Blue Regal Tang Ich

[abulgin]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13033810#post13033810 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by mangelo
The reason I didn't put him in the QT to begin with is because how easily they are stressed. He is going very well so far.

Let's say the QT is fresh. What good does it do to put the fish in there for a week or two and then have to acclimate him again to the main tank?

Another question...if I had treated another fish for ich do I need to empty the tank before I treat another?

I ordered Rid Ich to have on hand. Is this any good?

Thanks guy.s

All of this will be answered in much greater detail by Conscientious Marine Aquarist (new edition out June 2008) by Robert Fenner. Buy it and read.

 

[Freed]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13032844#post13032844 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by chineseknife
Agreed with Hypo and copper. But simply transferring to another tank with out hypo or copper doesn't do much except infect the new tank if the fish physically is infected.
Garlic helps boost the immune system, not treat the ich itself.

I was adding to this not saying I have or will use it.

 

[tmz]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13032592#post13032592 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by chineseknife
Best way to rid your fish/tank of ich is going the hyposalinity route. That is the only tried and true method that works almost every single time. Problem is, if Ich is present in your tank in one of its 3 life stages, one being unhatched cysts in the sand, then removing the fish will only treat the fish, not the tank. Those unhatched cysts will eventually break open and start the process all over again. The three stages are free swimming, unhatched cysts, and the ich you eventually see attached to your fish.
Good luck.

While hyposalinity is a proven treatment, there are resistant strains. It is not,however the only tried and true treatment. Copper woks all the time if you dose it properly. Tank transfer is another proven method.

As for quarantine: New specimens should be qtd for 4 weeks to ensure any disease has time to show.If they need treatment,it's another 4 weeks symptom free. Many use prophylactic dips and some even treat prohphylacticaly.

If your Regal Tang has crytocaryon irritans(ich) your entire tank will be infested and should be left fishless for at least 6 weeks(some encysted parasites ahave survived up to 72 days).

If you do a web search for crytocaryon irritans (marine ich) you will find a lot of information about this protozoan and it,s life cycle and treaatment.

 

[tmz]

Tank tranfer works quite well and is quciker. With 2 or 3 small tanks 3 to 4 transfers ,3 days apart will get it. I've done it and find it easier than hypo salinity or copper and it is probably less stressful than messing with the fish's body chemistry as is the case with hypo and copper. As for treatment I like cupramine if not dong a transfer. I also like formalin dips prophylacticaly or as a pre treatment for an infested fish.

Garlic does no harm tha we are yet aware of but won't cure anything. It likely won't boost immunity either. btw 82% of fish exposed to an infestation which survive develop a degree of immunity anyway.

 

[abulgin]

good info Tom. I still haven't seen pictures of a white spot covered tang--and we're all posting about what this guy might do if his fish turns out to have more than a mosquito bite.

 

[tmz]

Good point . But in any case the fish should have been qtd to protect the tank.

 

[abulgin]

Exactly my first post to this thread . . .