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So I introduced ich into my tank a week ago with a new sailfin tang. I've been managing it with the Imagitarium Parasite Remedy from Petco. I figured as long as this was effective, why take a chance on anything more harsh.
So within an hour of dosing each day, any spots on the tang would disappear for the remainder of the day. The only other fish to get it was a hippo tang, and it always reacted the same way – gone in an hour.
After both remaining clear for a day or two, I discontinued the treatment. It can be a little hard on invertebrates and I've got a new tiled starfish that I didn't want to suffer harm with it.
This morning my female clown has what looks to be little pinkish white polyps, mostly on her stripes but not exclusively. She is still actively eating actively and not breathing or acting in any other way unusually.
It doesn't really look like the ich that I saw on the other two fish, but I'm wondering if clownfish react differently and this is just due to an irritation of her flesh causing her scales to stand up or something like that. My male clown so far is unaffected.
I resumed the parasite remedy treatment just now, so I haven't had a chance to see if she reacts the same as the other fish yet. But since it doesn't look exactly the same, I thought I'd post a couple of pics here and see what the experts think.
So within an hour of dosing each day, any spots on the tang would disappear for the remainder of the day. The only other fish to get it was a hippo tang, and it always reacted the same way – gone in an hour.
After both remaining clear for a day or two, I discontinued the treatment. It can be a little hard on invertebrates and I've got a new tiled starfish that I didn't want to suffer harm with it.
This morning my female clown has what looks to be little pinkish white polyps, mostly on her stripes but not exclusively. She is still actively eating actively and not breathing or acting in any other way unusually.
It doesn't really look like the ich that I saw on the other two fish, but I'm wondering if clownfish react differently and this is just due to an irritation of her flesh causing her scales to stand up or something like that. My male clown so far is unaffected.
I resumed the parasite remedy treatment just now, so I haven't had a chance to see if she reacts the same as the other fish yet. But since it doesn't look exactly the same, I thought I'd post a couple of pics here and see what the experts think.