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There are so many threads to sort through. I've read several.
I have a juvenile Caribbean blue tang. I ordered it from DiversDen on Liveaquaria. I've had it a month. After observing it and making it fat and happy for nearly 3 weeks, I put it in my display tank 10 days ago. No other fish have any signs, and I did not see a speck yesterday. I noticed nothing this morning when I fed them and put up new seaweed. I came in to feed them the second time this evening, and my tang is covered.
Is this ICH? What can I/should i do? She is nibbling once in a while on the sheet of seaweed.
Usually she eats and eats.... the last few days she's been going after the mysis pretty hard, which I'd never seen her do. Any ideas on that?
"She" is not known to be female, just what I've always said she is, and I named her Ralph. Long story- named after my dad, she arrived the day he called and told me they were going to remove a tumor from his tongue. I named her F.C. Ralph. I think most of you can understand the "F" Cancer.
I care very much for this fish.
I did not think I'd have a tang yet - I was planning on it for my birthday in August - but ordered it in my sleep one night after a 2 week fight with insomnia.
The tank is relatively new. 120 gallons
Parameters Are:
Temp 78
Salt 1.025
Sorry, yes, API follows:
PH 7.8
Ammonia not quite 0, but not .25
Nitrite 0
Nitrate is looking like .... 40? That shouldnt be...
Could a nitrate spike cause stress, cause ich?
I am mixing more saltwater for a water change. I'm going to change my filter floss right now, and come back and see if anyone has replied. The floss looked fine yesterday, but I may have overfed yesterday accidentally..... I gave them all of the food meant for both tanks.
Thank you anyone who can help.
I have a juvenile Caribbean blue tang. I ordered it from DiversDen on Liveaquaria. I've had it a month. After observing it and making it fat and happy for nearly 3 weeks, I put it in my display tank 10 days ago. No other fish have any signs, and I did not see a speck yesterday. I noticed nothing this morning when I fed them and put up new seaweed. I came in to feed them the second time this evening, and my tang is covered.
Is this ICH? What can I/should i do? She is nibbling once in a while on the sheet of seaweed.
Usually she eats and eats.... the last few days she's been going after the mysis pretty hard, which I'd never seen her do. Any ideas on that?
"She" is not known to be female, just what I've always said she is, and I named her Ralph. Long story- named after my dad, she arrived the day he called and told me they were going to remove a tumor from his tongue. I named her F.C. Ralph. I think most of you can understand the "F" Cancer.
I care very much for this fish.
I did not think I'd have a tang yet - I was planning on it for my birthday in August - but ordered it in my sleep one night after a 2 week fight with insomnia.
The tank is relatively new. 120 gallons
Parameters Are:
Temp 78
Salt 1.025
Sorry, yes, API follows:
PH 7.8
Ammonia not quite 0, but not .25
Nitrite 0
Nitrate is looking like .... 40? That shouldnt be...
Could a nitrate spike cause stress, cause ich?
I am mixing more saltwater for a water change. I'm going to change my filter floss right now, and come back and see if anyone has replied. The floss looked fine yesterday, but I may have overfed yesterday accidentally..... I gave them all of the food meant for both tanks.
Thank you anyone who can help.