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04-01-2006, 06:11 AM
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| | Coral Banded Shrimp
Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Dayton, Ohio Age: 45
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|  ICH! Help!!
Well I've been quiet for a while now...feeling terrible about a beutiful Achilles I stupidly introduced to my Hex without quarentine.:mad: I've read all the ich posts. I' ve set up a 38 gallon QT/Hospital Tank. http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/20...ture/index.php 
Weird thing is I have a Purple and yellow tang in the same tank with no signs of ich. 
Should I starve the tank and pull everyone out to the Hospital?
Should I HYPO Saline with Cupramine (Seachem)? If so should charcoal come out of the Fluvol??
Should I just HYPO??
Please help.
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04-01-2006, 08:21 AM
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| | Coral Banded Shrimp
Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Dayton, Ohio Age: 45
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|  Pic of Ich and Hospital Tank
Here are some pics.  | |
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04-01-2006, 09:35 AM
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| | 3reef Moderator |
Dador, 3 tangs in a 60G tank is insane. Both your tanks I would say are way over stocked. I feel even if you were to rid the tangs of Ick, introducing them back into the 60G would just cause more ich do to stress. The minimum tank size for an Achilles is 100G and I think that is a little small.
I would really rethink your fish choices and perhaps return some to your LFS.
Sorry but that is my opinion
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04-01-2006, 11:52 AM
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| | Coral Banded Shrimp
Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Dayton, Ohio Age: 45
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| Don't be sorry
Don't be sorry I need the help. Your 100% right. I have removed one of the anthias, coral beuty, flame angel and the achilles.
Everyone seems much happier and peaceful. | |
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04-02-2006, 08:06 AM
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| | Coral Banded Shrimp
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| Achilles Died
Achilles died. | |
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04-02-2006, 12:15 PM
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| | Scooter Blennie
Join Date: Sep 2005 Age: 26
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Dador, Jason is right. You can probably get away with keeping one, but 3 is too much. The Achillies is a nice tang, requires a lot of space like the naso. Probably something like Jason's new 370g tank.
Be very careful with purchases like that because it's gonna cost you in the long run. Fish are expensive. 
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Last edited by rickzter; 04-02-2006 at 12:25 PM.
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04-04-2006, 08:29 PM
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| | Torch Coral
Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: St. Paul/Woodbury, Minnesota Age: 50
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Dador, QT your fish and treat with copper. Make sure you have a copper test kit. If you use cupramine then use seachems test kit. Leave your main tank without fish for 10-12 weeks and slowly raise the temp to 82-83F as this speeds up the life cycle of ich. Also, stir up the sand bed in the display tank from time to time while the tank is without fish. This will help keep the ich from going dormant. When you treat your fish with copper its best to add the copper at night with the lights off as only the free swimming stage of ich is affected by the copper. Ich usually is free swimming in the dark.
Good luck and sorry for your loss. Karma for your Brown Tang! _________ 75g reef with Nova Extreme 8 bulb HO T-5 lighting, refuge, Remora skimmer, DSB, Seio powerheads, Acro's, LPS corals, assorted zoo's & mushrooms, Yellow Tang, Maroon Clown, Blue Cleaner Goby , Cleaner, Fire and Sexy Shrimp, Coco Worm, T.Crocea Clam, Derasa Clam
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