Yellow tang with white specs?

dmbnpj · 06/25/2006, 07:20 AM

I just purchased a yellow tang from the LFS yesterday. I think it was fine yesterday when I put it into my tank. I just went downstairs to look at my tank today and noticed the yellow tang now has these small white specs all over its body including its tail and fins? What could this be? I will try some pictures but my camera isnt the best for taking close ups of my tank so Im not confident it will be clear enough to show on here. Thanks for any help.

smketyr · 06/25/2006, 07:24 AM

The dreaded ICH. Curable.

dmbnpj · 06/25/2006, 07:26 AM

Is that ich? I thought ich was more of a film.

whiteshark · 06/25/2006, 07:27 AM

Most definitely ich. I have never really had to deal with ich, so I will leave it to someone else who has had to treat it to recommened a treatment.

dmbnpj · 06/25/2006, 07:31 AM

Will the product called PraziPro work?

dmbnpj · 06/25/2006, 08:06 AM

I plan on adding about 4 tsps. of PraziPro to my sump. I hope that will take care of it and not harm anything else. Anyone have experience with this?

whiteshark · 06/25/2006, 08:23 AM

I have never even heard of it.Is it an ich treatment? Does it say wether or not it will harm invertabrates? If I were to treat ich I would do it in a hospital tank so as not to risk any other life in the tank.

dmbnpj · 06/25/2006, 08:31 AM

PraziPro says it treats diseases caused by:
-flukes
-tapeworm
-flatworms
-turbellarians

*extremely safe
*highly effective

whiteshark · 06/25/2006, 08:51 AM

Hmmm, if possible I would still treat it in a hospital tank.

ACBlinky · 06/25/2006, 09:56 AM

PraziPro isn't for ich. The standard treatment for ich is to remove the fish to a QT and treat with copper. Check out the disease treatment forum, there's a FAQ on ich with all sorts of info.

wan 2 B reef'in · 06/25/2006, 10:19 AM

.... Definitly take it out and put it in a hopital/ quarintine tank if possible. Less head aches, and easier to treat. Then maybe do a little hypo as well, and kick the ich's butt off of your tang

dmbnpj · 06/25/2006, 02:12 PM

I tried doing a search for the ich under the disease forum and the this website tells me the server is too busy to open up the forum.

I was able to read a little about garlic? I think soaking nori in garlic for the tang to eat? Will this work, and what type of garlic?

Thanks for any help.

whiteshark · 06/25/2006, 02:15 PM

Garlic is something you may want to put into your tangs diet regularly. It helps boost thier immune systems. I doubt if it would cure an ich outbreak, however, but it may help.

dmbnpj · 06/25/2006, 02:20 PM

Isnt there a simple product which an LFS will carry to cure it?

whiteshark · 06/25/2006, 02:40 PM

Most products that they carry don't get the best reviews from people who have used them. I know there is something called "kick ich", but I don't know if it works well or not.

tonypal85 · 06/25/2006, 03:14 PM

I have used kick ich before, you might as well just pour water into your tank, it would be much cheaper and just as effective. The only really true way to treat ich is to put the tang into a hospital tank and treat the hospital tank with copper or do hypo. Unfortunately its a pain in the butt if you dont even have a hospital tank, I know this because I dont have one

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dmbnpj · 06/25/2006, 04:06 PM

Well, Ive caught my yellow tang and it is now in a 10 gallon quarantine tank. I found a product at PetSmart called Rid Ich+. It contains Formaldehyde 4.26% (11.52% formalin) and zinc-free chloride salt of malachite green. I will give it a try.
If it doesnt work, has anyone had success treating a yellow tang with copper?

ILLBEEDAT · 06/25/2006, 04:53 PM

Buy Ich Attack(petsmart) remove all carbon treat every night in main tank until spots are gone do a ten gallon water change and you should be ok and if you want to send some money a uv sterilizer will help keep it away for good to.

dmbnpj · 06/25/2006, 05:03 PM

I found Rid Ich+
Already bought it so I will give it a try first.
Thanks for the help!

TellyFish · 06/26/2006, 01:50 AM

Read up on the life cycle of this parasite. The best way to kill something is to understand how it works.

Hypo, QT for 30+ days, and the diaplay tank must remain fallow (fishless) for 30+ days as well- to kill the remaining stages of the little beasts. Ich should be no problem if acted upon in time, and properly. The Coral Beauty I just purchased came down w/ ich while in QT. Bummer.

06/25/2006, 07:20 AM	#1
dmbnpj Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: north carolina Posts: 1,914	Yellow tang with white specs? I just purchased a yellow tang from the LFS yesterday. I think it was fine yesterday when I put it into my tank. I just went downstairs to look at my tank today and noticed the yellow tang now has these small white specs all over its body including its tail and fins? What could this be? I will try some pictures but my camera isnt the best for taking close ups of my tank so Im not confident it will be clear enough to show on here. Thanks for any help.

06/25/2006, 07:24 AM	#2
smketyr Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Powers Lake, WI Posts: 506	The dreaded ICH. Curable. __________________ Hippopotmonstrosesquippedaliophobia- The fear of big words. Current Tank Info: Bio Cube 29, 55g reef

06/25/2006, 07:27 AM	#4
whiteshark Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Bethlehem, PA Posts: 3,024	Most definitely ich. I have never really had to deal with ich, so I will leave it to someone else who has had to treat it to recommened a treatment. __________________ Deep Blue 60 gallon cube: Setup in progress.

06/25/2006, 08:23 AM	#7
whiteshark Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Bethlehem, PA Posts: 3,024	I have never even heard of it.Is it an ich treatment? Does it say wether or not it will harm invertabrates? If I were to treat ich I would do it in a hospital tank so as not to risk any other life in the tank. __________________ Deep Blue 60 gallon cube: Setup in progress.

06/25/2006, 08:51 AM	#9
whiteshark Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Bethlehem, PA Posts: 3,024	Hmmm, if possible I would still treat it in a hospital tank. __________________ Deep Blue 60 gallon cube: Setup in progress.

06/25/2006, 07:26 AM	#3
dmbnpj Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: north carolina Posts: 1,914	Is that ich? I thought ich was more of a film.

06/25/2006, 07:31 AM	#5
dmbnpj Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: north carolina Posts: 1,914	Will the product called PraziPro work?

06/25/2006, 08:06 AM	#6
dmbnpj Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: north carolina Posts: 1,914	I plan on adding about 4 tsps. of PraziPro to my sump. I hope that will take care of it and not harm anything else. Anyone have experience with this?

06/25/2006, 08:31 AM	#8
dmbnpj Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: north carolina Posts: 1,914	PraziPro says it treats diseases caused by: -flukes -tapeworm -flatworms -turbellarians extremely safe highly effective

06/25/2006, 09:56 AM	#10
ACBlinky Premium Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Peterborough, ON, Canada Posts: 4,954 Blog Entries: 20	PraziPro isn't for ich. The standard treatment for ich is to remove the fish to a QT and treat with copper. Check out the disease treatment forum, there's a FAQ on ich with all sorts of info. __________________ "The cure for anything is salt water: sweat, tears, or the sea." - Isak Dinesen Current Tank Info: 150g mixed reef, 30g sump/refugium, LED lighting, 100lbs LR, coral beauty, flame angel, blue & yellow tangs, gobies, damsels, 6-line wrasse, lawnmower blenny, dottyback, clown pair, rabbitfish, shrimp, crabs, CUC.

06/25/2006, 10:19 AM	#11
wan 2 B reef'in Awaiting Email Confirmation Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: W. Hartford, Connecticut Posts: 81	.... Definitly take it out and put it in a hopital/ quarintine tank if possible. Less head aches, and easier to treat. Then maybe do a little hypo as well, and kick the ich's butt off of your tang

06/25/2006, 02:12 PM	#12
dmbnpj Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: north carolina Posts: 1,914	I tried doing a search for the ich under the disease forum and the this website tells me the server is too busy to open up the forum. I was able to read a little about garlic? I think soaking nori in garlic for the tang to eat? Will this work, and what type of garlic? Thanks for any help.

06/25/2006, 02:15 PM	#13
whiteshark Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Bethlehem, PA Posts: 3,024	Garlic is something you may want to put into your tangs diet regularly. It helps boost thier immune systems. I doubt if it would cure an ich outbreak, however, but it may help. __________________ Deep Blue 60 gallon cube: Setup in progress.

06/25/2006, 02:20 PM	#14
dmbnpj Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: north carolina Posts: 1,914	Isnt there a simple product which an LFS will carry to cure it?

06/25/2006, 02:40 PM	#15
whiteshark Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Bethlehem, PA Posts: 3,024	Most products that they carry don't get the best reviews from people who have used them. I know there is something called "kick ich", but I don't know if it works well or not. __________________ Deep Blue 60 gallon cube: Setup in progress.

06/25/2006, 03:14 PM	#16
tonypal85 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Jacksonville, FL. Posts: 153	I have used kick ich before, you might as well just pour water into your tank, it would be much cheaper and just as effective. The only really true way to treat ich is to put the tang into a hospital tank and treat the hospital tank with copper or do hypo. Unfortunately its a pain in the butt if you dont even have a hospital tank, I know this because I dont have one .

06/25/2006, 04:06 PM	#17
dmbnpj Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: north carolina Posts: 1,914	Well, Ive caught my yellow tang and it is now in a 10 gallon quarantine tank. I found a product at PetSmart called Rid Ich+. It contains Formaldehyde 4.26% (11.52% formalin) and zinc-free chloride salt of malachite green. I will give it a try. If it doesnt work, has anyone had success treating a yellow tang with copper?

06/25/2006, 04:53 PM	#18
ILLBEEDAT Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 84	Buy Ich Attack(petsmart) remove all carbon treat every night in main tank until spots are gone do a ten gallon water change and you should be ok and if you want to send some money a uv sterilizer will help keep it away for good to.

06/25/2006, 05:03 PM	#19
dmbnpj Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: north carolina Posts: 1,914	I found Rid Ich+ Already bought it so I will give it a try first. Thanks for the help!

06/26/2006, 01:50 AM	#20
TellyFish Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Chicago 60607 Posts: 1,130	Read up on the life cycle of this parasite. The best way to kill something is to understand how it works. Hypo, QT for 30+ days, and the diaplay tank must remain fallow (fishless) for 30+ days as well- to kill the remaining stages of the little beasts. Ich should be no problem if acted upon in time, and properly. The Coral Beauty I just purchased came down w/ ich while in QT. Bummer. __________________ ...and life spirals into astonishing diversity. Current Tank Info: Hawaiian inspired 109g Miracles Rimless - 100g Prop Tank - 300g total system volume