Powder Blues...?

[naesco]

Originally Posted by DJ_drew

i have 2 cleaner shrimp
and honestly im not trying to prolong the life of the fish im trying to get rid of the ick all together
lol
so i gave him a freshwater dip and then put him in QT with ick meds and now hes just laying on the bottome of the tank???

i know they are hard fish to keep but up until today ive not had this hard of a time
lol

Your tang is stressed from the ich in the main tank, the stress from its capture and transfer into a freshwater dip, and the medication you have given it.

Hopefully, the salinity, temperature and PH is the same in your QT. If not adjust it slowly.
What medications did you use and were you 100% precise in the measurements. If not use carbon to remove the meds from your QT.
The lights should be off in the QT and the tang should have a place to hide.

Put a bubbler in the tank so there is lots of oxygen. Feed garlic extract soaked food.
Except where absolutely necessary avoid approaching your tank to 'see if it is still alive' as you are only stressing the tang further. Observe it from a distance.

It is good that you removed the powder blue tang. These fish often do well for a while than get sick and die in the tank often taking the powder blue's tankmates with it.