Ick on my coral beauty
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Topic: Ick on my coral beauty
Posted By: Quickness
Subject: Ick on my coral beauty
Date Posted: July 29 2011 at 10:13am
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Ok I have only 1 fish in my tank right now. It is a Coral Beauty. 2 days ago while doing some rock work my friend noticed a few white spots on it. So being my only and first SW fish I am in a panic.
What are some remedies to get rid of this? I do not want to put chemicals in my tank if I don't have to. I started feeding pellet food with garlic in it. Just was wondering what some of you have had sucres with. I am supposed to be picking up a pair of clowns Saturday night and really don't want them to get it also. So please please help.. ------------- Molon Labe Si vis pacem, para bellum |
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Posted By: Tanuki
Date Posted: July 29 2011 at 10:43am
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My yellow tang had ick, and i took a clove of garlic and chopped it up and threw it in the tank. The tang did eat some of the garlic though, so I don't know if it was the consumption of the garlic or having garlic in the water that helped him. I would just do a garlic soak maybe and see if you can get it to eat that. My tang was completely healed in like 2-3 days and is totally fine now. I am a noob though so don't take my words to heart unless someone confirms this. ------------- Defending Reefscape Champion (I Think) |
Posted By: BobC63
Date Posted: July 29 2011 at 12:25pm
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I might hold off on adding new fish right now. Problem is the ick parasite has a part of it's life cycle where it drops off the fish host and kind of 'hibernates' a short while in your tank.
Any newly introduced fish are at a greater risk of picking up the disease simply from the stress of being moved from one tank to the other...
Garlic is a good idea; either add your own to the fishes food, or you can buy some garlic oil abd soak the food in that.
------------- - My Current Tank: 65g Starfire (sitting empty for 2+ years) - * Marine & Reef tanks since 1977 * |
Posted By: Quickness
Date Posted: July 29 2011 at 12:40pm
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Will adding a protien skimmer and uv sterilizer help my situation? ------------- Molon Labe Si vis pacem, para bellum |
Posted By: Tanuki
Date Posted: July 29 2011 at 12:44pm
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I don't know if it will help with curing him, but will definitely help with future outbreaks. I guess it can't hurt in helping him get better though as well.
------------- Defending Reefscape Champion (I Think) |
Posted By: BobC63
Date Posted: July 29 2011 at 12:49pm
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Skimmer and UV are good things to have
UV can help reduce the amount of ick cysts floating around in your tank - but will not 100% eliminate all of them under normal circumstances.
Skimmer won;t help with ick specifically - but a cleaner tank is usually a happier tank
I hate to say it, but you will be taking an very unneccesary risk (IMO) adding any new fish into a system that currently has an Ick problem...
Do you have another tank where you could house the new fish - under qaurrantine - for probably a whole month?
------------- - My Current Tank: 65g Starfire (sitting empty for 2+ years) - * Marine & Reef tanks since 1977 * |
Posted By: Quickness
Date Posted: July 29 2011 at 1:18pm
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No I do not have any way to house them. And I am not backing out of a deal I already made a commitment about.
Will this also affect my cleaner shrimp? ------------- Molon Labe Si vis pacem, para bellum |
Posted By: Tanuki
Date Posted: July 29 2011 at 1:49pm
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I would just pay for the clowns and ask them to hold them a few more days/ weeks if possible. If I was closer I would let you put them in my quarantine tank.
------------- Defending Reefscape Champion (I Think) |
Posted By: TriggerHappy
Date Posted: July 29 2011 at 2:28pm
Better yet, set up a cheap quarantine tank.  ------------- 210 gallon Mixed Reef |
Posted By: Quickness
Date Posted: July 30 2011 at 1:34am
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Thanks for all the advice. I am going to try a few things and will keep you all updated. ------------- Molon Labe Si vis pacem, para bellum |
Posted By: Davidwillis
Date Posted: July 30 2011 at 8:38am
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Do you have any corals, inverts, etc. If not, you can treat your tank with hypo-salinity and get rid of it. If you don't have a quarantine tank to treat all incoming fish/corals/rock/etc, then you will eventually get ick again. I have had very good success with just running a uv-sterilizer and probiotic (http://www.fosterandsmithaquatics.com/product/prod_display.cfm?pcatid=4726). I just use the probiotics when I add something new, but run the uv 24/7. I don't know if I have just been lucky since I started with the uv and probiotics, or if they really work. |
Posted By: Quickness
Date Posted: August 02 2011 at 2:14pm
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Well I wanted to give an update. After feeding pellet food containing garlic and installing a uv sterilizer my fish appears to be doing great! White dots are pretty much completely gone. He is more active and looks happier! Thanks everyone for the help!! ------------- Molon Labe Si vis pacem, para bellum |
Posted By: Tanuki
Date Posted: August 02 2011 at 3:08pm
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Great News!!!
------------- Defending Reefscape Champion (I Think) |
Posted By: Davidwillis
Date Posted: August 02 2011 at 5:57pm
| That is great news, But you are not out of the woods yet. The second and third rounds can be even worse. So keep up with the garlic and UV. |
Posted By: Quickness
Date Posted: August 02 2011 at 6:13pm
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Will do! Thanks for the heads up. ------------- Molon Labe Si vis pacem, para bellum |