marine ich urgernt help

[vengad]

hello all.

I know there are tons of other threads but just needed some help specificly.
My powder blue tang died cause of ich and i am well upset about it. and the ich is still present in my tank. i have been monitoring the water parameters and they seem fine. i just dont want the whole tank to break down. i dont have a QT its a 460l tank and i need some urgent help please.

Thank you

Vee

 

[b0bab0ey]

hello all.

I know there are tons of other threads but just needed some help specificly.
My powder blue tang died cause of ich and i am well upset about it. and the ich is still present in my tank. i have been monitoring the water parameters and they seem fine. i just dont want the whole tank to break down. i dont have a QT its a 460l tank and i need some urgent help please.

Thank you

Vee

How many other fish do you have? Do you have any corals/inverts in your tank? Is this a fish only system?

 

[Tin_Whistler]

Unfortunately there's not too many options you have to get rid of ich.

Either you need to treat your DT/Fish, which will kill any corals or inverts. Or you need to set up a hospital/QT tank to treat the fish in while your display tank sits fallow for 9 weeks.

 

[MrTuskfish]

Unfortunately there's not too many options you have to get rid of ich.

Either you need to treat your DT/Fish, which will kill any corals or inverts. Or you need to set up a hospital/QT tank to treat the fish in while your display tank sits fallow for 9 weeks.

Yeah, there isn't any easier, softer way. You NEED a QT/HT. When this bout is over; use the QT on all new fish and you'll (probably) never go through this again.

 

[vengad]

Hi
Yes I do have corals and have 11 fish in the tank and a few shrimps and also I have another tank running with two clown in it which is 56l but would it be too small for the tang?

 

[b0bab0ey]

Hi
Yes I do have corals and have 11 fish in the tank and a few shrimps and also I have another tank running with two clown in it which is 56l but would it be too small for the tang?

If you have corals/inverts in the DT then your in-tank treatment options are gone. Unless you were to remove them and do hypo. Corals/inverts will not tolerate any proven Ich treatment. You'll have to remove all your fish to a QT and treat them there. And I wouldn't recommend using a 56L (about a 15 gal) tank to treat all 11 fish in. That's suicide. You'll need a much bigger QT.

In the meantime, feed your fish often. Soak their food in garlic, fish oil, vitamins, etc. This may buy you some time but it's just a band-aid at best.

 

[h2so4hurts]

Find a used 55 gal and treat them in that. The cost of not QTing your fish is exponentially greater than doing stuff right straight out of the starting gate.

 

[Tickyty]

If you have corals/inverts in the DT then your in-tank treatment options are gone. Unless you were to remove them and do hypo. Corals/inverts will not tolerate any proven Ich treatment. You'll have to remove all your fish to a QT and treat them there. And I wouldn't recommend using a 56L (about a 15 gal) tank to treat all 11 fish in. That's suicide. You'll need a much bigger QT.

In the meantime, feed your fish often. Soak their food in garlic, fish oil, vitamins, etc. This may buy you some time but it's just a band-aid at best.

How would you handle adding new corals to your tank since crypto could be present on whatever the coral is attached to?

 

[sandwi54]

How would you handle adding new corals to your tank since crypto could be present on whatever the coral is attached to?

If you want to do things ABSOLUTELY right, then you quarantine new corals for 10 weeks in a a QT tank. That being said, the chance that corals carry theronts is very, very low, but it's still a possibility. Many people simply dip the corals prior to placing them in the DT without issues, most of the time.

What I would actually do, and what I've been doing, is to not add any fish to a reef tank until I'm pretty much done with adding corals. Once I'm done with that, I would leave the DT fallow for 10 weeks before placing fish in there. Of course, during that 10-week fallow time, you can buy new fish since they need to be quarantined for 6-8 weeks anyway.