ich

[nemo1991]

ok well. when i had my powder blue the last 2 days before it died. it got ich really bad like everywhere eyes fins entire body.
well it spreaad to my yellow tang, blue tang. both false percs. both black saddle back clowns. and my blue damsel/
i only have one cleaner shrimp, and only the tangs and the black saddle backs will be cleaned by him.

what do i do??? i am changing everything to my 135 soonish.

[mandarin11]

Your cleaner shrimp may be finding it hard to keep up with so many fish needing to be cleaned. I'd buy another one. They get along great so no compatibility issues. How big is the tank now, and have you checked the water quality?

[nemo1991]

55 gallons, i had 3. the carpet anemone ate 2 : /

so i will be buying like 5 or 6 more for the 135.
um i had a heat issue like a month or less ago. and a bunch of corals die. since then i have probably done 40 or more total gallons worth of water changes.

but my amonia is still at .25 and it was always at 0.
and my nitrates which were always at 10 are like 100 : /
and i just dont know how to fix it besides water changes but i have done so many already and it hasnt changed at all.

[Godbert]

i would fw dip all the fish that arent tangs for 15 mins, make sure the water is the same temp as your tank before doing it though, this will give your cleaner shrimp a chance to catch up and will probably cure most of your fish, check your water params, feed with food dipped in garlic, good luck!

[nemo1991]

ok, what do you mean by dipped in garlic? like just any garlic?


i have like a little glass thing of minced garlic from the store, should i dip my flakes in that???

if so could i just get a bag mix a bunch of flakes, that stuff and ripped up nori. and feed that to the fish?

[mandarin11]

15 min is a bit long for a FW dip. Be careful that the fish don't get to stressed when you are trying to catch them. With nitrates at 100 I would expect ich outbreaks. Try doing a 50% water change (you probably will need to do 2, just do them about 2 days apart.)

Good luck on the fish.

[phoenixhieghts]

Sounds like you have a nasty case of it, clowns are tough as nails and dont really get it.

Is it definately Crypto? Because there are different types of ich. I think Crypto is the easiest to get rid of, but there are others that prove to be much more difficult.

[geekdafied]

Do a search on 3reef for ICH, this has been discussed 1000's of times. To sum them all up, remove all the fish, treat them in a quarantine tank, toss out ALL inverts in your other tank and let it go fishless for about 2-3 months.

[nemo1991]

well my 135 will be set up in a couple days to a week, with a 100 gallons worth of salt water from an established reef tank also. so could i move everything but the fish from my 55 gallon then. treat them in there?

[nemo1991]

oh and what about that glass thing of minced garlic i was asking about? could i dip the food in that?