Blue Tang Ick Problem

[extremecoral]

Hi guys, I need some advice on how to treat these little white spots on him, I saw it this morning, the tang is fine, I think it is the early stage of the spread. I just want to save him. Any advice, should I use QT as the last resort or....directly treat him in my reef tank.

 

[YamahaF934]

Hey, I am going through the same process right now. I am doing a hyposalinity treatment.

There is a lot of great information about ick over in Marine Fish Discussion with Lee Birch

There are a few stickies that you need to read in order to better understand ick and what is happening.

http://www.reeffrontiers.com/forums/f15/marine-ich-myths-facts-27003/

http://www.reeffrontiers.com/forums/f15/curing-fish-marine-ich-50933/

Those are the ones you need to read.

Here is a link to my questions I have while going through this process.

http://www.reeffrontiers.com/forums/f15/hyposalinity-questions-63185/

 

[Peppie]

Hey, I am going through the same process right now. I am doing a hyposalinity treatment.

There is a lot of great information about ick over in Marine Fish Discussion with Lee Birch

There are a few stickies that you need to read in order to better understand ick and what is happening.

http://www.reeffrontiers.com/forums/f15/marine-ich-myths-facts-27003/

http://www.reeffrontiers.com/forums/f15/curing-fish-marine-ich-50933/

Those are the ones you need to read.

Here is a link to my questions I have while going through this process.

http://www.reeffrontiers.com/forums/f15/hyposalinity-questions-63185/

+1 on reading the above. It is a must to understand what will work and what will not.

 

[Aquanaut]

I don't recommend hypo with a reef system and is not a total cure anyway. Parasites can lay dormant for an extended period and re-infect the system and you'll have nuked your coral. Time to go fallow. Capture is possible in a reef with either renting a trap, or creating a net corral out of black nylon window screen+zip ties+acrylic rods at the corral corners. Place food at the far end of coral and allow fish to enter zone. This worked rather well for my schooling Anthias. Good luck.

 

[Chichas01]

hypo or copper treatment will work and you need to use a QT/hospital tank. You don't want to do either treatment in your display.