Blue Hippo Tang
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Go to petsmart and buy a cheap tank and equipment to set up a qt/ hospital tank. Then when you buy a new fish qt for 4 weeks at least. Best money you will ever spend in this hobby. Just my and many other here's two cents. Good luck.
Side note: I bought a bio wheel type filter then get some extra bio wheels and leave them in dt sump. That way I always have a good cycled filter to toss in when I set up my qt. unless you have space to keep it up at all times I like this method. Again good luck.
Side note: I bought a bio wheel type filter then get some extra bio wheels and leave them in dt sump. That way I always have a good cycled filter to toss in when I set up my qt. unless you have space to keep it up at all times I like this method. Again good luck.
Years ago, I was in a very similar situation. I bought a dime sized hippo tang, and sure enough it came with ich. Before long, all my fish had ich. I wasted a ton of money on "invert safe" ich treatments - none of which were effective.
Finally, I bought a simple hospital tank: a 20 long with hood, heater, biowheel and air pump. All the fish went through a hypo treatment and the ich cleared up, never to return. Best $100 I ever spent on this hobby. Now, all new fish spend a month or so in this tank before going into the display. Indeed, it saved me from a velvet outbreak (WAY worse than ich) when a new fish carried velvet with it. I couldn't save the new fish, but it kept it out of the display. When the hospital tank isn't needed it goes into the closet. The biowheel (after sterilizing) is kept in the display tank sump.
Finally, I bought a simple hospital tank: a 20 long with hood, heater, biowheel and air pump. All the fish went through a hypo treatment and the ich cleared up, never to return. Best $100 I ever spent on this hobby. Now, all new fish spend a month or so in this tank before going into the display. Indeed, it saved me from a velvet outbreak (WAY worse than ich) when a new fish carried velvet with it. I couldn't save the new fish, but it kept it out of the display. When the hospital tank isn't needed it goes into the closet. The biowheel (after sterilizing) is kept in the display tank sump.
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