ich what to do?

[cynbob]

I have a powder brown tang that is showing signs of ich,he has been in tank since thanksgiving,he was qt for 30 days showed no signs of any illness.its been 2 weeks now and its not getting better.Im having a heck of a time catching him to qt him so i would like opinions on what to do.He eats fine,acts fine color is a little off.the spots come and go some days are worse that others.No signs of any stress on him or any other fish in the tank.no other fish show signs of it.Im getting mixed feeling from my research.Im alomst leaning towards leaving him in and dropping salitity and raising temp and little and waiting it out.But other finding i think i need to get him out asap.my tank,180g display is just over a year old,many different kinds of corals,powder brown,2 black damsels,blue damsel,cbb,yellow tang,2 clown,and 2 chromis water is healthy and this is my first time dealing with ich. any opinion or personal experience is welcome

 

[cynbob]

Fyi he eats blood worms,live brine and nori,EATS WELL i have been soaking nori in garlic juice beofr feeding

 

[Deinonych]

If you want to eliminate the parasite, removing all fish for treatment in a dedicated hospital tank is really your only option. You'll need to leave your DT fishless for 10 weeks so the remaining parasites die off without hosts.

 

[breederforlife]

If he is eating well i would jut leave him in your DT and see what happens but if he stops eating and is covered in spots then i would move him to your QT and treat him.
Blue tangs are known to be very prone to decease.
Best of luck.

 

[snorvich]

If you want to eliminate the parasite, removing all fish for treatment in a dedicated hospital tank is really your only option. You'll need to leave your DT fishless for 10 weeks so the remaining parasites die off without hosts.

This. Also read the stickies in this forum to understand the life cycle and treatment of ich.

 

[snorvich]

If he is eating well i would jut leave him in your DT and see what happens

Sorry, bad idea. Your tank now has ich not just that fish. Read the stickies in this forum to understand ich and its treatment.

 

[cynbob]

Sorry, bad idea. Your tank now has ich not just that fish. Read the stickies in this forum to understand ich and its treatment.

I have done alot of recearch finding conflicting answers as you can see.which brings me to another question i could never find.I have decided to remove him i think i will go buy a trap,but once i do and the infected fish is traeted for 10 weeks what about the dt tank? since it still has non effected fish the ich still has a host so it is still in the dt tank,correct?I undertsand some fish will become immune but the ich is still there unless i remove them for at leact 10 weeks right?so should i remove them all?

 

[cynbob]

This is why i asked if it is necessary.i have been reding stickys just some raise questions not answered

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2041951

 

[dinger28]

Take it from someone who lost many fish over the course of days. Just because they don't show any signs doesn't mean they still don't have ich. I unfortunately didn't listen to the advice and learned the hard way. All fish have to come out of the tank and be put into QT or Hospital Tanks. I am sorry, but this is the best and most effective method. 10 weeks seems like forever, but it works. I still have my 2 clowns (who I saved and were my first fish) because I did QT them after the ich outbreak. Good luck!

 

[pixie4484]

If he is eating well i would jut leave him in your DT and see what happens but if he stops eating and is covered in spots then i would move him to your QT and treat him.
Blue tangs are known to be very prone to decease.
Best of luck.

Agree, as a general understanding within several successful long time saltwater people is that - ich does not kill, it's the associated parasites and infections that kills. Leave the fish, feed it a variety and hope.

 

[dinger28]

Agree, as a general understanding within several successful long time saltwater people is that - ich does not kill, it's the associated parasites and infections that kills. Leave the fish, feed it a variety and hope.

Or not hope, but cure the fish and put it in QT.

 

[snorvich]

Agree, as a general understanding within several successful long time saltwater people is that - ich does not kill, it's the associated parasites and infections that kills. Leave the fish, feed it a variety and hope.

If you have read this forum for years as I have, you will find that ich does kill. Not immediately like some other parasites, but eventually as it overwhelms a tank.

 

[Deinonych]

If you have read this forum for years as I have, you will find that ich does kill. Not immediately like some other parasites, but eventually as it overwhelms a tank.

+1

I can speak from personal experience that crypto does kill if allowed to overwhelm the tank.

 

[TravelinLight]

Just went through this--AGAIN! My first round with ich I made the idiotic choice to feed well and try and let them fight it themselves(thanks LFS). Everything seemed fine, then it would get bad and then back to normal. One day I woke up to a dead Kole and everyfish so covered their skin looked to be peeling. I ended up Qt the fish and leaving tank fallow for 10 weeks. All was well- until I homed a Tang for a good friend that got me into hobby. Never showed signs in his tank and BAM, day 1 in my tank he was covered. Long story short I pulled everything again and will remain fallow until all is well.

The easiest way (for me) was to drain all but two inches of water out of my tank. I just turned off all lighting and went as fast as I could- I have now done it twice and haven't had any problems.. Good luck

 

[cynbob]

I will be putting brown tang in QT tank as soon as i catch him.Im going to look for a trap today,I have tried the bottle trick but he gets out too fast.My Qt is too small for all my fish.I have a 45 g qt now and im setting up a 50 gallon that was going to be a display tank but it will be qt soon untill i get this under control.learned my lesson with buying cheap fish in San Fran im going to stick to my LFS that i trust.thanks guys your posts have convinced my not to take chances

 

[snorvich]

Conversely, if something kills quickly, it is probably not cryptocaryon irritans (ich). That is one of the characteristics we look for to point in a different direction.