I think that I have Ich

[warnertd1]

My qt is only 42 gal which is not big enough for all of my fish. Is it possible to treat the regular tank without taking everyone out?

Thanks

Billy

 

[ai-reefer]

how many fish do you have?

i dont think you need to treat all the fish, just the ones that have it. When i had the breakout, only one fish had it and other never got it.

The one died but the other were just fine

 

[commonstranger]

Are you seeing small white spots on the fish ? Are they twitching any on bumping into anything ? Remember ich is everywhere (so to say). If one fish has it and others dont it doesnt mean they will get it. It means that the fish that does have it is stressed out and thats why it has it. Have you added anything new to the tank thats disturbing the fish that has it ? Just some ideas Im throwing out there. Make sure if you use Kick Ich that you remove the invertabrates espically urchins if you have them. Trust me you dont want to see what happens. Just my advice on that and I wish you the best on kicking it.

 

[warnertd1]

I have nine fish but only the blue tang has the spots. She is scracthing herself on stuff in the tank. I have not added any fish in a while.

 

[Mikeyjer]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13931420#post13931420 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by warnertd1
I have nine fish but only the blue tang has the spots. She is scracthing herself on stuff in the tank. I have not added any fish in a while.

Regal Tang? They are prone to ich! Also depending on the diet your feeding as well, too much meaty food will do that to a tang, symptoms that looks like ich. You need to feed more veggies, algae sheets and formula foods for tangs.

 

[warnertd1]

Thanks

 

[ai-reefer]

My wrasse was scratching itself today, it only did it once tho, im still looking for spots.

 

[Mikeyjer]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13937112#post13937112 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by ai-reefer
My wrasse was scratching itself today, it only did it once tho, im still looking for spots.

Like I suggest all the time, feed garlic enriched foods!!!! I used to suggest formula 2, the frozen kind. But they're waiting to get the original formula back so we'll see what happens.....Original formula works better, the new RDF formula does not work like the original.

 

[Michael Brumit]

Where do you pick up your formula?

 

[Mikeyjer]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13967817#post13967817 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Michael Brumit
Where do you pick up your formula?

Aquatic Critters

 

[Michael Brumit]

Thanks, Just wondering where the best prices were.