Blue tang and ich

[Bbentler]

Hello all. I decided to get a blue tang, the so-called "ich magnet." The question I have is, what do I do about the ich. I have a ultraviolet sterilizer and the tank water quality is pretty good. I have some nitrates and the nitrites are at zero. My ammonia is up just a tiny bit since I did a tank shift. I want to say it is around .10. I even have a cleaner wrasse in there, but the tang has plenty of ich growing. What do I do about the ich? I have an anemone in there as well so copper is a no-no. Any suggestions or do I just wait it out. I have only had the tang for a week. I also noticed my puffer has just a few pieces of ich on it as well, but nothing serious.

 

[kraze3]

You could wait it out and hope the fish cant fight it off, and hopefully the UV will help. Personally i dont thjink if id take the chance.
The recommended treatment is hypo, which means youd have to remove your fish into a qt tank and drop the salinity.

Ich and treatments
http://www.petsforum.com/personal/trevor-jones/marineich.html

http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2003-08/sp/index.php

Hyposalinity
http://www.petsforum.com/personal/trevor-jones/hyposalinity.html

Also keep an eye on that amonia, dont let it go over .10

 

[Bbentler]

I do not have a quartine tank (don't shoot me), but I have a spare 10 gallon. How could I quickly set one up for my fish or is it too late?

 

[robplonker]

i have a small tank set up with a modified powerhead that has a small filter attached. i took out the sponge of the filter so i could put some of my filter medium in it for instant bio-filtration.

the filter medium constantly sits in my main filtration system and i grab it out as needed.

 

[mzeinstr]

i would wait it out..... by moving the tang it will stress it more, blue tangs are the most easily stressed. get a cleaner shrimp ASAP, keep up the UV sterilizer for at least 6 weeks and try and not stress the fish, let it hide in the rocks and leave it alone.

marti

 

[BTTRFLYGRL]

Move all the fish and treat them and leave thee main fallow for at least 6 weeks

 

[Bbentler]

Has anyone heard anything good about Ich-X? Removing all of my fish from the main tank is quite literally impossible. I have too many fish and not enough space unless I can keep 30 inches in a 10 gallon. Haha. I have a puffer as well, so would a cleaner shrimp work or is it time for me to get rid of the puffer?