Help Sick Tang (ICH)

[Mr. Eel]

I have a blue tang who almost positivley has ich and has been moved to qt, so my question is what medication can I use to treat him and the fish in my reef tank so it wont hurt inverts.

 

[Swayze27]

Remove all to qt and treat qt with copper. Or leave all in DT, limit stress, feed well, and hope for the best. I have done both methods. I have dealt with ich recently and did not remove anything and did not treat with anything. I increased feeding and removed a fish that was causing some tension and I haven't lost a fish. All are fighting the ich off and hopefully will continue to do so. I have a 200+ gallon system and removing the fish ain't happening. Some frown on my decision but there have been recent threads on people crashing there tanks killing off fish, coral, and inverts because they were trying to remove there fish to treat. Other posts reveal multiple fish laying on there side in qt due to treatment meds. There are risks either way. I have treated in qt, left tank fallow for months only to end up with ich so it's not for me. Best of luck but there is no sure method to treat DT that will remove the ich but not harm inverts, etc.

 

[Mr. Eel]

I think I will try to feed well... I hope my eel isnt causing stress

 

[scooter31707]

TTM is the most effective treatment instead of cooper. Let the tank go fallow for 72-90 days. 90 days will be safer.

 

[Mr. Eel]

if all the fish die I will wait 8 weeks

 

[lg2725]

if all the fish die I will wait 8 weeks

Even if the ALL of the fish live, your DT will always have ich in it. It may remain dormant until something (usually stress) triggers another outbreak. I would listen to Scooter and TTM all of your fish and let tank go fallow for minimum of 75 days.
Good luck

 

[Mr. Eel]

So even with a UV sterilizer and frequent water changes ich will always exist? also I'm not sure if its ich because the fish in question hve had the spots in the same places for 4 days now and no more have developed I hope it isnt reproducing.

 

[lg2725]

So even with a UV sterilizer and frequent water changes ich will always exist? also I'm not sure if its ich because the fish in question hve had the spots in the same places for 4 days now and no more have developed I hope it isnt reproducing.

Yes. Read this. It is a sticky from the top:

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1992196