Ich and what carries it?!

[bubblepuffer]

is that possible Ich come by itself?? My Porcuppine Puffer only show up with Ich problem with he is stress up badly.. when he is happy after some Happy Meal, the ich will gone in 24-72hrs.. it happen couple of time already

[BlueNWhite]

Originally Posted by bubblepuffer

is that possible Ich come by itself?? My Porcuppine Puffer only show up with Ich problem with he is stress up badly.. when he is happy after some Happy Meal, the ich will gone in 24-72hrs.. it happen couple of time already

Unfortunately, this only means that the parasites are already in your tank. Just because the puffer only shows signs of it sometimes, doesn't necessarily mean that the parasite isn't there anymore.

As long as your fish continue eating, most of them should be able to fight them off and return to full health. It's the ich magnet fish like certain tangs that you have to worry about because they tend to have a harder time fighting them off. That's why I will never try another Powder Blue Tang again. I don't want to risk the life of my Angels.

Good luck.

And Justusfish, if you do go through the trouble of quarantining all of those fish, you may as well go a little longer beyond 5 weeks to be safe.

[PoonTang]

Tangs that are kept in a smaller tank are going to be stressed and therefore going to get ich. Garlic may help.

[justinl]

garlic seems to work for some, but there is no solid proof of any garlic or garlic based med actually works. I read an article on it a while back. I think the best thing to do is QT all the fish until your display is ich free.

[Justusfish]

I am taking all the rock out of my 50 gallon and putting in a plastic tub, heating it and leaving all the fish in so I can quarantine for six weeks. I'm going to try hyposalinity method.

After six weeks, I can move them into my new 210 gallon ich-free tank.

But what about my corals? I only have about five: sun coral, xenia, rose anemone, branch daisy coral? What should I do with them?

[BCOrchidGuy]

My understanding is that Ich is present in almost every tank etc. Fish exhibit the spots when Ich starts to multiply usually when fish are weakened through stress. If your fish has Ich showing you can give it temporary relief with a fresh water dip, add some buffer to some fresh water that is obviously dechlorinated and at the same temp as the tank. Put the fish in and watch it for any signs of stress, with the fresh water dip it shouldn't take to long for the Ich to start to fall off. Transfer the fish to a QT tank that's set up and ready to go and keep it a bit warmer than normal, lower salinity over a week and feed well but keep the water clean. Once the fish is adapted to the lower salinity keep it there for a week or two and then very slowly increase the salinity back to normal. IF you see any sign of Ich coming back decrease salinity again.

Doug

[Justusfish]

So my question is what do I do with the coral from the 50 gallon? Can I put them into the 210 or am I bring ich with them?