HELP 2ND TANK HAS ICH ON DAMSEL!

Dingo1690 · Sep 24, 2019

So i have a 12g nano up and running for around a year an half now. My first fish was a damsel that i kept no problems for around 11 months my son wanted to start a tank so he got moved over to his nano. Came home from work to check the tanks and noticed white dots on him. I do not have a way to set up a hospital tank to save him or treat at this moment. Now i am worried that we share tubes for water changes and such that my tank could be effected?. The damsel is eating well while breathing is quite fast. His tank has been fully cycled and running for a good time with coral and everything growing well?? i dont get how this came about and will my tank be effected sharing cleaning supplies??

BayouReefer · Sep 24, 2019

So you probably already know it is ick. The fish has to be treated or it won’t make it. You can’t treat ick with corals in the tank. The parasite will dye after, I believe 45 days without a host. There are plenty of posts on treating ick I would suggest doing a little research on the best way to go about it and to get the specifics.

LesPoissons · Sep 24, 2019

Its actually more like 75 days without a host, but Healthy fish can fight off ich, your fish probably got it because the move stressed him out. Ich is present in your tank, came in on another fish or from basically anywhere if you dont qt. Not a huge deal but if you dont have a hospital tank for treatment, you just have to hope he makes it. Make sure you are feeding a healthy diet, (do frozen if you typically do pellets) add garlic and bvitamins, and feed often. Other option would be running out and getting a 10g set up and making it your hospital tank and treating with copper. Depends on how bad the fish looks and how much you want to keep him. Good luck!

Dave1987 · Sep 25, 2019

Damsels are tough little devils. Just wait and see.

Coral Storm · Sep 25, 2019

Dingo1690 said:
So i have a 12g nano up and running for around a year an half now. My first fish was a damsel that i kept no problems for around 11 months my son wanted to start a tank so he got moved over to his nano. Came home from work to check the tanks and noticed white dots on him. I do not have a way to set up a hospital tank to save him or treat at this moment. Now i am worried that we share tubes for water changes and such that my tank could be effected?. The damsel is eating well while breathing is quite fast. His tank has been fully cycled and running for a good time with coral and everything growing well?? i dont get how this came about and will my tank be effected sharing cleaning supplies??

dont share cleaning supplies. you risk transfering ich. also quarantene the damsel if possible and only run the yank with anything BUT fish. fish will allow the ich to come back abd last longer. also treat with copper treatment. like others have said. do more reasearch i made a very simplified peice of advice here.

Coral Storm · Sep 25, 2019

Dave1987 said:
Damsels are tough little devils. Just wait and see.

ich WILL KILL if left untreated.

Dingo1690 · Oct 15, 2019

Coral Storm said:
ich WILL KILL if left untreated.

And it did...he bounced back and then yesterday he was upside down barely breathing

Vahanyos · Oct 15, 2019

I've had fish with ich that didn't die so don't take advice from people saying that ich is the end of your fish and that's that....

I've had fish show symptoms here and there of the white dot, but as long as you keep them well fed and STRESS FREE (This is important) then it wont necessarily KILL them.

Also, from my experience, the only way i was able to completely get rid of them was to go fallow for 3 months. no less... i would throw in some coral food to keep my corals happy and after the 3 month mark, i waited aother 2 weeks just to be on the safe side and added some new healthy fish in. Was ich free after that.