Kyuubi
Active Member
So I have ich, well my tank does, here’s what’s in it:
Juvenile orange shoulder tang (newest addition that was bought pre-quarantined on Black Friday) 3”
Kleins butterfly 4”
Pearl scale butterfly 4”
Flagfin angel 3”
three 1/2” blue green chromis
Zebra eel about 18”
Banana eel about 12”
CUC: about 50 nassarius, 20 bumblebee, 50 cerith snails, 20 blue leg hermit, 10 scarlet hermit, 15 red emerald crabs, 15 green emerald crabs, a fighting conch, and a sea biscuit.
Tank size 150g display, total water volume 215g
Everyone besides the tang has been in my tank for months, I pre-quarantined all the fish, but I did not do it for the invertebrates/cuc like a dummy
So here I am today, one week after the new addition, with a tank full of ich
The Orange shoulder tang, and the Kliens butterfly have it the worst, about 20 or so specks, the tang has more. The flagfin has maybe one, and the Pearl scale has about five that I see, they have the heartiest appetite. My banana and zebra don’t seem to be affected and are eating normally.
The tang doesn’t have much of an appetite but it is still nibbling on the food, it’s very shy so it’s difficult to see if it’s properly eating, but it doesn’t look skinny, the kleins eats normally but not as much as my pearlscale or flagfin. I’ve been soaking their food in garlic with a splash of ginger (probably won’t do much good but can’t really find much else to do).
I don’t have corals at the moment in this tank, but I can’t treat it with the normal meds because of the eels. I was wondering if it’s possible to do the hyposalinity in the tank to treat the ich with the eels present ? If it is possible, how long do I do that for? How do I safely ‘water’ it down without shocking the fish, eels, and clean up crew with the change of Salinity?
Will UV also help in this instance? If it does any recommendations on which to buy?
Juvenile orange shoulder tang (newest addition that was bought pre-quarantined on Black Friday) 3”
Kleins butterfly 4”
Pearl scale butterfly 4”
Flagfin angel 3”
three 1/2” blue green chromis
Zebra eel about 18”
Banana eel about 12”
CUC: about 50 nassarius, 20 bumblebee, 50 cerith snails, 20 blue leg hermit, 10 scarlet hermit, 15 red emerald crabs, 15 green emerald crabs, a fighting conch, and a sea biscuit.
Tank size 150g display, total water volume 215g
Everyone besides the tang has been in my tank for months, I pre-quarantined all the fish, but I did not do it for the invertebrates/cuc like a dummy
So here I am today, one week after the new addition, with a tank full of ich The Orange shoulder tang, and the Kliens butterfly have it the worst, about 20 or so specks, the tang has more. The flagfin has maybe one, and the Pearl scale has about five that I see, they have the heartiest appetite. My banana and zebra don’t seem to be affected and are eating normally.
The tang doesn’t have much of an appetite but it is still nibbling on the food, it’s very shy so it’s difficult to see if it’s properly eating, but it doesn’t look skinny, the kleins eats normally but not as much as my pearlscale or flagfin. I’ve been soaking their food in garlic with a splash of ginger (probably won’t do much good but can’t really find much else to do).
I don’t have corals at the moment in this tank, but I can’t treat it with the normal meds because of the eels. I was wondering if it’s possible to do the hyposalinity in the tank to treat the ich with the eels present ? If it is possible, how long do I do that for? How do I safely ‘water’ it down without shocking the fish, eels, and clean up crew with the change of Salinity?
Will UV also help in this instance? If it does any recommendations on which to buy?
