ICH disapearing and reapearing

gfunk823 · 07-02-2009, 04:17 PM

i have a yellow long nose butterfly fish that has ich at night if you turn the lights on but does not have it during the day... idk what to do with it

mikejrice · 07-02-2009, 04:33 PM

I have a rabbit fish that can make ich appear by choice too. I think in my case its changing its own colors to appear that way not sure if longnoses can do that though.

coral reefer · 07-02-2009, 04:41 PM

If it is truly ICH, it will be there day and night for a couple of days before the trophants drop off and become cysts at the benthic area of your tank for roughly 18 hours. This time represents the best time to medicate the tank with copper, methylene blue or malanchite green.
At this time the fish will show no signs of the ich's common characteristic white specks. This is due to the parasite being covered over by the fishes body slime.
After this stage the cysts break open and come back with a vengeance as tomites and become more noticeable and greater in number and often incorporate the whole body as well as the gill regions as well. Once this stage develops, the fish has little time before it parishes to the ich. Signs of the disease other than the white sugar specks are rubbing against the substrate and rock work, rapid breathing, lethargic behavior, slime coat released, off feed and closed fins.

gfunk823 · 07-02-2009, 05:30 PM

this has been going on for like a month and i just realized what was happening, idk why its only when i turn the lights on at night they just appear, and they are bumps not just white specs

07-02-2009, 04:17 PM	#1 (permalink)
gfunk823 Coral Banded Shrimp Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: ct Posts: 360 Skin: Mint Karma: 565	ICH disapearing and reapearing i have a yellow long nose butterfly fish that has ich at night if you turn the lights on but does not have it during the day... idk what to do with it _________ you can tune a guitar but you cant tune-a-fish

07-02-2009, 04:41 PM	#3 (permalink)
coral reefer Giant Squid Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 4,721 Skin: Dark Karma: 8110	If it is truly ICH, it will be there day and night for a couple of days before the trophants drop off and become cysts at the benthic area of your tank for roughly 18 hours. This time represents the best time to medicate the tank with copper, methylene blue or malanchite green. At this time the fish will show no signs of the ich's common characteristic white specks. This is due to the parasite being covered over by the fishes body slime. After this stage the cysts break open and come back with a vengeance as tomites and become more noticeable and greater in number and often incorporate the whole body as well as the gill regions as well. Once this stage develops, the fish has little time before it parishes to the ich. Signs of the disease other than the white sugar specks are rubbing against the substrate and rock work, rapid breathing, lethargic behavior, slime coat released, off feed and closed fins. _________ 125gal.,75gal.,3gal. and 1gal. tanks Yellow,Naso,Tomini,Sohal Tang, Pink Tail Trigger, Snowflake Eel, BANDED CAT SHARK,Hardwicki, Six-Line Wrasse, Blennies/Gobies- Soft and Stony Corals (Crocea, Derasa clams) +numerous inverts "IF THE PHONE DOESN'T RING...IT'S ME" jb associated content.com aka parrothead

07-02-2009, 04:33 PM	#2 (permalink)
mikejrice 3reef Sponsor Join Date: May 2009 Location: Colorado Posts: 3,417 Skin: Dark Karma: 35183	I have a rabbit fish that can make ich appear by choice too. I think in my case its changing its own colors to appear that way not sure if longnoses can do that though.

07-02-2009, 05:30 PM	#4 (permalink)
gfunk823 Coral Banded Shrimp Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: ct Posts: 360 Skin: Mint Karma: 565	this has been going on for like a month and i just realized what was happening, idk why its only when i turn the lights on at night they just appear, and they are bumps not just white specs