Help...my fish are dieing !!!!

[nanshaw2001]

My Royal Gramma and Kole Tang have white spotson them ( ick?) although I have made no new additions to the tank. Checked my parameters yesterday....salt was a little high. I have no qt....everyone else still looks healthy. I do have a bt anmenoe whick spewed off some white stuff 2 days ago. I have a few other inverts in the tank. Best course of action...please!!!! TIA Nancy

 

[WPH]

catch and give fish a FW dip....and keep fish in a QT tank or 5 gal bucket with airstone and treat with quick cure (blue med) the ick should dissapear off the fish in a couple of days...

 

[Herefishyfishy]

Pretty surprising response.
Do you want the Ick to fall off temporarily and come back later or do you want to cure them????

Yes a FW dip or better formalin will clean the fish up and even help get them ready for transport or sale, but perhaps killing off all the parasites and ending the disease might be a better course?

I would start Hyposalinity immediately

http://www.reeffrontiers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=27003

http://www.reeffrontiers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=27155

please move thread to Lee's fish forum

 

[WPH]

Pretty surprising response.
Do you want the Ick to fall off temporarily and come back later or do you want to cure them????

Yes a FW dip or better formalin will clean the fish up and even help get them ready for transport or sale, but perhaps killing off all the parasites and ending the disease might be a better course?

I would start Hyposalinity immediately

http://www.reeffrontiers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=27003

http://www.reeffrontiers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=27155

please move thread to Lee's fish forum

The title of this thread says it all....my fish are dying...it is an immediate response to treat the fish before the parasites take over the fishes gills and suffocate the fish....Treating the tank is another challenge to face...I did not recommend any method on treating the tank because I do not know what kind of tank inhabitants exist....Hypo will kill the corals and inverts if any....in order to save these fish you must remove them from the vicious cycle and treat the fish immediately. leaving the fish in the tank and treating the tank and fish together will kill the fish....aloha Les

 

[Herefishyfishy]

Please read the Hyposalinity process in the attached link. This procedure is not done in the display, it is done in a QT which doesn't have to be anything fancy and gives immediate relief to the fish

Aloha, love your great fish offerings!

 

[leebca]

Nancy,

There are three proven and known cures for Marine Ich. They are: copper treatment, hyposalinity treatment, and the tank transfer method. The two most common choices are listed in these posts:
Copper Medications - Good, Bad, and Ugly and
A Fish Hyposalinity Treatment

First you want to be sure you have the proper diagnosis. Next you want to setup and use a quarantine tank/hospital tank. This is how to do this:
A Quarantine Procedure

Assuming it is Marine Ich: Because your fish are infected but there have been no losses, there should be no immediate urgency UNLESS you can't do the following right away: I would suggest a treatment using Cupramine, using a Salifert Copper Test kit to control the copper. Put all fish in quarantine and perform the treatment. Leave your display system fishless for no less than 8 weeks. Hold the fish in quarantine for 4 weeks AFTER the treatment to verify they are cured.

If you can't respond quickly, then fish will likely die/succumb to the parasite. If the fish are breathing really fast (more than 120 'swallows' per minute), I would perform a freshwater dip according to this: Fresh Water Fish Dip on their way into the quarantine tank.

If you'd like to learn more about this parasite, please read this thoroughly so you understand and get to know the 'enemy:'
Marine Ich - Myths and Facts.

I know. A lot reading to do. But the details of what you need to know, and know in a hurry, are all there. No sense in asking more questions until you've given the above posts a thorough read. We're here to help if and when you need it.

Good luck!