of course my powder blue has ich... I recently upgraded tank size from 75 to 150 and moved all my rock and just a clown and 6-line wrasse. I waited about 7 weeks before adding anything new aside from snails, shrimp and crabs.
I bought a decent size powder blue (about 5 inches) hoping that his size and temperament would help. It is not horrible (yet) and the cleaner shrimp are working overtime. He is eating voraciously and seems as happy as a clam. I don't want to lose him and I believe that no matter what I do, my tank will never be entirely void of ich. Moving him to a QT with lower salinity and copper might fix it I'm sure but I'm afraid that doing that may cure him but then I'd have to reintroduce him to the tank anyway.
My water parameters have never been better and I do have corals so lowering my salinity is not really an option. I had a regal tang for many years and he would get small outbreaks every once in a while (probably when I got a little lazy with keeping my parameters constant). My water seems perfect and my salinity is 1.025, alk 10.3 and no real traces of ammonia or nitrates.
My question is, see if he can fight it off, keep him well fed or just come to realization that my tank will never be void of ich and return him to the store and try a less ich-prone tang.
He is so beautiful and a total beggar - he is already taking nori directly from my hand as I try to clip it.
I bought a decent size powder blue (about 5 inches) hoping that his size and temperament would help. It is not horrible (yet) and the cleaner shrimp are working overtime. He is eating voraciously and seems as happy as a clam. I don't want to lose him and I believe that no matter what I do, my tank will never be entirely void of ich. Moving him to a QT with lower salinity and copper might fix it I'm sure but I'm afraid that doing that may cure him but then I'd have to reintroduce him to the tank anyway.
My water parameters have never been better and I do have corals so lowering my salinity is not really an option. I had a regal tang for many years and he would get small outbreaks every once in a while (probably when I got a little lazy with keeping my parameters constant). My water seems perfect and my salinity is 1.025, alk 10.3 and no real traces of ammonia or nitrates.
My question is, see if he can fight it off, keep him well fed or just come to realization that my tank will never be void of ich and return him to the store and try a less ich-prone tang.
He is so beautiful and a total beggar - he is already taking nori directly from my hand as I try to clip it.