Blue Hippo Tang and ich

[flutter.baybee]

Can anyone tell me if my Tang has ich? The pictures are not the best but she just wouldn't hold still when I asked her to.

 

[Naiad]

It does appear that you do have ich

 

[flutter.baybee]

We haven't had her that long, this is our first time dealing with ich, any advice or suggestions?

 

[kateater]

Hippo=Ich magnet

Never seen a hippo that did have Ich at least once in its life. whats all in your tank as far as fish and corals go?

 

[Naiad]

I would start here to decide which strategy you think you want to proceed with. I prefer treatment but do know successful reefers that run management

https://www.reef2reef.com/index.php?threads/188775/

 

[flutter.baybee]

We have 2 Firefish gobies, 2 clowns, a chocolate starfish, an emerald crab, a purple lobster. A green star polyp frag and a blasto frag

 

[kateater]

We haven't had her that long, this is our first time dealing with ich, any advice or suggestions?

Like naidad I also prefer treatment. I quarantined all my fish and never had a trace of Ich in my main display for over 7 years, then I bought a hippo... I quarantined the hippo for two years before introducing him to my main display. Then two days later white spots. I dipped and soaked all food in vitamin additives and garlic for 3 months, haven't had another breakout since. So After all the precautions I've learned to live with management. That's why I asked what all was in the tank.

 

[kateater]

We have 2 Firefish gobies, 2 clowns, a chocolate starfish, an emerald crab, a purple lobster. A green star polyp frag and a blasto frag

The coral or inverts can't handle any treatment! Also may want to rethink that chocolate chip star fish, not reef safe.

 

[Bunnee911]

How big is your tank? How old is the tank? The clowns may be ok. Someone else can opine about the gobies?

 

[kateater]

How big is your tank? How old is the tank? The clowns may be ok. Someone else can opine about the gobies?

The problem now ich has been introduced to the system, so if he's not going to treat all fish than he's got to learn management.

 

[flutter.baybee]

We also have 2 peppermint shrimp. Tank is 6 months old, and it's a 37 gallon.

 

[kateater]

And here comes the tang police

 

[Naiad]

Like naidad I also prefer treatment. I quarantined all my fish and never had a trace of Ich in my main display for over 7 years, then I bought a hippo... I quarantined the hippo for two years before introducing him to my main display. Then two days later white spots. I dipped and soaked all food in vitamin additives and garlic for 3 months, haven't had another breakout since. So After all the precautions I've learned to live with management. That's why I asked what all was in the tank.

This sounds all too familiar... Likely the ich came in on an invert.

 

[Humblefish]

If you decide to treat, here are your options: https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/ich-cryptocaryon-irritans.191226/

 

[Pola0502ds]

Hippos are absolutely a ich magnet. I am going through it right now. Check out the link below to see what i am going through and to see how i am handling it. There is a ton of great information, questions, and answers, thanks to Humble and other people on this forum.


https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/poland-union-elementary-ich-support.251992/page-2#post-2980837

 

[Dayson]

Feed well and the ich will go dormant in about a week. As others said i would just learn to manage. I used to TTM all my fish for ich. Including a hippo, as soon as he went into display after TTM...BOOM ich poped up. That was about 8 months ago and he is ich free. I know it is still in the tank but it has not caused in serious issues.

FYI the Tang police will be coming hard at you for a hippo in a 37g.

 

[Pola0502ds]

Tang in a 37 gallon is prolly why it got ich.

 

[Pola0502ds]

This is exactly why everyone is concerned about this finding dory movie coming out.

 

[Humblefish]

Feed well and the ich will go dormant in about a week.

Fish may become asymptomatic or develop immunity to the parasite, but it doesn't go dormant unless exposed to very low temperatures. And even fish with immunity can still act as carriers, infecting other (non immune) fish.

 

[Dayson]

Fish may become asymptomatic or develop immunity to the parasite, but it doesn't go dormant unless exposed to very low temperatures. And even fish with immunity can still act as carriers, infecting other (non immune) fish.

Well said. This is stated much more accurately than my previous post.