Ich on Potters angelfish...

[mosheikh]

Hi, I just noticed white spots on my potters angel fish. I assumed it was ick. I got it two days ago from roozens. What is the best thing to do to get rid of ick? 2 spots are on the body, and fins..

[Guest Kimo]

Hey -

 

Is he in quarantine, or in the main tank?  What other fish do you have?  Are they harassing him?

 

Potters Angels can be sensitive.  If he is in quarantine, then you can try to treat with hyposalinity.  Is he eating?

 

It is important to get as much food as possible into this fish.  They graze all the time.  I have had mine for almost 3 years now, and he is constantly picking on the LR and eats everything I put in the tank.  He has gotten a little ick, but it went away in a day or two.  

 

Now, I'll leave it up to other members to chime in with what they think is a good treatment method, but I have never lost a fish to Ick.  I don't really do anything, I just make sure to feed small portions very often so the fish gets as much as possible.  GArlic is said to help, but I am not sure.

 

I defer this to the more experienced reefers out there -

 

Jamie

[GaryL]

GArlic is said to help, but I am not sure.

 

I defer this to the more experienced reefers out there -

 

Jamie

im not a more experienced reefer, but........

I mixed garlic powder with some tank water and flake food and feed it to my mollies wich are being used to cycle the tank, it really seem to help them and they are still ok. i think garlic like it works for us helps boost the immune system

[mosheikh]

The fish is in the main tank...i only have two fish, lawnmower blenny, and the potters angelfish. It swims fine, nothing wrong yet, but i guess ill put garlic extract in the brine shrimp..thanks for the help

[Lee Stearns]

First I would say that with a roozen's fish esp. you need to quarantine- but that is OBE- there are many sites that talk about treatments on Saltwater Ich- If you have a quarantine or med tank then I would think about taking the angel out and treating seperately, and maybe a fresh water dip- Lots of stess in that route. The other is hyposalinity for the entire tank- but depending on what else is in the tank you stess them- thinking some of the soft corals. Colts, pulsing xenias don't like hyposalinity. The thrird route would be to do the garlic soaked food, and cleaner shrimp- which are kind of cool anyway and just wait it out. Some get a UV sterilezer, but they are pricey to get a good one- I just wiated it out after trying hypo with little effect and still use some galic in my food prep for ich on my powder blue and hippo- The yellow tang never got it. After about four months I almost never see any spots on the fins. I attribute it to lots of flow, and very fat and healthy fish who have become less succeptible over time. But then this is only conjecture on my part. I have noted that when they get a spot of ich they love staying in the strong flow of one of the four power heads.

[Caribbean Jake]

Is it really ich?  or is it something else they picked up in your tank like slime, white dust or just dirt?   I ask cause sometimes we confuse ich with sediment particles.

[miller]

clearner shrimp work great and its fun to watch the shrimp climb all over the fish i dont know about you but i know in my tank catching a fish is darn near impossable