New Blue Tang has Ich, how to Treat?

nanmer · #1 10-14-2009, 11:14 PM

I feed my hippo tang food soaked in garlic for about 2 weeks and it takes care of the ich. Ich is usually gone in a couple of days and I want to make sure it does not come back. I have 4 tangs and they only get ich when they are stressed. I do not raise the tank temp, this can be hard on my corals and other fish.

Eb0la11 · #2 10-14-2009, 11:26 PM

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Originally Posted by nanmer

I feed my hippo tang food soaked in garlic for about 2 weeks and it takes care of the ich. Ich is usually gone in a couple of days and I want to make sure it does not come back. I have 4 tangs and they only get ich when they are stressed. I do not raise the tank temp, this can be hard on my corals and other fish.

Thanks for the help. Raising the temp for me wont be bad since I have him quarantined right now. Hopefully hes only in there for a few days if the ich does slowly go away.

Eb0la11 · #3 10-15-2009, 03:14 AM

So I fed the little guy and he wouldnt eat the garlic soaked shrimp. He was eating the regular stuff in the DT before all of this. Thoughts?

e46er · #4 10-15-2009, 03:25 AM

I would keep him in qt atleast 6 weeks to make sure the parasite is dead or else it will just come back and couple possibly infect your entire tank.....
I used copper in my qt when my hippo had ich just test constantly and it worked for me

naesco · #5 10-15-2009, 04:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Eb0la11

So I fed the little guy and he wouldnt eat the garlic soaked shrimp. He was eating the regular stuff in the DT before all of this. Thoughts?

What type of garlic are you using? Garlic Extreme?
Try feeding him soaked nori, dry food or spirulina as well.

Eb0la11 · #6 10-15-2009, 08:46 PM

I just bought grocery store minced garlic. I put it in a coffee filter after I rinsed the filter and dropped it into a small glass of his food in the tank water I removed from his tank. I sort of used the garlic as tea leaves towards his food.

Hmmm, he seems almost worse since going into QT behaviour wise, but I think the white spots may have rescinded slightly.

Should I put a piece of LR in there for him and also for a bit of filtration?

I have a PVC pipe in there that he can hide in but he doesnt ever go in it, he tries to slide under it instead...

Right now all I have running on the QT is a weak light strip, maybe 15W. A Aquaclear 110 with just a filter sponge in it and a heater and also a small small powerhead. Should I have anything else?

e46er · #7 10-15-2009, 10:29 PM

A 10 gal is pretty small for a tang maybe try and find a 33 gal they are only 50 bux

Eb0la11 · #8 10-16-2009, 02:55 AM

He's fine in the 10G QT for now. He's a juvenile. He wont be in there for more than a couple weeks and right now he just wants to hide so isnt swimming very much. He'll be back in the 165G soon. Eventually Id like to get my QT up to 20G, but as is right now 10 G is way easier to set up on a whim than a 33...