Hey guys,
I read somewhere along the line that a way to treat marine ich is to do a freshwater dip with methylene blue plus formalin for about 5 minutes or until ur fish starts to act stressed. I'm curious about:
1) the effectiveness of doing this?
2) how many times a day should I do it, and for how long?
3) I only have malachite green plus formalin, is this still an effective medication to use in a FW dip?
4) considering how this can be quite stressful on a fish is it really worth it? Or is hyposalinity the better way to go?
I have a new Powder Blue Tang ~3" big (I did not QT because I do not have one big enough for him) :headwally: that had a few ich spots on his face and pectoral fin last night, and this morning they're gone. Fish has been acting fine all along, breathing normally, eating normally and demonstrates regular and relaxed swimming behavior, however I did see him flash a few times this morning.
5) Considering how tangs can be sensitive creatures what would you guys reccomend?
I'm thinking about doing a dip just incase he has a few spots that I can't see yet, but the last thing I wanna do is over react and cause more harm than good. I might just leave him in my display and keep an eye on him since he's still acting completely normal and comfortable, and keep up on the feeding schedule while soaking all his food in the vitamin supplement, I ran out of garlic guard last night. I feed brine shrimp, flake food and pieces of dried seaweed all soaked in seachem's vitality and garlic guard in the morning, and in the evening I feed just a few small pinches of flake b4 going to bed(the evening feeding is temporary until I beef up the tang a little) but I'll do whatever you guys reccomend for this little guy. He's my favorite fish so if I'm doing something wrong please let me know , or if I'm not doing something that would help please tell me that too.
Thanks guys! :beer:
I read somewhere along the line that a way to treat marine ich is to do a freshwater dip with methylene blue plus formalin for about 5 minutes or until ur fish starts to act stressed. I'm curious about:
1) the effectiveness of doing this?
2) how many times a day should I do it, and for how long?
3) I only have malachite green plus formalin, is this still an effective medication to use in a FW dip?
4) considering how this can be quite stressful on a fish is it really worth it? Or is hyposalinity the better way to go?
I have a new Powder Blue Tang ~3" big (I did not QT because I do not have one big enough for him) :headwally: that had a few ich spots on his face and pectoral fin last night, and this morning they're gone. Fish has been acting fine all along, breathing normally, eating normally and demonstrates regular and relaxed swimming behavior, however I did see him flash a few times this morning.
5) Considering how tangs can be sensitive creatures what would you guys reccomend?
I'm thinking about doing a dip just incase he has a few spots that I can't see yet, but the last thing I wanna do is over react and cause more harm than good. I might just leave him in my display and keep an eye on him since he's still acting completely normal and comfortable, and keep up on the feeding schedule while soaking all his food in the vitamin supplement, I ran out of garlic guard last night. I feed brine shrimp, flake food and pieces of dried seaweed all soaked in seachem's vitality and garlic guard in the morning, and in the evening I feed just a few small pinches of flake b4 going to bed(the evening feeding is temporary until I beef up the tang a little) but I'll do whatever you guys reccomend for this little guy. He's my favorite fish so if I'm doing something wrong please let me know , or if I'm not doing something that would help please tell me that too.
Thanks guys! :beer:
