Powder Blue Tang help!!

[jimmystephens]

I purchased a large pbt from a sponsor 5 days ago. They had it in qt for 2-3 weeks. I put it in my tank and now it has ich. It seems to be getting worse daily. I have a 75 gallon reef tank. With tons of coral. Tank is over a year old. Water perms are good. 0 am. 0nit. Ph 8.4 sal 1.026. Etc.. Other fish have no signs of ich. Question is... what is the best way to treat it. I dont have a qt tank. I have tried ich attack in the past with no success. Should i go buy a uv? Or meds? Any help would be great. Thanks

 

[rdnelson]

Absolute best would be all fish moved to a QT and treat them there while the tank is fallow for about 6 weeks. But, it doesn't sound like that is an option so I would start feeding heavy. Get some Metro and Focus and mix it with a buch of food per the instructions. Add some garlic guard to the mix as well to help intice them to eat. You can make a large batch and refreeze it. Then, several times a day break off a piece just large enough that the fish will consume it all each time you feed. Thaw but not in water. Just let it thaw. You don't want to delute it anymore than necessary which is what would happen if you thaw in water.

 

[stacy22]

1) remove fish from your display and treat in separate tank via tank transfer method, OR Cupramine, OR hyposalinity.

2) When cured of Cryptocaryon</em>, rehome this fish to a tank that is suitable size. A 75 gallon is not. near big enough.

 

[jimmystephens]

Thanks for the advice guys. Going to set up qt

 

[lagunareef]

Yes, qt and medicate, feed. Being from the same area, I don't have any medication on hand but I know barry-keith would if you PM him. I am sure he will help.

Or you can pm me. I would be happy to qt PBT in my tank!


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[bruce 1]

If your fish has ICK and you have other fish in the tank with it, they all have ICK now. It is not just on the one fish.
You might try this,

 

[reefrunner]

I had a powder blue do the same thing, identical set up.... These fish seem to get VERY stressed in a smaller tank, easily! Not saying 75g is small, but too small for these guys....Which is a recipe for ich disaster..... Once I pulled him out of the display, kinda went downhill fast (didn't make it).... QT has got to be a large enough with consistent water.... Temp mainly.... You can try to medicate with metronidazole and focus, people have had some success with that method.... I had success by doing the following when my purple got it... a daily fresh water dip of 3-5 min and cupramine in qt..... George at Pure Reef had a good suggestion that helped.... Once I saw the ich start to cure, he had a small reptile carrier and made Swiss cheese of it with a solder gun.... Before I let the purple back in totally, kept him in this while in the main tank so I could easily fresh dip a few more days.... Long explanation, but hopefully worth it....btw, purple is doing great! Also, these guys love variety in diet...I also dose marine c

 

[mherman]

Had same problem with only th powder blue getting infected, I treated whole tank and installed uv this finally did the trick. Took over a month to clear.

 

[jimmystephens]

Just got a uv also. Thanks for all the help arc family. Ill keep everyone posted in a few days

 

[bruce 1]

Does the stress cause Ick?

 

[rdnelson]

bruce 1;803450 wrote: Does the stress cause Ick?

It doesn't not cause it. Ich is a parasite. It must be present for the fish to contract it. However, when a fish is stressed the immune system is weekend and makes the fish more susceptible to contracting the ich. It also makes it harder for the fish to fight it off.

Edit: Please excuse the double negative. LOL Should read "It does not cause it."

 

[bruce 1]

rdnelson99;803452 wrote: It doesn't not cause it. Ich is a parasite. It must be present for the fish to contract it. However, when a fish is stressed the immune system is weekend and makes the fish more susceptible to contracting the ich. It also makes it harder for the fish to fight it off.

Edit: Please excuse the double negative. LOL Should read "It does not cause it."

That is what I was thinking, I just read the other post to fast.

 

[jef4y]

As Barb mentioned, Tangs in general are prone to Ich. Powder Blue are (from my research) ESPECIALLY vulnerable to it. That, and their propensity towards aggression is what keeps one out of my tank.

And also as mentioned, healthy fish seem to fight off Ich quite well, but injured, ill or stressed fish become vulnerable quick.

Another thing I'm coming to believe fully is that Ich is present in most if not all tanks simply from moving corals, fish, etc. So if you intend to add a very Ich prone fish to your tank, you may want to consider a PROPERLY sized UV. Cheap/random UV's are not going to cut it.

 

[miami dolfan]

I've never QT'd a tang and I have alot. I really believe the UV helps a great geal because I had a smaller unit and was getting ich all the time. I purchased a larger unit and have been ich free ever since. I do sometimes get spurts of it especially on the Achilles but never something where it has affected them all.

 

[terry]

Jimmy,
If you need to borrow a tank I have a 35 bow front you are wellcome to use. Glad you got a UV. That will take care of a lot of problems as well as helping to get rid of the ick.
Terry