hippo dies to ich

[e46er]

my clownfish and flame angel love formula 2 pellets so soak them in garlic too?
i have seachem garlicgaurd and kent garlic extreme
the fish seem to prefer the seachem product

cleaner shrimp how many jsut 1? or a couple?

[dkcrx]

cleaner shrimp do best in a small group, and by the size of your tank they should do great. Nothing beats the natural cure.
Also when you put them in your tank pick them out of the bag by hand and put them in your rock, gives them the chance to settle before larger fish mistakenly chomp them. I learned the hard way.

[BlueAbyss]

In order to completely rid your tank of ich, you will have to remove the fish for 4-6 weeks... I doubt this is an option, and it will require you to QT every fish that you get after for 4-6 weeks in order to stay completely ich free.

Ich on your fish is only part of their life cycle. Fish that are healthy and unstressed rarely get this parasite, and if they do are strong enough to fight it off without too much trouble. The problem is when fish are otherwise stressed, whether because of poor water conditions, bullying by other fish, poor and otherwise unvaried diet, etc. I would think that your hippo died because he was still acclimating to a new environment and fighting ich... this is all too common, sorry to hear of your loss

[naesco]

Originally Posted by e46er

my clownfish and flame angel love formula 2 pellets so soak them in garlic too?
i have seachem garlicgaurd and kent garlic extreme
the fish seem to prefer the seachem product

cleaner shrimp how many jsut 1? or a couple?

acclimate them slowly and put them in when the tank is dark, two or three is fine
check the bottle on seachem carefully as it may be a watered down product.
Good Luck

[xtreme]

Naesco, I'm just curious why you say to avoid cleaner wrasse?

[BCOrchidGuy]

Cleaner shrimp do well in small groups, they'll breed and provide planktonic food for fish and corals. A lot of people say garlic doesn't work, there is evidence to support this if you look around. I've had reasonable luck with garlic, the idea makes sense to me, feed the fish garlic, the garlic comes out in their waste, (salt water fish don't pee they osmoregulate), the garlic isn't nice for the parasite so it drops off. I learned the hard way about QTing fish and I strongly recommend a QT tank, even if it's just for a week or so to observe your fish. The ich may have manifested itself simply from the stress of a tank change, Tangs are notorious for it. I would QT any tang before putting it in my display tank, other fish (hardy) I've put in with out problems but really, I should QT.

Douglas

[Whatigot]

selcon, selcon, selcon...
It's the robitussin for fish.

[e46er]

ok thanks for the reply guys
ive got an old 20G i can use for a QT tank
also ill grab some selcon this weekend

[freddy]

Have a 46gallon softie tank ,coral beauty,tomato clown,bicolour dottyback,neon dottyback ich wiped them out exept coral beauty doing great 2 days later died letting tank run empty for 6weeks,from now on I will always quarantine.

[naesco]

Originally Posted by xtreme

Naesco, I'm just curious why you say to avoid cleaner wrasse?

Expert authors say they don't survive in our tanks. They are likely missing something in their diet. There is a bill before the Hawaiian Senate to prohibit the capture of the Hawaiian ones.
They are better off in the ocean doing the good job they do. The gobies and the shrimp are the better option