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Topic: Ick Posted: May 16 2011 at 8:46pm |
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Ijust Bought a Blue Tang and he now is showing sighns of ick, What is the best way to treat ick so the rest of my fish dont get it and with out killing my coral
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Posted: May 16 2011 at 9:46pm |
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Try soaking your fish food in Garlic extreme. Made by Kent. Garlic builds the immune system and definately helps.
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Posted: May 16 2011 at 9:53pm |
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See the tip in the Reefkeeping Tips link below. It's titled "Secrets of adding new fish, fish training and the Miracle of Garlic Oil"
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Posted: May 17 2011 at 10:29am |
Been battling ick with all of my fish for the last month. It comes and goes with the ick life cycle. Im in a position where I do not have a quaratine tank so I have been feeding 3-4 times daily with garlic soaked food which is a lot but as long as the fish is eating well it seems to be less stressed out and fight back the ick.
Good luck this is a terrible thing to deal with.
HERE is a link to another thread with more information on a recent memebers post.
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Posted: May 17 2011 at 11:38am |
Ideally, Garlic Oil used once per day will clear Ich within 5 days. In my experience, when Ich isn't going away or keeps returning there are several things that need tweaking. 1. Try a different brand of Garlic Oil. When we can get stinky GO for less than $5 it's easy to change and these do work as well as the expensive stuff at the LFS. 2. Check the stress level of the tank. It's hard to describe the qualities of a healthy tank, one that offers comfort rather than stress, but a few of the variables are: tankmates perceived food availability water flow, pH & biofiltration algae growth coral growth bug growth Alk & Ca balance space to swim nice places to hide and sleep 3. Consider that some fish are Ich Magnets (powder tangs and blue tangs) and that each fish is an individual with it's own issues of sickness and health. Health can be fragile and sometimes "Death comes unexpectedly." (one of my favorite lines from the movie Pollyanna  )
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Posted: May 17 2011 at 12:16pm |
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Mark, where do you recommend picking up garlic oil. Any specific brand?
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Posted: May 17 2011 at 12:29pm |
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Ok so now I dont know what to think. My male clown (which was very healthy) was swimming in my wall torch together last night no signs of stress or anything else, when I woke up this morning the male clown was gone no sign of him anywhere. So I removed the live rock trying to find him and nothing, when I have had fish die before I have always found pieces of them but its like he vanished. Any Idea's?
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Posted: May 17 2011 at 12:51pm |
When fish become stressed due to ick, they may begin hiding in places that they normally don't go to feel more secure. Do you have an overflow box you could check?
I have had many a fish disappear suddenly and never found any remnants. My crabs and shrimp usually make quick work of the body. I have also had fish jump out of the tank so try looking around the tank for a body.
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Posted: May 17 2011 at 5:07pm |
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There are several distributors of stinky Garlic Oil, but probably only a few manufacturers. I have tried several labels and most worked for me. If one doesn't work within 2 days, try another.
I agree with Brandon. How old is the tank?
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Posted: May 17 2011 at 10:19pm |
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The Tank is about 2 years old. I removed the live rock and he was not in there I also check the over fill box and no sign of him. There is no way for them to jump out of the tank, I have the red sea max. all my fish lockk healthy besides the new blue tang I added which os the one that has ick. I test all my perameters are great all my coral is thriving. Iam trying the garlic now hope nothing else goes missing thanks for the help.
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Posted: May 18 2011 at 10:46am |
In all honesty, I would not have removed the rock out of your tank. In my experience this stresses the fish out more.
Fish can hide in the small holes of the rockwork as well to be in a dark place that makes them feel more secure, there have been many times where I remove a rock for fragging some coral and found that I had a firefish or gramma stuck inside the rock I just removed.
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Posted: May 18 2011 at 12:19pm |
 I was thinking exactly the same thing. The collateral damage of all sorts caused by removing LR was far worse than needing to find a missing fish. Death comes unexpectedly to reef tanks but in a healthy tank, dead stuff gets eaten very quickly, bones and all. Disturbing LR not only stresses the fish for several days, it leads to an increase in all the N compounds which causes further havoc in the tank. Sorry. When the LR was returned to the tank, was it turned, twisted and shook to remove as many air bubbles as possible?
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Posted: May 18 2011 at 7:23pm |
Mark Peterson wrote:
I was thinking exactly the same thing. The collateral damage of all sorts caused by removing LR was far worse than needing to find a missing fish. Death comes unexpectedly to reef tanks but in a healthy tank, dead stuff gets eaten very quickly, bones and all.
Disturbing LR not only stresses the fish for several days, it leads to an increase in all the N compounds which causes further havoc in the tank. Sorry. When the LR was returned to the tank, was it turned, twisted and shook to remove as many air bubbles as possible?
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I never remove rocks to search for missing fish. I just let the CUC do their jobs. Sometimes they never reappear and other times I'm pleasantly surprised when they come out after being incognito for 3 weeks or more.
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Posted: May 19 2011 at 9:04am |
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How is the Blue Tang doing?
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