First ich out break.

[Kswish74]

Well my puffer and my juv. Emperor angel both have ich. Both have been transferred to qt tank and are being treated with very small amount of copper(I know they are sensitive to it). I'm going to be so mad if I lose both of these fish. Hopefully these are the only to that have it. Been checking all the other fish as well. Sad sad day

 

[ebushrow]

Well my puffer and my juv. Emperor angel both have ich. Both have been transferred to qt tank and are being treated with very small amount of copper(I know they are sensitive to it). I'm going to be so mad if I lose both of these fish. Hopefully these are the only to that have it. Been checking all the other fish as well. Sad sad day

Sorry to hear that.....I would expect the rest to get ick as well...I would take them all out and treat them. Then let the display be fish free for 8 - 12 weeks to ensure that ick is all gone....is the tank a Fowlr or a reef?

 

[Kswish74]

Mixed, and I have 20+ fish, unfortunately they won't all fit in my 30 gal qt tank

 

[ebushrow]

I'm not sure how you would attack this then....my only suggestion is to use prodibio spots and velvets cure...it is reef safe but has had mixed reviews for working. I would expect all the fish to get ick in the tank...usually when 1 gets it they all do IME

 

[Salty Carlo]

I agree with ebushrow. Ich spreads through the tank like crazy, if all the fish are not removed and QT with copper then ICH will always remain in the display tank. to eradicate ich they should be QT and treated with ich for minimum of 8 weeks.

 

[meir]

I myself just had an outbreak but my fish fought it off on their own

 

[ebushrow]

Check out this new article

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/i...ears-of-experience-and-ich-management.206347/

 

[Kswish74]

I myself just had an outbreak but my fish fought it off on their own

I have heard a kid of fish can fight it off pretty well on their own but it's a puffer and an angel. They are prone to ich

 

[Kswish74]

Check out this new article

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/i...ears-of-experience-and-ich-management.206347/

I just read that this morning! Pretty good read. I just don't have the funds to put up another qt tank for all the fish.

 

[melypr1985]

Alrighty. I'm sorry to hear about your fish. If one has ick, they all have it. The best thing you can do is take them all out for QT. I know they wont fit in your 30 gallon, so another or larger tank may be in order here. A small amount of copper wont do much of anything for the fish. You going to need slowly bring that copper level up to therapeutic levels to have any effect on the ick. You'll want to get as many fish as will fit into the 30 as is reasonable before you start bringing it up though. Can we see some pictures to help verify that it is infact ick you're dealing with?

 

[tcarter1936]

Don't forget rubber made hope tubs are very usefull. My 100 gallon was 75 bucks new at tractor supply.

 

[tcarter1936]

Hdpe note hope

 

[Kswish74]

Alrighty. I'm sorry to hear about your fish. If one has ick, they all have it. The best thing you can do is take them all out for QT. I know they wont fit in your 30 gallon, so another or larger tank may be in order here. A small amount of copper wont do much of anything for the fish. You going to need slowly bring that copper level up to therapeutic levels to have any effect on the ick. You'll want to get as many fish as will fit into the 30 as is reasonable before you start bringing it up though. Can we see some pictures to help verify that it is infact ick you're dealing with?

that's the best I could get. He has dots on his fins and so does the angel. Hard to tell on the angel unless you look really really close

 

[melypr1985]

Those dots are fairly small. In your oppinion do they look more like this:

Or like this:

 

[Kswish74]

Those dots are fairly small. In your oppinion do they look more like this:

Or like this:

Looks like the bottom one but not on the body.... it's weird. Puffer has kinda hazy eyes. Angel shows no sign of anything. Besides little dots on fins only not body. Hard to tell with puffer but looks like fins only as well

 

[Kswish74]

I was just told on Facebook that it could be just a fungus.

 

[Bunnee911]

/puts fingers in mouth and whistles for the #reefsquad

 

[melypr1985]

The bottom picture is of velvet. You'll want to watch for heavy breathing, loss of appetite and color, lethargy and bacterial infections that tend to set in pretty quickly with velvet. The cloudy eyes could be one of those infections. If this is the case then you want to act quickly to treat all your fish. I'll link you to more info on velvet and how to treat it. Velvet (Amyloodinium ocellatum)

Fungus is not something found in saltwater fish. That's a freshwater disease.

 

[bif24701]

I was just told on Facebook that it could be just a fungus.

Dr. Facebook?

 

[Kswish74]

This is the angel.
And the puffer is acting completely normal. Just has the spots and hazy eye. Still eating like a pig. Doesn't breathe hard or anything.