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I recently got a yellow tang from my local pet store, and it has been developing some dark splotching on its’ scales. Is it Black Ich? I don’t know exactly what it is and i have no idea how I could fix this. Anything helps you guys!

I've recently noticed my ornate leopard wrasse striking her body against the sand. I only recently noticed this. Do you think it could be ich? Or is this normal behavior since she sleeps in the sand. Today I took this video of her behavior, and it occurred right before she buried in the sand to...

Hello guys i have a bad ich problem on my tank and i am looking got a solution to fix this and treat it the right way. Only problem i have is that i live in a small studio and don't have space for a quarantine tank so that is out of the way i am looking for a reef safe option to treat and fix...

Ok so I have a 40 saltwater tank. I added 2 clown fishes and in few hours I noticed one of the fishes has a little speck on her head or it might be a little scratch. Sometimes it looks like a dot and sometimes it looks like a scratch. My clown fishes have been playing with each other but I...

So I recently got my first expensive fish, the flame angel and it was doing perfect, eating and everything, the next morning he had ich loads of it, he is the only one in the tank with it so I took him out but I dont have a QT so I put him in a bucket with plenty hiding spots a heater and an...

hi everyone, This is an update to an earlier post i had qt-ing 2 firefish in a 13g. So far: 1) 5 m freshwater dip, then placed in qt. 2) days 1-5 praxipro, clean qt 25% water change 3) days 6-10 2nd dose praxipro, 25% water change Cupramine 1) days 1-13 of cupramine after praxi, both firefish...

hi everyone, I currently have 2 firefish in a 13g qt, i started them w a 5m fresh water dip them on praxipro for 5 days, cleaned and redosed tank after 5 days more w praxipro. After day 10, i started using cupramine increasing lvls over a 2day period to match the 0.5 copper lvl needed. I...

I have recently acquired a new 150 gallon DT with a 50-gallon sump. I got all the rock, sand and everything else form the same person and kept everything together. It has been up for 1 week now, and I just noticed Ich on my 7" blue tang. I am feeding them normally, I did add a 3" lawnmower...

Curing ICH without medication

Hello friends, I just want to share my story about battling with ich, marive velvet and bacterial infections on my 120 gallon bare bottom FOWLR tank. A couple weeks ago my fishes contracted these parasites and BI. So I humbly asked this forum for help. People like @Humble fish, @melypr1985 and...

is this spot I circled ich? I can't tell if it's just the design or if it is.

Hello, I have a 120 bare bottom 120 gallon FOWLR tank and my fishes contracted ich and flukes. what is the best medicine or treatment for it? I was thinking of using Polyp Lab Medic, Prazipro or nuke it with copper since i don't have any inverts and corals . Any suggestions? 3 out of 10 fishes...

Hello guys, I'm new here so please be gentle. I have a 120 gallon bare bottom not invert FOWLR tank. What is the best treatment for it? I have a QT but its only a 10 gallon. any idea or suggestions for any treatment? Thanks guys

Hello again guys !! So heres my story, i purchased a yellow eye tang off live aquaria, and made the HUGE mistake of not QT the fish. My tank beforehand has never faced any kind of disease/etc. so anyway as i was observing the new arrival i noticed what many of us dread .. i saw a few, tiny white...

Hello all, I recently read two interesting things: * in FISH DISEASE - Diagnosis and Treatment, it's noted that Ich cannot complete its lifecycle at temperatures greater than 30*C / 86*F. The lifecycle is completed in 3-7 days at 25*C (and completes more quickly at higher temperatures), so I...

Looking to get another tang for my 180g reef I had three previously, Large Dejardini Sailfin, Medium Yellow Eye Kole and Medium Blonde Naso. One day the Naso didnt look too good. Saw the Sailfin bullying it, so moved it to my hospital tank, but it didnt make it. Looking to get another...

My tank has recently come down with ich and I decided to fallow my tank for a couple months (8 weeks or longer). I am gonna pull my fish on Tuesday when I actually get a new quarantine tank. I quarentined my fire fish but not my clownfish pair because lfs said they were newly quarantined...

This is my first article on this forum so I hope you enjoy it and benefit from it. One of the most common diseases in saltwater that we usually face is Cryptocaryon Irritans or commonly known as Marine Ich. There are few treatments that pop to mind, Copper, Chloroquine phosphate (CP), Tank...

I have 7 fish in my quarantine tank due to an ich attack. I have been doing water change ever 2 days but I notice that the ich is gone but my fish are barely swimming. I measured ammonia level and it is present in my tank between 0.25 and 0.5 . Do you have any advice to reduce the ammonia level...

Some background: I purchased this aquarium RS-170 off craigslist, live stock and all. At the time every swim bladder enabled inhabitant looked disease free. After a few weeks, the Kole tang started flashing and swimming more erratically. A few days go by, I notice white ovals on fins, head...

I buy Chocolate Chip Starfish from LPS to feed to my Harlequin Shrimp. Is it necessary/advisable to QT the starfish? Are they Ich/parasite carriers? Can/should copper be used on them? Or is it safe to add them directly to the DT? What about water droplet transfer? What is the correct procedure?

hey guys I bought a clownfish about 3 weeks ago and today I noticed 3-5 black spots on it, i did a water change yesterday. I've read it could be black ich or nothing at all so can I have some help diagnosing it and what to do about it. It was hard to get a good picture but this is what I got

This may seem like an odd question but will ich or marine velvet be able to survive in a system where the fish have become immune to these parasites? This might be a good question for @Paul B to chime in on. I had Ich in my tank and was unable to remove my fish so I opted to treat the tank with...

I firmly believe in doing the bucket transfer method to really cure whitespot. Been doing that for years and got a 100% survival rate. However, I got asked a question around copper and I cannot find the answer. As we know, copper is only effective during the free swimming stage. Basically it...

Those that have experienced either Marine Velvet or Ich outbreak, did the parasites (at one of its life cycle) visible by bare eyes? Perhaps when they are at Trophonts stage (mature trophozoite)? I'm seeing white micro organism on the wall tank and they move and i don't believe it's Amphipods...