Hi all I'm having a issue i need some help with...i just introduced a powder brown tang to my tank he looked pretty good when I bought him...i do not have a qt tank but acclimated him with extra caution but it seems he may have had ich my other tank mates have developed it from him everyone was healthy until this incident is there anyway to rid it in this early stage? I'm using kordon ich attack right now hoping for the best all i have is a few polyps and a carpet anemone.
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If that medicine has copper in it then any imverts you have will probably die. The only other way is to set up a QT tank, medicate ALL fish in there or use hyposalinity (what I do). Leave the DT 100% fishless for 8-10 weeks so the ich goes through its lifecycle and does out.
This may very well be an isolated case in my tank but my lfs recently turned me on to spectrum fish food . I had told him I can't keep a hippo tang alive have gone through about 5-6 mostly to ich . I have a yellow and kole tang that are very healthy and have been a long time . He sold me another hippo tang at half price and a jar of spectrum food and guaranteed it would live or he would replace the fish free . At my own amazement it's been almost a month and no ich and the fish is happy and healthy as can be . I have fed many foods over the years and even fed straight organic garlic to them to fight the ich as I read this is a good natural cure due to I have a mixed reef and can't add meds . I have to say I am 100% sold on this food my fish look healthier and I am everyday in shock that this tang is alive and healthy .
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I also feed spectrum (I have like 4 different types lol). Not sure how much they were, maybe $10? But if you don't kill the ich then it will be in your tank forever, and more fish will get it and they will have it repeatedly. That is of course until the tank goes fishless for 8-10 weeks or you kill it with hypo (also 8 weeks) or copper medications.
I suggest reading this article: https://www.reef2reef.com/forums/fish-disease-treatment-diagnosis/188775-ich-eradication-vs-ich-management.html
In addition to feeding NLS pellets (the Thera+ A are just garlic soaked pellets) - I would start soaking fish food with vitamin supplements such as Selcon, Zoecon and Vita-Chem. Also, feed lots of nori and start running a UV sterilizer if you can. But all of that may not be enough to save an Acanthurus tang, such as a Powder Brown. Those typically do not fare well battling external parasites long-term.
In addition to feeding NLS pellets (the Thera+ A are just garlic soaked pellets) - I would start soaking fish food with vitamin supplements such as Selcon, Zoecon and Vita-Chem. Also, feed lots of nori and start running a UV sterilizer if you can. But all of that may not be enough to save an Acanthurus tang, such as a Powder Brown. Those typically do not fare well battling external parasites long-term.
Good luck with your powder brown addition. I added one to my tank one time and it ended up with ich and died and the ich ended up killing all of my fish but my fairy wrasse. I will never add a Acan genus tang without quarantine from that experience
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