Need Help with Purple Tang

[mjdf]

Hello everyone,
I just picked up a purple tang last wednesday and he has been in quarantine ever since. Just noticed on sunday he has broken out with ich. I have started 1st dose of cupramine sunday night and am waiting till tues night for second dose. The fish apears to be covered with ich pretty good. He is still eating good though. I'm wondering if a freshwater dip would be helpful or would it just add to his stress and make things worse ? Any advice would be appreciated.

 

[lhm nole]

Hello everyone,
I just picked up a purple tang last wednesday and he has been in quarantine ever since. Just noticed on sunday he has broken out with ich. I have started 1st dose of cupramine sunday night and am waiting till tues night for second dose. The fish apears to be covered with ich pretty good. He is still eating good though. I'm wondering if a freshwater dip would be helpful or would it just add to his stress and make things worse ? Any advice would be appreciated.

freshwater dip will do nothing just continue with cupramine and maintain good feeding and water quality

 

[steelhead77]

Here's my Purple Tang:



He came through just fine without being removed from my DT or treated. Out of about 10 other fish in the tank, no other fish came down with it either. It took about two weeks, but he fully recovered. This was almost three years ago. He is still doing just fine and dandy today.

Be careful how you treat. It seems that more folks wind up killing their fish trying to save it from a disease that, as diseases go, is pretty non-lethal. IME, keeping a stress free environment is the best thing for them. This means keeping them in as natural an environment as possible - NOT a bare-botton tank - stark and devoid of any natural habitat. This is whay I am not a big fan of QT. But you're already there so just keep things peacful for him, make sure that he continues to eat (using garlic as a stimulant if needed) and he should be fine. I would do a hypo treatment rather than a copper treatment, it's less harsh on the fish.

Good Luck.