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05-05-2008, 04:18 AM
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| | Corkscrew Tentacle Anemone
Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: West Midlands,UK
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|  Ich Outbreak i think
My midas blenny has started getting a few white spots on his body, they are more noticeable under blue light, i'm thinking maybe it could be ich, if it is what is the best treatment for this while its in its early stages and also i have numerous inverts in the tank and no quarantine? _________ Hardware-55G Rena Md,Filstar XP3 Filter, 200w Heater, 1xSeio 2, 1xKoralia 2, Lee's Medium Skimmer, 8x39watt T5 Fish-Yellow Tang, Coral Beauty, Midas Blenny, Clown, Chalk Goby Inverts-Snails, Hermits, Black Long Spine Sea Urchin, Blue Linika StarFish, Cleaner Shrimp, Coral Banded Shrimp, Feather Duster, Green Bubble Tip Anemone, Coral's-Green/Purple/Hairy Mushroom's, Xenia, Button, Green, Yellow Polyps, Toadstool Leather,Finger Leather, Purple tip Frogspawn.  | 
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05-05-2008, 08:49 AM
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| | Gnarly Old Codfish
Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Silverdale, Washington Age: 59
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Probably get lots of different advice on this...
But if you want to try to cure in tank, big factor is reducing stress on fish.
Is it being harassed by another?
Try adding some garlic to food.
Increase frequency and amount of water changes for while.
Reduce light cycle for period.
Keep water params as pristine as possilbe.... 
Good Luck. _________ AG "125," AquaC EV 180, 30 gal sump, "SCWD", 80 lbs LR, CoralSeaLife "Moonlite" Hood, PFO 250W HQI Mini-Pendant (SPS HQI 14000k bulb)
12 Gallon NanoCube - 24w stock PC 50/50 light "...nothing good ever happens fast in a reef tank, only bad things happen fast..."
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05-05-2008, 10:09 AM
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| | Feather Star
Join Date: May 2007 Location: Columbus Indiana
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Something else that I would add is soaking your food in garlic (kent's garlic extreme works well) or soaking it in vitiman C.
As omard stated reducing the stress on the fish is key. _________ Kris
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05-05-2008, 10:30 AM
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| | Corkscrew Tentacle Anemone
Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Parma Ohio Age: 27
Posts: 707
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Im going thru the same thing. My hippo tang got ich. A few other fish got it now to, im adding garlic and vita chem to their mysis shrimp and rods food. Everyone is eating like pigs so im hopin everyone pulls thru. Happened once b4 with a hippo and everyone came out of it. | |
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05-05-2008, 11:05 AM
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| | Montipora Digitata
Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: CT Age: 28
Posts: 1,076
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Add a skunk cleaner shrimp, maybe? _________  | |
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05-05-2008, 11:33 AM
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| | Corkscrew Tentacle Anemone
Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: West Midlands,UK
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I do have a cleaner shrimp hes not cleaning yet lol, blenny don't stay still long enough, but noticed he don't like to move from the same swimming spot much at all, stays on the right,he has been in there about four days, at the moment i only notice the four or five spots with just the actinics on, i did go out today and bought some of this and fed it to the fish has anybody used it and is it any good?  | |
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05-05-2008, 12:07 PM
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| | Corkscrew Tentacle Anemone
Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Parma Ohio Age: 27
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Ive never used that but im betting u are better off getting some good quality mysis shrimp and soaking it in some kent or seachem garlic. Mysis had more fat and protein in it for the fish. Not a whole lot of anything in brine shrimp. Ich is feeding off fish, u gotta keep em fat so they can fight it off. | |
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05-05-2008, 02:30 PM
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| | Corkscrew Tentacle Anemone
Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: West Midlands,UK
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Well i have fed them twice today with this food & with the whites or actinics on not one spot can i see, is this garlic doing its job , did i catch it early thus preventing outbreak, did blenny use his healing powers or could it just of been something else , after keeping freshwater for 3 years i know what ich is and this looked damn mighty close, if not the same??? | |
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05-05-2008, 02:58 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Meriden, Connecticut Age: 44
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A nice alternative is to reduce the salinity of your tank slowly to 1.010 or so. This will effectively help to stop ICH or other parasitic infestation. Once you have lowered the salinity to this level, maintain it long enough for the ICH to subside, then increase the salinity level to the desired level again(1.024-1.027)!
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05-05-2008, 05:06 PM
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| | Banned
Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: rocklin
Posts: 907
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my blue tang has ich, it was really bad the last couple days, but i did a water change, i have seen my 2 cleaners clean him multiple times since he has had it, and it is getting alot better | |
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