ick

[sydney]

Is ick alway's in your tank. I was told that fish live with ick at all times. It just affects the fish when it's stressed. I have had two tanks crash from ick.first time a powder blue tang and the second time it was a powder brown tang.I used kick ick and it didnt work. Now my naso tang has ick . This time I took the NT out and put him in the QT tank and I put kick ick in.This time I can save some money .Kick ick is 31.00 a bottle ,Tring to treat a 210 is $$$$$.I also feed garlic with my food and I have a 30 watt uv. I must have the worst luck when it comes to ick.

[rsarvis]

I've definitely heard that ich is usually present in tanks but that healthy fish usually won't succumb to it absent other stress factors; I don't know what the truth is, but that's what I've heard from several knowledgeable people. I've also definitely heard that certain (all?) tangs are especially susceptible to ich, notably hippo tang, powder blues, powder browns. So maybe you just happened to pick the most susceptible species and that explains your luck.

 

Is ick alway's in your tank. I was told that fish live with ick at all times. It just affects the fish when it's stressed. I have had two tanks crash from ick.first time a powder blue tang and the second time it was a powder brown tang.I used kick ick and it didnt work. Now my naso tang has ick . This time I took the NT out and put him in the QT tank and I put kick ick in.This time I can save some money .Kick ick is 31.00 a bottle ,Tring to treat a 210 is $$$$$.I also feed garlic with my food and I have a 30 watt uv. I must have the worst luck when it comes to ick.

[treesprite]

i think a tank CAN have none in it. I kept my fish uot of the tank for a couple of months in a tank with copper, did formalin and freshwater dips. I have a very hard time imagining that after all that my fish still would have anything, except maybe now that I put a new fish in the tank that wasn't through that procedure.

[dano]

does anyone know if corals can have ich? I have a small colony of brown zoos that have white dots all over them but my fish and the rest of the tank looks fine. I've wondered if I should take the zoos out for fear that they will eventually infect the rest of the tank if it is ich. Thanks. dano

[treesprite]

does anyone know if corals can have ich? I have a small colony of brown zoos that have white dots all over them but my fish and the rest of the tank looks fine. I've wondered if I should take the zoos out for fear that they will eventually infect the rest of the tank if it is ich. Thanks. dano

 

 

You can post about this subject on the general board. I'm not so sure why this thread was started under this forum category.