and soaking mysis with garlic. Several garlic drops in the tank every 2-3 days also seemed to help keep them wanting to eat. Several small water changes help a bit too.
This has worked for me twice in a 125 gallon tank. Although ich is still in the tank (unseen/dormant?), the fish are much more likely to survive after beating it once. My yellow watchman has gone through several tank outbreaks over the years in 3 different tanks, and never got spots again after surviving the first bout.
This doesn't work so well in a small tank though. I believe volume of water is a big factor.
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read the stickies to learn its life cycle. ich grow geometrically if left untreated. :smash:
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