Video of my blue tang with ich???

I wouldn't necessarily say its too many considering they are all thats in there (at least it appeared to be) and they do seem to have ample roaming room ..
But they will ALL get infected with ich over and over again unless you eradicate it ..
 
UV cannot and will not eliminate ich. I know of no reputable sourrce that claims it will. If you read the life-cycle of ich parasites at the top of the disease forum, this is obvious. Even UV mfgs don't claim it will eliminate ich, only help manage it. That's not good enough. You need a big QT; no easy way out.
 
MrTuskfish said:
UV cannot and will not eliminate ich. I know of no reputable sourrce that claims it will. If you read the life-cycle of ich parasites at the top of the disease forum, this is obvious. Even UV mfgs don't claim it will eliminate ich, only help manage it. That's not good enough. You need a big QT; no easy way out.
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I understand that it won't eradicate it. But my question is had it been keeping it under control to the point that it wasn't visible? Either way, I know I'm stuck with it. So, I must deal with it. I know you treat all your fish while in QT, but I chose not to treat but just observe. I wonder how many other people QT their fish, see now signs of it after 5 or 6 weeks and put the fish in the DT. Then several months later, something happens and there it is. Frustrating to say the least.
 
Mrscribbled said:
I said a lot, not "too many" I don't have good luck grouping tangs but angles I do.
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My mistake. But, do you really thinks its a lot? they all get a long so good and the only other fish are 2 chromis, 2 small clowns, and a lawnmower blenny. Of course that may not matter if I can't get this ich sorted out.
 
tracyclifton said:
I understand that it won't eradicate it. But my question is had it been keeping it under control to the point that it wasn't visible? Either way, I know I'm stuck with it. So, I must deal with it. I know you treat all your fish while in QT, but I chose not to treat but just observe. I wonder how many other people QT their fish, see now signs of it after 5 or 6 weeks and put the fish in the DT. Then several months later, something happens and there it is. Frustrating to say the least.
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As long as you have ich in your DT, which you do, it is going to infect your fish.
 
QT it with copper. I had the same for my hippo and it is doing fine now after 2 weeks treatment. Get a 20g QT tank, powerhead, heater. I use cupramine and it works great. my fish are strong and eat like crazy now.

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MrTuskfish said:
As long as you have ich in your DT, which you do, it is going to infect your fish.
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Understood. This will seem like the worst response, but for now I am going to let it run its course. There is a great chance that we are selling the house and moving soon. If I empty the tank to catch the fish, put them in a hospital tank and treat them, chances are the house will be sold and the tank will need to be moved before the fallow period (12 weeks). Sometimes things just don't work out the way we would like them to. After thinking about how this happened, I realized that even with qt, I may have used some of the live rock that came with the tank when I set it up. If so, I had a few pieces that I kept in the saltwater for 2 days while I cleaned the tank and got it filled. Even though the three fish that came with the tank went into a small tank, and I kept them for about 4 months, and they never showed any signs of ich, that is probably what happened. I plan to update frequently.
 
Its quite simple.

Remove all fish and get a nice QT tank to house them in. Dose copper and wait it out. Yes, its a pain in the *** but its the only way. My DT has been fish-free for 6 weeks now and I have a small UV in there working. There is no magic solution to getting rid of ich besides starving the bastards from feeding on fish.
 
tson said:
QT it with copper. I had the same for my hippo and it is doing fine now after 2 weeks treatment. Get a 20g QT tank, powerhead, heater. I use cupramine and it works great. my fish are strong and eat like crazy now.
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20g is pretty small for so many largish fish. A 40 breeder would be a better bet.
 
Day 11

Day 11

Here we go, day 11. I'm starting to think is it really ich or some other parasite? Does it still look like ich? A few of the "sores" have grown larger. The right eye is getting better.

http://youtu.be/vG687XtDmsU
 

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In the last few days I have read hundreds of articles and looked at tens of pictures and videos. From what I have learned, I think this may be a case of lymphocystis. MrTuskfish stated on one thread: Garlic and WCs are not instant miracle workers. I can't tell from the video; it sounds like it could be lymphocystis. This is a fairly harmless virus that usually disappears with pristine water and a good diet. "If the growths are staying in the same place for several days, it probably isn't one of the dangerous parasites. If they come and go, you have a parasite problem". This video was very similar to my fish. This is one of the main reasons I am leaning toward lympho. The growths are larger than what I have learned ich looks like. Some are as much as 3 or 4 times larger than a grain of salt. They are also growing outside of the skin now. The large one that can be seen near the dorsal fin in the 4th picture actually looks like the description of lympho.
 
It's ich, my blue tang looks the same my sailfin tang also has a similar growth on one eye, whilst you try and beat around in the bush trying to say other you should be treating it.

Whilst not recommended by anyone on here you could always dose 'medic' which is what I will be doing to control it whilst I get my new tank up and running.
 
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