I forget exactly what type of Wrasse it is It's pink and purple striped with a green tail. Anyway I brought this fish home yesterday from Big Als and this morning it has white spots some on body and tail. looks like flecks of sand or maybe a parasite from rocks. Could someone help!
White spots on Wrasse Please Help!
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Shagsbeard
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There's no "in tank" treatment with any proof it works. Most of the stuff in the store will encourage your fish to eat, and relieve some of the symptoms but will not cure the ich. People claim "it works!" when really their fish got better on their own. Then the next round of ich knocks out their tank.
The only treatments that kill the ich will also kill off all the life in your rocks. You've got to take the fish out of the tank and treat them seperately. Your tank should be without fish for well over a month... I'm going for 8 weeks.
Now... stop just tossing fish in your tank. Learn proper quarentine so that this doesn't happen every time you come back from Big Al's.
The only treatments that kill the ich will also kill off all the life in your rocks. You've got to take the fish out of the tank and treat them seperately. Your tank should be without fish for well over a month... I'm going for 8 weeks.
Now... stop just tossing fish in your tank. Learn proper quarentine so that this doesn't happen every time you come back from Big Al's.
EvilE
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I'm having a similar problem, but want your opinion
I recently setup a 30 gallon tank with the help of my friend that is very fish knowledgeable. It has been up about 2 weeks now, and I have been using a few damsels to cycle the tank---salinity and everything is fine. Last night I noticed that one of my domino damsels has white spots all over him--I believe it to be ICH. I have read the "cures" and treatments for marine ICH, and my question is this: should I just break down the whole setup, and clean it well, and wait a week or so, and re-set it up? It seems to me the treatments for ICH are not 100%, and since the tank isn't even cycled yet, maybe the easiest way would be to just do it all over from the start. I would hate to lose the damsels, but wouldn't that be the best way of going about it? How long does ICH live out of the water? Because if I break the whole tank down, and clean it, should I let it all air dry and for how long? I don't want to reintroduce the ICH into it again after I set it back up. Also, I will cycle the tank differently this time around, using Biospira live bacteria from the LFS, and get it going faster, and use live rock this time also. Thoughts????
I recently setup a 30 gallon tank with the help of my friend that is very fish knowledgeable. It has been up about 2 weeks now, and I have been using a few damsels to cycle the tank---salinity and everything is fine. Last night I noticed that one of my domino damsels has white spots all over him--I believe it to be ICH. I have read the "cures" and treatments for marine ICH, and my question is this: should I just break down the whole setup, and clean it well, and wait a week or so, and re-set it up? It seems to me the treatments for ICH are not 100%, and since the tank isn't even cycled yet, maybe the easiest way would be to just do it all over from the start. I would hate to lose the damsels, but wouldn't that be the best way of going about it? How long does ICH live out of the water? Because if I break the whole tank down, and clean it, should I let it all air dry and for how long? I don't want to reintroduce the ICH into it again after I set it back up. Also, I will cycle the tank differently this time around, using Biospira live bacteria from the LFS, and get it going faster, and use live rock this time also. Thoughts????
