Ich management

[Powderclownanthias]

During ich management it would help to turn lights off for some days? I'm wondering because parasites are on the water column during darkness...

 

[Mastiffsrule]

Hi and #WelcometoR2R

Could we start with a bit more information about your tank and the current problem? The question right now is a bit to broad and general. That will help narrow down a plan of action

 

[Powderclownanthias]

Hi and #WelcometoR2R

Could we start with a bit more information about your tank and the current problem? The question right now is a bit to broad and general. That will help narrow down a plan of action

Trying to do ich management, started with a new addition powder blue tang , it was quarantined but after 2 weeks start ich , 145 gallons tank , 4 years running, 1 mimic tang, 2 chromis, 2 clowns, 1 blenny, 1 wrasse , 1 damsel , 1 gramma already dead Probably for ich , and the new addition Powder tang,.
36 watt Uv running direct in tank , using selcon , nori , Artemis and other flakes food , powder blue, mimic tang and the female clown are with Ich , I already tried to take the 2 tangs out to treat them but was impossible , I want to take all them out of course but I can't catch the tangs ...

 

[Mastiffsrule]

Sounds like a nice tank. Is it a full reef? Lights out will not accomplish anything against ich.

The diet is a good start, but if you are not seeing results the only real option i know of is to pull the group and medicate and go fallow 76 days. Have you confirmed ich?

I am not really a disease guy, can you post a pic of the pic of the fish and give the numbers of the water parameters and we will see if the #reefsquad may Be around

 

[Squidward]

I would skip management and eliminate ich instead.

 

[ca1ore]

I have been able to manage ich, but only in a mature tank with a lot of SPS, very high flow and a large UV. Even there, highly susceptible fish like the powder blue are problematic.

 

[saltyhog]

I can't think of any advantage to a reduced light schedule/black out. The life cycle will continue as long as there are hosts.

Do you have a fish trap? My tangs are the easiest fish in my tank to catch and they are suckers for nori clipped on the side of a trap.

 

[Powderclownanthias]

I'm going to start hyposalinity in display tank and yes it is ich , I'm gonna take all the rocks , corals and invertebrates away , I'm already running bare bottom and I guess that not gonna be a problem, indeed will be easily for me to do in display tank because the ato system and fishes will not be affected with a big rehoming stress, wha do you think ?

 

[saltyhog]

Sounds like a plan....just lower it slowly over a couple of days or so. Be aware, there are some hyposalinity resistant strains of ich. That's the main reason I have abandoned it as a treatment. The other being it's not as easy to do as I thought it would be.

I'm sure you have an ATO....vital when doing hypo. Any significant evaporation not quickly replaced can let the salinity vary enough to wreck your treatment.

 

[Dilan Patel]

Nutrition is key to ick management. Feed selcon and a high quality diet everyday multiple times and your fish if healthy enough will b battle the parasite off. I think of Ick like a flu. Yes your going to feel down and it does have the potential to kill if the immune system/health is compromised. But most often than not a healthy fish will be able to fight it off and look perfectly normal.

 

[Modest]

I'm going to start hyposalinity in display tank and yes it is ich , I'm gonna take all the rocks , corals and invertebrates away , I'm already running bare bottom and I guess that not gonna be a problem, indeed will be easily for me to do in display tank because the ato system and fishes will not be affected with a big rehoming stress, wha do you think ?

Removing the content of the tank will stress the fish. Why don’t you give medication through its food?