purple tang

I've had my purple tang a week now and i can find how this happens. The calmest fish i have, and hes always got sand on him. at first i had no clue what this was i was but now he does it once a day. He gets it off in 10 mins or so but i just dont understand how he gets this stuff all over him haha

 

Are you sure it is sand and not ich? Ich lots of time looks like sand particles stuck to the fish. It also would come and go as the ich parasites go through their life cycle and drop off.

 

yeah it might be ich...

 

They are very prone to it with stress, diet etc. at that small. How fast does it appear and dis-appear?

 

Yeah im looking on google and i think you guys might actually be right. Now im reading about ich now. any ideas of how to help him? How easy is it to cure?!?! I have a cleaner shrimp so that helps right?

 

the cleaner wil lhelp yes. but keep him well fed, keep the nori going too. if he keeps eating good, which will hopefully keep it strong and healthy , he should fight it off by himself.

 

if it is ich just leave him be. Dont do anything or try and move him, it will just stress him further. Try and make the tank as comfortable for him as possible. Dont put your hands in there, feed him often, etc. Clip some broccoli in there for him to graze on. He should be fine.

 

Nori? im reading that Nori soaked in garlic helps preventing and treat ich but i havent been feeding him that

 

tangs need a veggie diet. very important to them. garlic wont prevent ich, it boosts a fishes urge to eat.

 

i got green algea on a clip in their for him now but he hasnt noticed it at all, should i give broccoli a try? Now im noticing this on my cole tang! uhoh