Freshwater dip

Rickyb1982 · May 17, 2016

No problem

Rickyb1982 · May 17, 2016

luke33 said:
This was really tough to read through. The last thing you want to do with a stressed out sick fish with ick is throw it in a fw dip. For one it does not kill the ick as its been proven time and time again, and two, if the fish is stressed out the last thing you want to do is stress it out more. There are three options really imo, copper, hyposalinity or feed it with garlic, selcon, dr g's medicated foods. But please stop fw dipping this poor fish. If its not eating and just laying on the surface its most likely not going to survive at this point. The thing about ick is if you over react its always the fish that gets the butt end of the reaction.

This is not ich I'm dealing with here if you read my post !!

Rickyb1982 · May 17, 2016

I run copper in my qt tanks but this is not ick !! Probably velvet

tamand5 · May 17, 2016

Yeah i feed with garlic...like i said he acts perfectly normal and it dont seem to bother me i just dont want it to eventually kill him...ive heard that if a fish is healthy eating and swimming normally it could beat ich on its own and my cleaner shrimp and tang have become best friends lol

Rickyb1982 · May 17, 2016

It will just become more tolerant to ich and not beat it

Rickyb1982 · May 17, 2016

Garlic does not do anything for ich

tamand5 · May 17, 2016

that makes sense

Rickyb1982 · May 17, 2016

They just kinda build up an immunity to it but I don't know if that's proven either

tamand5 · May 17, 2016

Would you happen to know if a female wrasse will go into hiding if she is pregnant?

luke33 · May 17, 2016

Rickyb1982 said:
This is not ich I'm dealing with here if you read my post !!

I read this whole post, problem is you are over reacting. First it was a stressed purple tang and you thought it had ick, then after fw dips, which did nothing more than stress it out more, you diagnosed the fish with velvet, then formalin. Now you are throwing out cupramine, to me this fish has zero chance to survive. Its a purple tang, they are notorious for getting ick, the best thing for this fish would have been to add it to an established mature tank with plenty to graze on, then feed well. I'm betting it would have recovered just fine on its own.

I'm not trying to dog on you, but this has just been a horrible read. I'll go now, I just feel bad for the fish.

Rickyb1982 · May 17, 2016

I was told it had ich but didn't think it was ich that's why I asked Bobby

Rickyb1982 · May 17, 2016

I'm watching him on my video camera right now and appears to be doing better

Rickyb1982 · May 17, 2016

I bought the fish from petco to try and save it ! I'm not one for making a fish suffer for sure

Rickyb1982 · May 17, 2016

And I don't want ich in my system that's why I'm quarantining

Rickyb1982 · May 17, 2016

Hes,finally swimming around again

tamand5 · May 17, 2016

Yea!!!!

melypr1985 · May 17, 2016

luke33 said:
I read this whole post, problem is you are over reacting. First it was a stressed purple tang and you thought it had ick, then after fw dips, which did nothing more than stress it out more, you diagnosed the fish with velvet, then formalin. Now you are throwing out cupramine, to me this fish has zero chance to survive. Its a purple tang, they are notorious for getting ick, the best thing for this fish would have been to add it to an established mature tank with plenty to graze on, then feed well. I'm betting it would have recovered just fine on its own.

I'm not trying to dog on you, but this has just been a horrible read. I'll go now, I just feel bad for the fish.

I believe she reacted correctly and is doing the right treatment for this tang. He was in bad shape when she bought him and has a good chance to turn him around. She also didn't diagnose the fish on her own but had humblefish's help with that. It's a diagnosis I agree with along with the treatment plan.

melypr1985 · May 17, 2016

@tamand5 You would need something like a 20 long for your fish. Check out this link for help on how to set one up properly.

http://reef2reef.com/threads/how-to-quarantine.189815/