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03-29-2007, 05:00 AM
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I f it/s a fish only tank treat with coppersafe right away.I f it/s a reef tank there is not much to do.I would give the tang a freshwater bath.That will get rid of ich on the fish.You should quaratine a new fish for 3 weeks.I have been in the hobby 12 years and have paid the price for not doing it.Garlic is a whise tale.I talked to a marine bioligest years ago.He said it does nothing to stop ich.
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03-29-2007, 05:05 AM
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Do a freshwater dip.Make sure the temp. and the ph are the same as your tank.Leave the fish in as long as you can./1or2 minutes.Make sure you decloriate the water. After you put the fish in the tankcheck the contianer .You will be surprised how much comes off.
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03-29-2007, 05:16 AM
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I will definately try all of those methods (except copper since we have several different corals) I just didn't think it was ich, but I've been in the internet now for about an hour an I found 1 pic that looks a lot like our guy.....yup, it's ich alright
 I've raised my temp to 82 and I've lowered my salinity to .023. Any other tips would be great. Thanks everyone!!
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03-29-2007, 05:34 AM
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I would keep an eye on your other fish.If it spreads i would look into to borrow a tank to treat your fish.All you need is heater and power head.You can give your fish a freshwater dip a few times daily.The fish actualy like it as it gives them releaf .I have run into every disease out there.
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03-29-2007, 08:28 AM
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What are the 10 other fish..?
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03-29-2007, 03:39 PM
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In my experience, cleaner shrimp will help control the ich on the tang and will give it some relief. My tangs got ich shortly after reintroducing them to my tank after I had to re-cycle. Once I added some cleaner shrimp the ich was not visible on the fish and I haven't seen any since. This was about a year ago. I couldn't use copper based meds as I had corals in the tank. This is by no means a cure but it should help the situation. As soon as I added the shrimp the tangs swam right up to them immediately and the shrimp were crawling all over them.
Also consider getting a UV sterilizer, this should kill the ich in the water column.
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03-29-2007, 04:09 PM
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I agree on keeping cleaner species with tangs. I had a ich outbreak on my 2 tangs a bit ago. Each morning they were covered but by late afternoon, the 2 cleaner shrimp and 1 sharknose goby had them cleaned pretty much up. After about a week the ich was no longer noticable.
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