Blue Tang with Ich?!?! PLEASE HELP!!!

[NICKLER]

If you do a freshwater dip this will remove the ick the water needs to be the same temp. Also olny for a few seconds Good Luck.

 

[NanoCube-boy]

I see...

 

[FlipFlops24/7]

If you do a freshwater dip this will remove the ick the water needs to be the same temp. Also olny for a few seconds Good Luck.

Freshwater dip? Im pretty sure I read that this is definately something NOT to do when trying to get rid of ich. I've never heard of it working. Im sure it will kill ich, because it will kill your fish too!

I dunno, I could be wrong. There are better ways to get rid of ich(QT all fish for 6 weeks and treat QT tank).

 

[DLS]

FW dips stress fish. But, they can also make the parasites that are attaching to the fish drop off. parasites that have already burrowed into the fish stay comfy and warm where they are though. basically, I wouldn't do a FW dip unless I was sure the fish could take it. I also wouldn't use a FW dip as my only form of treatment - temporary relief at best. Your best bet is hyposalinity 1.09 for 6 weeks.

 

[NanoCube-boy]

I woudn't do FW dip either, that will do "put in shock" as Debaser
said. I think if you do put FW it will shock the fish into stress an cause more problem...

 

[antony1103]

A cleaner shimp has seemed to get it all off. I left it in the main tank because a guy at a LFS told me he will not pass the ich.

 

[NanoCube-boy]

There you go! Shrimp clean fish right? Think about Finding Nemo when the fish getting clean out... Pretty cool... I think the shrimp can clean the ich of and I doubt shrimp can get sick... I doubt.

 

[antony1103]

My cleaner shrimp I got seems to be helping.

 

[Black Phantom]

Go to the August and October 2003 issues of Reefkeeping. There is an excellant article on ich.

 

[NanoCube-boy]

ICH ICH ICH I feel ichy...

 

[Jonviviano]

But honestly what are the chances of the blue tang letting a cleaner near him, all my fish avoid shrimp

 

[NanoCube-boy]

haha rare...