Ich break out

danielmanlee · 05/16/2007, 09:48 AM

Hi everyone... I just got an ich breakout on my new tank... one of my clown died last night and now my blue tang has spot all over his skins... How can I treat it? should I go out and get a QT tank and Isolate this fish? i also have another percula clown and a sleeper goby in the tank.. Do I have to take them out as well? Can I treat the ich in the MT instead of transfer them? I am so lost...I just got the tank start 1 months ago and things already going south... Please help

Abominable Reef · 05/16/2007, 10:14 AM

Go to the fish diseases forum, where there is a "stickied" post on the identificaiton and treatment of ich. Hyposalinity seems to be the most preferred option, but you can read all about it, and other methods at that post. You will need to set up a QT, and treat the fish there. The main tank should be empty of fish for at least 6 weeks, so that the ich can run its course, and die.

Good luck!
Kevin

airtime23 · 05/16/2007, 10:23 AM

Garlic has worked for me before, twice.

aschroeder · 05/16/2007, 10:26 AM

I just set up a new 20 gallon nano and had and ich outbreak that wiped out 4 fish. You need to act quickly. I now have a quarantine tank and will start adding back fish in a few weeks. It's been a month since the outbreak.

You need to treat in a separate tank if you have live rock or any invertabrates. If you don't I'd treat with hyposalinity in your main tank. The fact is, it may be too late for you Hippo Tang, but it all depends on the fish. I have a Hippo Tang in my other aquarium that battled with Ich off and on for the first few months a owned him. He survived the ordeal and I've now had him for over 6 years. Good luck.

By the way, I would also add garlic to your food.

danielmanlee · 05/16/2007, 10:27 AM

Do I QT all three of my fish in the QT? and leave the MT fishless?

ghostrida3 · 05/16/2007, 10:48 AM

yeah if u can, that way u can rid the fish of ick and after 6 wks it will die from the main tank as well

frederickk · 05/17/2007, 02:05 PM

I would also put them in the QT

05/16/2007, 09:48 AM	#1
danielmanlee Registered Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: San Francisco Posts: 183	Ich break out Hi everyone... I just got an ich breakout on my new tank... one of my clown died last night and now my blue tang has spot all over his skins... How can I treat it? should I go out and get a QT tank and Isolate this fish? i also have another percula clown and a sleeper goby in the tank.. Do I have to take them out as well? Can I treat the ich in the MT instead of transfer them? I am so lost...I just got the tank start 1 months ago and things already going south... Please help

05/16/2007, 10:23 AM	#3
airtime23 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Charlotte Posts: 488	Garlic has worked for me before, twice. __________________ Left hand, right hand. It doesn't matter. I'm amphibious. Current Tank Info: 20g (long) reef, PC lighting, skimmer, 4 fish, lots of LR, shooms, zoos, colt, leather, toadstool, hammer, torch, frogspawn, cleaner shrimp, hermits, & snails

05/16/2007, 10:14 AM	#2
Abominable Reef Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: You Jean, Oregon Posts: 174	Go to the fish diseases forum, where there is a "stickied" post on the identificaiton and treatment of ich. Hyposalinity seems to be the most preferred option, but you can read all about it, and other methods at that post. You will need to set up a QT, and treat the fish there. The main tank should be empty of fish for at least 6 weeks, so that the ich can run its course, and die. Good luck! Kevin

05/16/2007, 10:26 AM	#4
aschroeder Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Johnston, Iowa Posts: 438	I just set up a new 20 gallon nano and had and ich outbreak that wiped out 4 fish. You need to act quickly. I now have a quarantine tank and will start adding back fish in a few weeks. It's been a month since the outbreak. You need to treat in a separate tank if you have live rock or any invertabrates. If you don't I'd treat with hyposalinity in your main tank. The fact is, it may be too late for you Hippo Tang, but it all depends on the fish. I have a Hippo Tang in my other aquarium that battled with Ich off and on for the first few months a owned him. He survived the ordeal and I've now had him for over 6 years. Good luck. By the way, I would also add garlic to your food.

05/16/2007, 10:27 AM	#5
danielmanlee Registered Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: San Francisco Posts: 183	Do I QT all three of my fish in the QT? and leave the MT fishless?

05/16/2007, 10:48 AM	#6
ghostrida3 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: marietta, ga Posts: 477	yeah if u can, that way u can rid the fish of ick and after 6 wks it will die from the main tank as well

05/17/2007, 02:05 PM	#7
frederickk Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 2,712	I would also put them in the QT