Captive bred Yellow tang

[Brett101]

Hey guys, I’m starting to notice a bunch of little white spots on my captive bred yellow tang, I didn’t know that captive bred tangs were susceptible to ich as much as wild ones. Any ideas on how to treat it without removing the fish and QT?

 

[IKD]

I don’t think they are any less susceptible than wild caught. I would first confirm it’s ich, then read/review this article to help. If you have corals/inverts (or ever plan to), there’s no effective option to treat in the display tank. The fallow period is actually closer to 45days vs 70days based on new research since the article was written.

Ich eradication vs. Ich management

Ich eradication vs. Ich management The purpose of this article is to discuss the pros & cons of ich eradication and ich management, and present the best methods for implementing each. Ich eradication - Simply put, this method means doing everything possible to keep ich out of your tank. That...

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[ChampionLighting]

They're tiny and need to be fed FREQUENTLY to build up their immune system. Change up the food type each time you feed and soak one feeding daily in a vitamin/HUFA supplement and garlic. You can try New Life Thera A pellets which have garlic in them.

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

Hey guys, I’m starting to notice a bunch of little white spots on my captive bred yellow tang, I didn’t know that captive bred tangs were susceptible to ich as much as wild ones. Any ideas on how to treat it without removing the fish and QT?

Welcome to Reef2Reef!

Captive born yellow tangs can develop ich as easily as any yellow tang, it's just that if you get them directly from Biota, they are less likely to be harboring this parasite. If the fish first goes through a dealer's tanks, it is exposed just like any other fish.

Are you sure it is ich? This post explains how to post a fish disease issue if you want us to help diagnose and give treatment advice:

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Aquarium Fish Disease Problem Solving Determining the best course of action for a problem with your aquarium can be a difficult task. Even advanced aquarists will often need to seek the help of others for complicated or unique issues. Our intent here on Reef 2 Reef is to offer expert advice...

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Jay

 

[vetteguy53081]

Please post pics under white lighting to confirm and further assess what you have
All fish are susceptible to disease. Husbandry,diet and water quality management help reduce chances but not necessarily prevent such

 

[Brett101]

Welcome to Reef2Reef!

Captive born yellow tangs can develop ich as easily as any yellow tang, it's just that if you get them directly from Biota, they are less likely to be harboring this parasite. If the fish first goes through a dealer's tanks, it is exposed just like any other fish.

Are you sure it is ich? This post explains how to post a fish disease issue if you want us to help diagnose and give treatment advice:

Some Helpful Hints When Posting or Responding to Threads in the Fish Disease Treatment and Diagnosis Section

Aquarium Fish Disease Problem Solving Determining the best course of action for a problem with your aquarium can be a difficult task. Even advanced aquarists will often need to seek the help of others for complicated or unique issues. Our intent here on Reef 2 Reef is to offer expert advice...

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Jay

I’m pretty positive, just little tiny white dots all over him I can try and get a picture

 

[Brett101]

I’m pretty positive, just little tiny white dots all over him I can try and get a picture

 

[Brett101]

Please post pics under white lighting to confirm and further assess what you have
All fish are susceptible to disease. Husbandry,diet and water quality management help reduce chances but not necessarily prevent such

Please post pics under white lighting to confirm and further assess what you have
All fish are susceptible to disease. Husbandry,diet and water quality management help reduce chances but not necessarily prevent such

 

[vetteguy53081]

White lighting is preferable but this may be crypto with mucus spores and often harder to treat conventionally and requires daily siphoning
Let’s see what @Jay Hemdal thinks on this

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

White lighting would help, but seeing spots on the fins (and not just the body) is a pretty clear symptom of ich. Can you see spots on any other fish?

Coppersafe, in a treatment tank is going to be your best course of action, although you could possibly use hyposalinity.

Jay

 

[Brett101]

White lighting would help, but seeing spots on the fins (and not just the body) is a pretty clear symptom of ich. Can you see spots on any other fish?

Coppersafe, in a treatment tank is going to be your best course of action, although you could possibly use hyposalinity.

Jay

All other fish look as happy as can be and no white spots. I understand copper might be the only other choice but I don’t have any access to a QT tank at all. I also don’t have any corals but some snails and hermit crabs only. Could anything work with what I have in the tank treatment wise.

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

All other fish look as happy as can be and no white spots. I understand copper might be the only other choice but I don’t have any access to a QT tank at all. I also don’t have any corals but some snails and hermit crabs only. Could anything work with what I have in the tank treatment wise.

Has the number of spots on the tang been changing? Can you take a second picture and then compare them side by side to see if the spots are changing location? If they are the same spots, day to day, it may not be ich (but I think it is).

There are a number of products that purport to cure ich in a display tank with invertebrates - most fall short in real world applications. They are on the market because there is no oversight of the aquarium fish medication market for "tonics" and because people without a quarantine tank are desperate for something.

Jay

 

[Uncle99]

Only Copper, Hypo and TTM has been proven to work on ick.
All else “snake-oil” but if your stuck with no QT (a bucket] not much choice.

 

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Humblefish has a post on treating with hydrogen peroxide. I used it once in a Red Sea 350 with Green Star Polyps. The affected fish recovered. Not sure if it kills ich, but helps to raise the oxygen level so they don’t suffocate. You might give it a try.

 

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[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

Humblefish has a post on treating with hydrogen peroxide. I used it once in a Red Sea 350 with Green Star Polyps. The affected fish recovered. Not sure if it kills ich, but helps to raise the oxygen level so they don’t suffocate. You might give it a try.

You really need to use peroxide test strips if you want to dose that in DT. The amount of reactive peroxide is dependent on the level of organics in the tank - a dose that works in one tank could be deadly in another. The first thing to go will be shrimp, then snails, then fish. Corals seem to tolerate high peroxides better.
Jay