Possible ich??

[kuatto]

I noticed what looks like ich on my rabbit fish(small white dots on fins and side).he is not scratching or breathing hard,active and eats well.So far he is the only one with the spots(might have just started)so i want to stop this in its tracks,but i dont have a qt tank set up.The tank has a few softies and some snails,so treating the tank with ick meds are out of the question(or is it?)I've been reading about others using garlic if started early with good results,what do you all think?
I'm going to do a partial water change and test everything(if this is ich,its got me puzzled on how it started)Also thought of a fresh water dip,but dont want to stress him out netting him,so i thought about the garlic.

Jim

[EmilyB]

Definitely try the garlic and source out his stressors.

[BCOrchidGuy]

Try the garlic for sure, put a couple drops on some flake food or some brine shrimp etc.. raise the temp a few degrees if you can, got a cleaner shrimp/wrasse??

Doug

[Jim Barry]

My Carribean Tang had Ich and I used a product called Cryptopur.

http://www.sera.de/English/autoframe.../News/news.htm

It cleared up the Ich problem in 6 days without hurting any of the corals. The only casualty was my cleaner shrimp.

It turned the water a disgusting copper color and the zoos all closed up for the week but are now responding fine.

This combined with garlic may do the trick.

Good luck.

Jim

[kuatto]

I crushed some garlic(stinks like hell)and mixed some frozen blend seafood(been soaking for about 20 min)will feed that tonight,plus i mixed up enough for a couple of days.
A cleaner wrasse or shrimp would last about 2 seconds in that tank with my lion(he just spotted the feeding dish on top of the tank,he doesn't miss a thing when it comes to food )

[BCOrchidGuy]

lol yeah I guess a small cleaner/shrimp would be a bad investment... adds new meaning to the term, rent a wrasse..

Doug

[kuatto]

He's my baby(growing quick,got to get moving on much bigger tank).Of all the fish I own,my lion is by far my favorite.My wife says he eats better than us,with all the shrimp,squid,clams.

[BCOrchidGuy]

I've always been fascinated with Lions but I want inverts, and small fish. I love gobies, small wrasses, etc..

Doug

[kuatto]

Good excuse to get more tanks
After having over 25 various size tanks and numeruos rubbermaids on a rack system for reptiles,a couple is no problem(I think about how many tanks 33-180gal I gave away when I got out of the reptiles )Who knew I'd be into salt water later on?

Jim

[EmilyB]

Try to get a as much garlic into the fish as possible. I assume he eats nori? If so, rub a clove of fresh garlic on it before serving.