problem with ich

[jwhockey23]

my coral beauty angel has got ich and I cannot get him out of my tank to qt him because he hides in the rock all the time, I think he got it because for some reason he will not eat the food that I put in the tank for my fish, he just swims right past it and does not eat it, I have had him for a little over 3 weeks and all he eats is stuff he pecks off the glass and rock, today I even tried soaking the flake food in garlic and he still wouldnt eat it he just kept pecking stuff off the rock and glass instead, will someone help me to get him to eat and to get him to get rid of ich, I have posted this in the disease forum too but noone is helping

 

[StupidsReef]

Try some cyclopeeze, most fish even if they don't want to eat will go for it. As for the ick, I try'd some stuff called RxP that I got from Letmegrow. I only used it one time (one dose) but I don't know if my fish really had ick either. I think I jump to the conclusion before I new for sure.

 

[jwhockey23]

he definitely has ick because he has white spots on his tailfin, head, and gill fins

 

[zt444a]

That's too bad. My Coral Beauty is a little piggy, and eats just about everything... Prime reef, Formula One and Two, brine and mysis shrimp.

Lately she has even nipped at my starfish a couple of times!

 

[Shooter7]

Read all those stickies in the fish disease treatment forum on ich. I am a proponent of following the direction of removing all fish and putting in a hospital tank - then using hyposalinity to treat them, while doing this leaving the display tank fallow for at least 6 weeks. After that, QT any new arrivals.

I know that Steve (letmegrow) has another method he is a proponent of. You can ask him, or maybe he'll see this and post.

 

[McBeck]

I agree with Shooter, you need to at least get the angel out of the tank, even if that means taking out your rock. Otherwise you'll lose the fish and potentially all of his tankmates.