my blue hippo tang has ich

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Travis8896

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Ok I'm new to this forum I am also on Western Ohio Reef Club (worc)
I'm 16 years old I have a 90gallon reef tank
Only the blue hippo which was added 2weeks ago shows signs of ich he along with my sailfin tang are in a friends qt but I still have more fish that need to be qted but I do not have a qt setup so I know this is a lot to ask but I was wondering if anyone has a qt that is setup I could put the rest of my fish in I have are 2 gold band maroon clowns, 2 green chromis, sixline wrasse, tricolor wrasse, 2 fire fish gobies, bangii cardinal, yellow coral goby, yellow mandarin, 2 mollies
I live in Wapakoneta Ohio its near lima
If anyone has a qt tank that I could utilize I would greatly appreciate it and if u need some kind of payment let me know
All fish don't have to go in same qt so if there is a couple people that would be willing to split the fish up that would.be great to
 
HumbleFish said:
If it helps, Petco is having their $1 per gal sale right now.
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Every time they have these i wish it was for over 55 gallons :lol2:

Travis your local pecto ..also ,you can use some sand and rock from your DT to help get the QT up and stable for treatment..If you use copper you will have to scrap the rock though
 
Please just leave the fish alone. Tangs get ich. Leave them alone and they get over it. Put a cleaner shrimp in, DONT panic, and leave them alone. My Achillies will get ich if I look at him funny but in a day or so he is back to the beautiful tang.

I lost alot of fish trying to play doctor and trying to save the fish. These fish are very sensitive to minor changes. Just keep the water quality in top notch and it will work its self out.
 
Fr0zEn4244 said:
Please just leave the fish alone. Tangs get ich. Leave them alone and they get over it. Put a cleaner shrimp in, DONT panic, and leave them alone. My Achillies will get ich if I look at him funny but in a day or so he is back to the beautiful tang.

I lost alot of fish trying to play doctor and trying to save the fish. These fish are very sensitive to minor changes. Just keep the water quality in top notch and it will work its self out.
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I have never seen so much false, undocumented, and even dangerous advice in one short post. IMO & IME; every phrase, in every sentence is just plain wrong.

Cleaner shrimp do nothing to cure ich and ich can/will kill fish. This has been proven by many studies of cleaner shrimp stomachs. The ich are buried too deeply in the fish. Just because ich may not be visible, doesn't mean forms of ich aren't still in the tankstill there. "Playing Doctor" is an absurd statement. There is a big difference between ich on the reef and ich in the confines of a home tank and there are times when we must intervene or lose the fish The two tangs of the OP are not overly sensitive to minor water changes. Regal tangs are extremely hardy; in spite of all of the abuse they take because they are cramped in small tanks. Ich does not just disappear. If your Achilles recovered on its own, it either wasn't ich in the first place or it has some temporary immunity.The way you describe your tang's behavior sure doesn't sound like ich. Ich doesn't show up and disappear in just a day.

Do you have any real research, studies, or serious information that backs up the dangerous assertions you've made?
 
So many people think cleaner shrimp "eat ich" ,they are simply picking at the dead skin tissue on the fish ...I agree with everything Mr.turkfish says ..OP do not follow that advice
 
MrTuskfish said:
I have never seen so much false, undocumented, and even dangerous advice in one short post. IMO & IME; every phrase, in every sentence is just plain wrong.

Cleaner shrimp do nothing to cure ich and ich can/will kill fish. This has been proven by many studies of cleaner shrimp stomachs. The ich are buried too deeply in the fish. Just because ich may not be visible, doesn't mean forms of ich aren't still in the tankstill there. "Playing Doctor" is an absurd statement. There is a big difference between ich on the reef and ich in the confines of a home tank and there are times when we must intervene or lose the fish The two tangs of the OP are not overly sensitive to minor water changes. Regal tangs are extremely hardy; in spite of all of the abuse they take because they are cramped in small tanks. Ich does not just disappear. If your Achilles recovered on its own, it either wasn't ich in the first place or it has some temporary immunity.The way you describe your tang's behavior sure doesn't sound like ich. Ich doesn't show up and disappear in just a day.

Do you have any real research, studies, or serious information that backs up the dangerous assertions you've made?
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DITTO!

I have a feeling that poster "losing a lot of fish" had nothing to do with "playing doctor".
 
"OP" would be you, the Original Poster. This will help:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kppx4bzfAaE

Nobody was being mean, certainly not toward you. We were just pointing out that the post from Fr0zEn4244 did not have anything that would help with your situation. Everything he said was full of myth and unverified info that has been de-bunked a zillion times. Info like his has killed countless fish. Some directly, and some from delaying treatment that has proven to work. Of course, any one can post anything (almost) on a forum; but info that presents ridiculous info needs other forks to correct to correct it.

The hobby has eagerly been waiting for the secret for a reef-safe cure for ich, and other protozoan parasites, since the hobby began (probably). There's a good chance that someone, wanting to use the easiest cure, saw the worse-than-worthless advice from Fr0zEn4244 and is busy trying to see it it works. It can't and it won't.
 
I have seen my cleaner pulling it off and releasing it in the water. Never said it ate it. Ohwell my fish have ich every once in a while they get over it. I have some very sensitive fish and they are fine. I understand its not a day but it does lessen daily. I will keep letting it go away on its own while people try to treat them.
 
Lol ok thanx for clarifying the abbreviated term and I knew enough to completely ignore the post from frozen I've had a freshwater tank for a long time and I know ick doesn't simply just go away I just didn't know the best route to take to cure it in saltwater and was even more interested in seeing if someone had a spare qt tank I could use because I haven't got mine setup yet I borrowed the tank from a friend and its really dirty
 
Fr0zEn4244 said:
I have seen my cleaner pulling it off and releasing it in the water. Never said it ate it. Ohwell my fish have ich every once in a while they get over it. I have some very sensitive fish and they are fine. I understand its not a day but it does lessen daily. I will keep letting it go away on its own while people try to treat them.
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I hope your family doesn't feel the same way about you if God forbid you should later have some sort of condition that should be treated. I can here them now - "oh let's just let it go without treatment while he gets over it."... or "It will go away on its own." :fun5::rollface:
 
Travis8896 said:
Lol ok thanx for clarifying the abbreviated term and I knew enough to completely ignore the post from frozen I've had a freshwater tank for a long time and I know ick doesn't simply just go away I just didn't know the best route to take to cure it in saltwater and was even more interested in seeing if someone had a spare qt tank I could use because I haven't got mine setup yet I borrowed the tank from a friend and its really dirty
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Glad to hear it! Knowing who to listen to is a big part of the hobby----IMO & IME. I've learned plenty from folks on this forum.
 
gsiegel said:
I hope your family doesn't feel the same way about you if God forbid you should later have some sort of condition that should be treated. I can here them now - "oh let's just let it go without treatment while he gets over it."... or "It will go away on its own." :fun5::rollface:
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Don't forget the magic garlic!
 
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