Flame angel with Ich

[rad1687]

I just picked up a nice, fat flame angel 3 days ago and he is currently in the quarantine tank with a new melanurus wrasse. Both are healthy, active, and eating like champs, but I think I am seeing the beginning of some ich on the angel. I have read that the dwarf angels do not do well with copper treatments, so I was wondering what advice you might have to help him fight this off quickly.

Many thanks,
rad

 

[george915]

Well, since you are not comfortable with copper and the flame angel, there are only other 2 methods to treat ich, hypo or tank transfer. Both of these methods are well documented in this forum.

 

[billsreef]

Hyposalinity is usually my first choice. If you have 2 tanks to use, the transfer method works quite well, just a bit more labor intensive. As for copper, SeaChem's Cupramine does work well with copper sensitive species like angels.