Blue tang Ich
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Topic: Blue tang Ich
Posted By: Erikts
Subject: Blue tang Ich
Date Posted: September 13 2012 at 11:39am
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I added a blue tang a few weeks ago and today he is showing signs of ich!!! He is eating great and I'm not sure what to do. Tank Paramaters look good Calcium 440 Alk 7 Ammonia 0 PH 8.4 Nitrate 0 Nitrite 0 Salinity 1.025 Temp 78 ------------- 34G solana |
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Posted By: Dionysus
Date Posted: September 13 2012 at 12:16pm
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A lot of people have good luck adding garlic drops to there food. ------------- AquaMedic 250 Watt XM 20k 2 420s Vhos 29 DT SPS Dominant 20 G Long Frag http://utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=56607&title=dionysus-tank-build" rel="nofollow - My Tank Progress =) |
Posted By: rsay4654
Date Posted: September 13 2012 at 2:49pm
| Vitamin C!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
Posted By: larseb
Date Posted: September 13 2012 at 4:21pm
| Just keep everything stable and don't stress him out And he should be fine. |
Posted By: MattinIdaho
Date Posted: September 14 2012 at 10:14pm
I'd vote for that.  ------------- Matt Hansen 208 709-6559 180 Mixed Reef 40 Breeder Frag Tank 75 Gallon Sump SRO XP3000 Reef Keeper Lite Eheim Jagger 200 Watt x 2 T5 x 8 Lighting 2 Koralia 6, 1 Korali |
larseb wrote:Posted By: Teknik777
Date Posted: September 15 2012 at 12:10am
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Agreed. Feed good don't mess with the tank or add anything new and it will go away. ------------- 220 G SPS Display. |
Posted By: hydro phoenix
Date Posted: September 16 2012 at 4:52pm
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garlic! ------------- recent absurdity..Unicorns have rabies |
Posted By: Akira
Date Posted: September 16 2012 at 11:11pm
| when my blue got ich I only started with some garlic in the food. Not sure if that made a difference but I added a UV about a week later. I did loose my sail fin but the hipp came around and was fine after. Garlic , UV who knows could have been less stress due the sailfin leaving the tank. Good luck hope it passes soon. |
Posted By: MattinIdaho
Date Posted: September 17 2012 at 8:21pm
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I've never seen concrete evidence of garlic curing ich. I'm not saying it doesn't but my opinion is that the garlic triggers the fish to eat and that it's actually the fish eating that allows it to overcome the ich. Imo the only things that will truley "cure" ich is copper or hypor salinity. Good luck with your Tang! ------------- Matt Hansen 208 709-6559 180 Mixed Reef 40 Breeder Frag Tank 75 Gallon Sump SRO XP3000 Reef Keeper Lite Eheim Jagger 200 Watt x 2 T5 x 8 Lighting 2 Koralia 6, 1 Korali |
Posted By: Matthew
Date Posted: September 19 2012 at 5:36pm
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Garlic can rid humans of parasites (also helps you to not get bit by mosquitoes), in fish all the evidence is anecdotal but there are plenty of people that swear by it... I used straight garlic powder when I had a couple delicate fish with Ich, they ate it like any other food and everyone survived, it for sure doesn't hurt.
Matthew
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Posted By: Erikts
Date Posted: September 19 2012 at 7:14pm
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Been feeding and adding garlic tang is doing great! Thanks for the advise . ------------- 34G solana |
Posted By: larseb
Date Posted: September 19 2012 at 8:32pm
| how long has your tank been up? |
Posted By: Erikts
Date Posted: September 19 2012 at 8:33pm
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7months ------------- 34G solana |