ich

[jun]

heard tat blue tang will get ich easily....wat things need to tak note in order to prevent ich??

[chercm]

u can get those uv light from coralife as they are good in the prevention of ICH from growing

[jun]

isit true tat ich occur frequent at lower temp? do u think at temp ard 30 degC, ich wil less likly to occur? im havin FOWLR wif ard 30deg always.... want to keep blue tang.

[m203]

can a pl light bulb change to UV bulb???

[remus]

maybe u can try ML stop parasite like ich u can go down and ask him.Personally has not try yet but would like to try.Cause used to have blue tang full of ich while others is fine.And they are very timid a little abit they scared.Imean new tang not those which aready in the tank for some time.

[Dazza]

yes tangs usually gets it when newly intro into tank ... once it becomes lau chiao then seldom see and even if kena , usually easier to recover

[cyberpig]

can a pl light bulb change to UV bulb???

U mean use UV bulb on a normal PL lightset? Think the UV radiation is harmful to eyes and have to be shielded. Must use the UV bulb in a UV filter...

[acidjazz]

Can use ozonizer to counter ich.

[nuj244]

how about getting a cleaner shirmp or cleaner wrasse? Will it eat the white itch in the fish?

[k0na_scab]

QT the fish for up to 4-8wks. Would be the best prevention!

[jun]

QT is to prevent stress to the tangs from others fishes in the main tank???

[jun]

QT is to prevent stress to the tangs from others fishes in the main tank???

so can i juz QT in the sump tank wif the same water flowing from the main tank?

[asg]

QT is to prevent stress to the tangs from others fishes in the main tank???

QT is to prevent the new blue tang to pass on the ich into the main tank.

i remember reading someway that the stress that blue tang has to endure when transfer from QT to main tank will cause more harm than the benefit of QTing it...

newly buy (stress -> ich) then QT (happy) then main tank (stress -> ich) so ...

sorry to cut in:

selling my pair blue tangs

[jervismun]

I think the best prevention is a combination of all the above suggestions... just try to avoid medication as they are bad!!! It happened to my Blue Tang and Chevron Tang before (after the intro of a stressed Moorish Idol)... both BT and CT recovered within days... just make sure the water condition is optimum, feed them high nutrient food, variation in food source, maybe Garlic Guard (can also try Dr. Bassler's ###### pellets). Don't try to catch it out of your tank as it will stress the BT further and also stress others... cleaner shrimps are good at keeping fishes clean, but doesn't remove ich... according to my research, low temperature (25ºC to 26ºC) is better to prolong the spread of any parasites and diseases (meaning it allows your fish time to fight back)

[STORM TROPPER]

u can try this my fren and i been doin this and results achieved

mix ur food with 1 drop of garlic and 1 drop vitamin c in time it will build its body protective coat and it will have no problem with itch or white spot. above all make sure ur water is optimum enviroment for the fish and coral.if u budget permits try get and efficient skimmer.

goodluck.

[stevenmukoo]

oh usually what i do is that for the newly added first ...i will feed them on garlic and even the bris. i also put garlic and after that they recover .

IMO if you have fishes only i think it will be best to have an UV.

[giantbicycle]

isit true tat ich occur frequent at lower temp? do u think at temp ard 30 degC, ich wil less likly to occur? im havin FOWLR wif ard 30deg always.... want to keep blue tang.

YEs, Its beacuse of the stress level in them, Ich break out are only when the firsh is in stress and lower temp is one of the causes,

Lower tempt helps, Low salnality do helps to and most of all Stress free to prevent ich.

Good luck.

[giantbicycle]

yes tangs usually gets it when newly intro into tank ... once it becomes lau chiao then seldom see and even if kena , usually easier to recover

It will then become a terror or a pig once its conditioned.

[giantbicycle]

oh usually what i do is that for the newly added first ...i will feed them on garlic and even the bris. i also put garlic and after that they recover .

IMO if you have fishes only i think it will be best to have an UV.

Good practise, Building up immune system of the fish before its down

[m203]

can garlic guard be use to cure ich n parasites?

[w3ish3ng]

its used to boast up immune system thus reduce the chance of having ich, it does not cure ich.

[m203]

how 2 cure the ich?should i use ozonizer or uv?

[w3ish3ng]

both ozonizer and uv will only kill the ich in the water that went through them. using copper or hypo will be the best to kill but you can only use them in seperate system as both corals and invert cant tahan such treatment.