ich - blue tang?

btymens · #1 07-15-2012, 04:06 PM

Saturday my blue tang was fine, this morning when i went to feed him, his was covered in white spots which i looked into and it looks like ich. However in a span of 2 hours, most of the white spots have disappeared. So my question is to those of you who have dealt with this, is this ich or stress releated. I am a "newbie", I've had my tank for about 1 year now, so some sound advice would be nice
thanks

Megalodon · #2 07-15-2012, 04:39 PM

It's could be both ich and stress related. Ich commonly present on wild-caught fish unless it's treated or the fish fights it off. Stressed fish allow the parasite to really take hold and flourish. If the fish is in your display tank it will have to go fallow for up to 12 weeks while the fish are treated in separate tanks (look into both hypo or tank transfer methods and decide which one is best for you). It's always a good idea to quarantine new fish before adding them to the display to avoid having to do this again in the future.

btymens · #3 07-15-2012, 04:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Megalodon

It's could be both ich and stress related. Ich commonly present on wild-caught fish unless it's treated or the fish fights it off. Stressed fish allow the parasite to really take hold and flourish. If the fish is in your display tank it will have to go fallow for up to 12 weeks while the fish are treated in separate tanks (look into both hypo or tank transfer methods and decide which one is best for you). It's always a good idea to quarantine new fish before adding them to the display to avoid having to do this again in the future.

thanks, the only problem is if I put him quarantine the next biggest tank i have is a 20 gallon..so wouldn't that stress him out more to only cause more problems?

Megalodon · #4 07-15-2012, 04:47 PM

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Originally Posted by btymens

thanks, the only problem is if I put him quarantine the next biggest tank i have is a 20 gallon..so wouldn't that stress him out more to only cause more problems?

Yes, it will stress him out even more, unfortunately.

How many fish do you have in the display? What inverts do you have?

Madreefer · #5 07-15-2012, 04:48 PM

+1 on what ^^^ said.
http://www.jlaquatics.com/phpstore/s...duct_ID=k-gx01
I lost a tank full of fish several years ago to ich. I use garlic with every feeding and have never seen ick in my tank again. Maybe a coincidence but has worked good for my tank.

btymens · #6 07-15-2012, 04:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Madreefer

+1 on what ^^^ said.
http://www.jlaquatics.com/phpstore/s...duct_ID=k-gx01
I lost a tank full of fish several years ago to ich. I use garlic with every feeding and have never seen ick in my tank again. Maybe a coincidence but has worked good for my tank.

i use garlic every second day

btymens · #7 07-15-2012, 05:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Megalodon

Yes, it will stress him out even more, unfortunately.

How many fish do you have in the display? What inverts do you have?

not much 1 bta, a zoa, and a frogspawn. FOr fish 2 clowns, a yellow tang, blue tang, damsel and a cardinal

Midway · #8 07-17-2012, 06:01 AM

Put some herbtana in. I did it in the past and my corals were fine. It got rid of it plus i run a UV light now and then and helps a lot too.

Megalodon · #9 07-17-2012, 07:11 PM

Keep in mind, the only proven way to "cure" a tank of ich (that is, to eradicate every parasite) is to let the tank go fallow for up to 12 weeks, while separately treating the fish with hypo, tank transfer, or copper, the latter of which isn't recommended. A riskier move is having your fish fight the parasite off naturally with high immune response brought about by great water conditions and diet (including supplements such as garlic), and after a year of not adding anymore fish and not seeing any sign of the parasite.

btymens · #10 07-18-2012, 01:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Midway

Put some herbtana in. I did it in the past and my corals were fine. It got rid of it plus i run a UV light now and then and helps a lot too.

yes i'm trying a product called ich attack made by kordon and its 100% natural/herbal and lots of uv. and within hours the "white spots" vanished and so it seems to be working. Now I would like to quarantine him etc and do the more aggressive treatment, but like I said the only other tank I have is a 10 gal and that would kill him, hence this is why I'm doing it this way