Tangs with Ick

[ClayaLaLeona]

I have a sailfin tang and a hippo tang and they have ick, I have a cleaner shrimp in the tank but they're too shy to let him clean them. Even though they have ick they're feeding on mysis and nori like little pigs, should I worry or do I just raise the temp. and let them get over it?
this is my 55 gallon grow out tank

 

[Breadman03]

I'm a newb, but from what I have read about Ich, the shrimp can only clean the dead tissue from the fish. It doesn't actually get the Ich.

Once again, newb, so I can certainly be wrong.

In my reading, there are three treatments. Copper, hypo salinity, and one other that escapes me. Copper and hypo salinity are deadly to inverts. The option I am going to use is to put the fish in a quarantine tank in hyposaline conditions while leaving my DT without fish for the duration necessary, I think 9 weeks.

Check the stickies at the to of this forum. That is where I found my plan.

 

[letoan]

If you can then take all the fishes out and treat them for a few weeks. You can do copper OR hypo. If you want to treat the fish, now is probably best because when you see the fish on the sand bed, it's too late, they won't survive the stress of transport and treatment.

If you can't then keep feeding your fish and hope they're healthy enough to fight off the parasite. Cleaner shrimp is not a remedy for ich, they only pick the stuff on the outside skin, ich is under the skin.

I hate these parasite, good luck.

Btw, 55g is pretty small for tangs. Ich usually shows when fish in stress, try to eliminate the stress will help.

 

[snorvich]

I'm a newb, but from what I have read about Ich, the shrimp can only clean the dead tissue from the fish. It doesn't actually get the Ich.

Once again, newb, so I can certainly be wrong.

You are correct. Cleaners, be they fish or shrimp, have no effect on ich, velvet, or brook

In my reading, there are three treatments. Copper, hypo salinity, and one other that escapes me.

And tank transfer

Copper and hypo salinity are deadly to inverts. The option I am going to use is to put the fish in a quarantine tank in hyposaline conditions while leaving my DT without fish for the duration necessary, I think 9 weeks.

Again, you are correct. Hyposalinity is the most difficult to do correctly, by the way

Check the stickies at the to of this forum. That is where I found my plan.

 

[snorvich]

Btw, 55g is pretty small for tangs.

Especially those tangs.

 

[ClayaLaLeona]

yes yes I know its small, they're babies and I dont want to stick them in the 180 with my Naso( my pride and joy) they will be moved up once they reach more than 3 inches