Help Please!

[daniella3d]

huh? you mean you will put him in a freshwater aquarium? or will you set up a quarantine tank for him with saltwater? if so, you must leave your main tank empty of any fish for a minimum of 6 week so that the ick die in there. If you just dip your fish and put it back in the infested tank it will just stress the fish and he will get recontaminated pretty fast.

I am treating my fish with paraguard right now for 2 weeks and there is no ammonia since I have put good cycled liverock in there. That's a good way to go.

Originally Posted by Brandon5555

I have a tank I just set up for killifish, ill toss him in there later today and let you know how it goes. Thanks for your help, it means a lot.

[Brandon5555]

Realistically my display tank isnt infected though, all tangs have ich present in their gills right? I was thinking of putting a UV sterilizer in my tank to kill any free floating ich, and keep the tang in my refugium which is currently empty. Makes sense to me but I could be wrong.

[TimT]

Don't put the tang into fw from a Killi tank. It's pH will be 6.7 to 7.0 while the pH of the marine tank is 8.2. You need to add some buffer to bring the pH of the FW up to that of the saltwater.

When doing a fw bath you need to ALWAYS MATCH the temperature and the pH. Otherwise the fish will go into shock and may die.

[Brandon5555]

Lol dont worry i havent buffered it yet, the eggs are on order from thailand

[naesco]

Unlike ich, Black ich is usually fish specific unless it is ignored for a long time.
By the freshwater dip the infected fish is cleaned and black dots do not appear on other fish.
At least that has been my experience.