Fish with ICH, no QT... What to do?

ImprezaSTi · 03/31/2008, 04:00 PM

I saw juvenile blue hippo tangs for sale at my LFS. I have long planned to have one of these in my tank, but they are already covered with ICH!! I know that they are ich magnets, but they had around 30 of them and they all had ich!! I do not have a QT tank so I do not know what I should do.

For everyone without a QT tank, what do you do if you buy a fish or already own a fish with ich?? Does the fish recover on its own or does the ich spread to all other tank mates?

Macimage · 03/31/2008, 05:21 PM

Do NOT put a fish with ich into your display tank. It will spread to the other fish and kill them too.

If you really want one of those tangs, be prepared to purchase a used 29 gallon tank (or larger) to use for quarantine and then read all the RC threads on ich and how to cure it. However, it is still much better to purchase a healthy tang. Even then, you need to quarantine them.

Joyce

rbursek · 03/31/2008, 05:44 PM

DO NOT BUY A FISH THAT YOU SEE WITH ICH, ARE YOU NUTS? Order a Hippo from Liva Aquria no Ich!!!!!! That simple!!!!!

rbursek · 03/31/2008, 05:45 PM

I have a pistol you can borrow and shoot yourself in the foot with!!!!!LOL

SparkPlug · 03/31/2008, 05:50 PM

personally i think tangs are going to stress enough after being bought or shipped to get ich....weather they have it or not.

i've seen a tang thats been in QT & long cured of ich

have it pop up again in a ich free tank just from being moved.

03/31/2008, 04:00 PM	#1
ImprezaSTi Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Canada Posts: 167	Fish with ICH, no QT... What to do? I saw juvenile blue hippo tangs for sale at my LFS. I have long planned to have one of these in my tank, but they are already covered with ICH!! I know that they are ich magnets, but they had around 30 of them and they all had ich!! I do not have a QT tank so I do not know what I should do. For everyone without a QT tank, what do you do if you buy a fish or already own a fish with ich?? Does the fish recover on its own or does the ich spread to all other tank mates?

03/31/2008, 05:21 PM	#2
Macimage Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2000 Location: Quartz Hill Posts: 4,078	Do NOT put a fish with ich into your display tank. It will spread to the other fish and kill them too. If you really want one of those tangs, be prepared to purchase a used 29 gallon tank (or larger) to use for quarantine and then read all the RC threads on ich and how to cure it. However, it is still much better to purchase a healthy tang. Even then, you need to quarantine them. Joyce Last edited by Macimage; 03/31/2008 at 05:47 PM.

03/31/2008, 05:44 PM	#3
rbursek Moved On Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: germantown,wi Posts: 2,339	DO NOT BUY A FISH THAT YOU SEE WITH ICH, ARE YOU NUTS? Order a Hippo from Liva Aquria no Ich!!!!!! That simple!!!!!

03/31/2008, 05:45 PM	#4
rbursek Moved On Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: germantown,wi Posts: 2,339	I have a pistol you can borrow and shoot yourself in the foot with!!!!!LOL

03/31/2008, 05:50 PM	#5
SparkPlug Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Farmington Ct Posts: 200	personally i think tangs are going to stress enough after being bought or shipped to get ich....weather they have it or not. i've seen a tang thats been in QT & long cured of ich have it pop up again in a ich free tank just from being moved.