Treating my tang (and others)
Treating my tang (and others)
Hello! I'm new to reef central, but I decided to join after reading your posts on treating ich in a brown tang.
I recently set up my 75 gallon fish only tank after having it in storage for years. The tank is established, and I have added several fish. My latest were a brown tang and an eible's Angel. I got them from separate suppliers and added them about a week or two apart. The tang was first, and he did great. The angel did fine for a while too, but they soon both started acting funny. The tang was flashing and scratching, and the Angel looked "fuzzy." I freshwater dips both, and it turns out that the Angel had flukes.
This has been an important lesson in the need for quarantine!
I separated the tang and am treating him with formalin & malachite green. He is in a hyposalinic environment now (1.010), and has been for about 4 days. My plan is to treat all fish with the formalin treatment and with prazipro.
He tang is looking much better, but there are still white spots. So I'll continue to treat until they are gone. My first question is--how long is it safe to keep him in the hyposalinic condition?