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07-14-2008, 02:20 PM
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| | Corkscrew Tentacle Anemone
Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: West Midlands,UK
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|  Black ich maybe, what treatments?
I think all my fish are starting to get black ich, it must have come from my yellow tang which has been in ther just over a week now, they were fine untill then and tangs are prone to this disease as i understand, i do not have a quarantine tank, what other effective treatments if any could i do while its early days? and is it worse then white ich? thank you...
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07-14-2008, 03:20 PM
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| | Fire Shrimp
Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Modesto,Cali Age: 29
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Do you have a picture? | |
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07-14-2008, 07:08 PM
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| | Dragon Wrasse
Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Shelton, Washington Age: 44
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You need to think about setting up a quarentine tank soon. I flat out had to kill a fish to save my tank (a tang with ick) when I did not have one. I felt so damn guilty I set one up the next day. It saved the next tang I got from the LFS. It also had ick. I don't mean to lecture but it is in everyone's best interest (you and your livestock). Also, malachite green will stain the silicone green. My ten gallon has bright green edges. It actually looks cool. As long as it's my quarentine and not my display. JMO. John. _________ 90g HW: 20g Sump, ETSS PSw/Mag9, CPR OF/Rio 2100 RTN, MJ AC 2K3 PH's (2800GPH ttl flow), 300W htr, Gnd Prb, Denitrator, UV, PCs: 2x65,4x55 Fish: Ylw Tang, LM Blenny, Hmbg, Y-T, Ylw dmsls, Mrn Clown, Coral Beauty, Red Crs Wrsse. Inverts: Snls/HCs, CBS, P-mnt shrmp x2, Sandstar, Condy Anen, Tbe Wrm, Sea Apple. Frags: Frgspwn, Kenya Tree. Corals: Doughnut Coral, GSP, Zoos, Shrooms, Lobo Brain, Turbinaria, Mshrm Lthr, Fngr Lthr. Other: 127# LR, 1-2" LS DOB 5/7/08  | |
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07-14-2008, 07:24 PM
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| | Bangghai Cardinal
Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Chesterfield, VA Age: 21
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i would try pimafix all though it says it treats fungus i found it treats ich too its reef safe, all though it sickens inverts. and its all natural if you care about that kind of stuff.
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07-15-2008, 01:41 AM
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| | Corkscrew Tentacle Anemone
Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: West Midlands,UK
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ok, well i don't have a quarantine and i can't just go out and get one they cost money, which sadly i'm lacking at the moment, so some suggestions on treating the fish in the main tank would be great thank you sostoudt, natural sounds good to me if it works, and is black ich as bad as normal ich or is it just black the only difference.
Thanks in advance.
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07-15-2008, 07:10 AM
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| | Dragon Wrasse
Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Shelton, Washington Age: 44
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Sorry dude. I just got frustrated for ya. Meant nothin' by it. John. | |
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07-15-2008, 01:31 PM
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| | Corkscrew Tentacle Anemone
Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: West Midlands,UK
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cheers all, john m8 no offence meant or taken , i appreciate everyones response, i understand the need for a quarantine and that your just suggesting things, thank you... | |
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07-15-2008, 01:38 PM
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| | Torch Coral
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Baltimore, MD Age: 47
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Originally Posted by Stingray  ok, well i don't have a quarantine and i can't just go out and get one they cost money, which sadly i'm lacking at the moment, so some suggestions on treating the fish in the main tank would be great thank you sostoudt, natural sounds good to me if it works, and is black ich as bad as normal ich or is it just black the only difference.
Thanks in advance.
Stingray... | I highly recommend one as well. All you need is a 10 or 20 gallon that you can find cheap, even free...I would check craiglist sometimes you find people giving them away....Everytime you add a new fish into your main tank it is a crap shoot... _________ 72 gallon bowed 150lbs LR 60 lbs LS
2 Percs
1 Chevron Tang
Hippo Tang
Six Line Wrasse
Coral Banded Shrimp
Cleaner Shrimp
Starry Blenny
4 Lyretail Anthias
Long Polyp Toadstool
Montipora
Long Tentacle Anenome
Short tentacle plate
Pulsing Xenia
Green Star polyps
Frogspawn
29 gallon
2 Clown
1 Coral Beauty
1 Fairy Wrasse
24 FOWLR
Dwarf Lion
125 gallon African Cichlid Tank http://home.comcast.net/~pizzal/index.html
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07-15-2008, 01:48 PM
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| | Montipora Digitata
Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Manchester UK Age: 24
Posts: 1,085
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i got a quaratine just an 8 gallon - but since i got i have not had a single ill fish! Figures!! | |
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