Two weeks later and now my powder brown tang has ich!!

linusreef · 08/07/2007, 02:55 PM

Any way it will just go away without doing the hospital tank thing? He is eating well and swiming fine, but I noticed at night he will occasionally itch against the sand. My tank is 80 gallons with zoos, mushrooms, live rock, clow, golby, and another tang.

rbtwo4 · 08/07/2007, 03:03 PM

might infect everyone else id get him the hell outta that tank

XSiVE · 08/07/2007, 03:17 PM

I see 2 possibilities

1: your tang had ich when you got it and the stress of the move has weakened its immune system and you're now seeing the effects of it.

2. your other fish had it, but there was never really a full-blown outbreak. some tangs are more prone than others from what I've read and the powder brown is one of those that tends to be prone to an outbreak... when it was introduced to the tank the ich now had an easier target to feed on so they go through their lifecycle as normal, but now with a better host allowing them to multiply a lot faster and you have an outbreak on your hands.

rbtwo4, it's too late, chances are that all fish in the tank already have / had some ich on them by this point if the tang is showing signs of it.

I lost the PBT in my avatar to ich not too long ago.

taillonjohn · 08/07/2007, 03:21 PM

the white spots on the fish may go away, but the ick parasite will live forever, if it has a fish host to continue its life cycle. the ick parasite needs a fish host to survive, if there are no fish in the tank, no host, so the parasite will die away in 4-6 weeks. you can do nothing, and you fish will die, or seem to get better, but the parasite will always be present, and the instant your fish become stressed (new fish addition, you go for a vacation, anything...) your fish will contract ick again.

TheReeferer · 08/07/2007, 07:01 PM

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Originally posted by taillonjohn
the white spots on the fish may go away, but the ick parasite will live forever, if it has a fish host to continue its life cycle. the ick parasite needs a fish host to survive, if there are no fish in the tank, no host, so the parasite will die away in 4-6 weeks. you can do nothing, and you fish will die, or seem to get better, but the parasite will always be present, and the instant your fish become stressed (new fish addition, you go for a vacation, anything...) your fish will contract ick again.

Isn't there reefsafe natural CURES for ich. After all it's a parasite, not a virus.

kau_cinta_ku · 08/07/2007, 07:19 PM

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Originally posted by TheReeferer
Isn't there reefsafe natural CURES for ich. After all it's a parasite, not a virus.

not really the only proven methods to rid ich is hypo and copper treatments which need to be done in a hospital tank or it will kill off the rock, inverts, corals and such. there are things out their that claim to be a reef safe cure but they have never been poven to actually work.

TheReeferer · 08/07/2007, 07:30 PM

this is a lot different from freshwater i see. yikes.

08/07/2007, 02:55 PM	#1
linusreef Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 6	Two weeks later and now my powder brown tang has ich!! Any way it will just go away without doing the hospital tank thing? He is eating well and swiming fine, but I noticed at night he will occasionally itch against the sand. My tank is 80 gallons with zoos, mushrooms, live rock, clow, golby, and another tang.

08/07/2007, 03:03 PM	#2
rbtwo4 Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: NY Posts: 747	might infect everyone else id get him the hell outta that tank __________________ I am completely ADDICTED!!!! Current Tank Info: 30G Rimless Deep Blue, AI Sol, 120 SWC Skimmer, Apex controller, MP10

08/07/2007, 03:21 PM	#4
taillonjohn Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 753	the white spots on the fish may go away, but the ick parasite will live forever, if it has a fish host to continue its life cycle. the ick parasite needs a fish host to survive, if there are no fish in the tank, no host, so the parasite will die away in 4-6 weeks. you can do nothing, and you fish will die, or seem to get better, but the parasite will always be present, and the instant your fish become stressed (new fish addition, you go for a vacation, anything...) your fish will contract ick again. __________________ John

08/07/2007, 03:17 PM	#3
XSiVE Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Waterford, MI Posts: 790	I see 2 possibilities 1: your tang had ich when you got it and the stress of the move has weakened its immune system and you're now seeing the effects of it. 2. your other fish had it, but there was never really a full-blown outbreak. some tangs are more prone than others from what I've read and the powder brown is one of those that tends to be prone to an outbreak... when it was introduced to the tank the ich now had an easier target to feed on so they go through their lifecycle as normal, but now with a better host allowing them to multiply a lot faster and you have an outbreak on your hands. rbtwo4, it's too late, chances are that all fish in the tank already have / had some ich on them by this point if the tang is showing signs of it. I lost the PBT in my avatar to ich not too long ago.

08/07/2007, 07:30 PM	#7
TheReeferer Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Stamford, CT Posts: 251	this is a lot different from freshwater i see. yikes.