beachsidereefer
Active Member
A few weeks back I bought a Hippo Tang which looked really health at the LFS but I think due transportation and acclimation he came down with ich that covered most of his body a few days later. So of course the healthy Naso Tang thought it would be really cool to rub up against his new friend and you can guess what happened next.... two tangs with ich.. **** it.
So first I tried treating it using the whole tank treatment method and dosed with some stuff I got from the LFS, did a 20% water change per the instructions (I always follow instructions to the T) which seemed to beat back the ich but a week later both tangs were covered again.... **** it x2!
So went to the different LFS and they told me to try this stuff
The dose scheduled I used was one cap full when I feed the tank in the morning and one cap full at night when I do my second feeding. First off, all the fish love this stuff and eat all of it before it hits the sand and especially the two tangs just go crazy when they see the little eggs floating in the water column. After everything is eaten I feed them their normal food of seaweed and mysis shrimp which I reduced in quantity to offset the amount of eggs I'm using for treatment.
Results: 3 days into the treatment a noticeable drop in the body coverage of the ich and roughly 7 days later the ich was no longer visible on either tang! Per my LFS I'm continuing to dose until the bottle is gone while feeding a little extra Mysis shrimp to fatten up the Hippo tang and build it's immune system up. The best part is no 20% water change required!
The bottle is a little over half gone so the real test will be once treatment ends if the ich satays away but based on the results so far I feel confident enough to share on these results on the forum.
So first I tried treating it using the whole tank treatment method and dosed with some stuff I got from the LFS, did a 20% water change per the instructions (I always follow instructions to the T) which seemed to beat back the ich but a week later both tangs were covered again.... **** it x2!
So went to the different LFS and they told me to try this stuff
The dose scheduled I used was one cap full when I feed the tank in the morning and one cap full at night when I do my second feeding. First off, all the fish love this stuff and eat all of it before it hits the sand and especially the two tangs just go crazy when they see the little eggs floating in the water column. After everything is eaten I feed them their normal food of seaweed and mysis shrimp which I reduced in quantity to offset the amount of eggs I'm using for treatment.
Results: 3 days into the treatment a noticeable drop in the body coverage of the ich and roughly 7 days later the ich was no longer visible on either tang! Per my LFS I'm continuing to dose until the bottle is gone while feeding a little extra Mysis shrimp to fatten up the Hippo tang and build it's immune system up. The best part is no 20% water change required!
The bottle is a little over half gone so the real test will be once treatment ends if the ich satays away but based on the results so far I feel confident enough to share on these results on the forum.
