Hippo tang quarantine

[BPBELL]

I have a young blue hippo tang that has either ick or velvet I'm not sure at this time as its early
I don't want to treat my entire 220g tank for multiple reasons however I did catch him and quarantine him for 10 days in a copper treatment but 4 days after returning him to the DT the spots returned
I'm pretty sure I have to do it again but was 10 days long enough the spots were gone in 3
I've also did a 10 min freshwater dip that didn't help this is why I fear it's velvet
Any suggestions would be great
I have anemomies and inverts in the DT


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[jduck]

Is this the only fish?
All fish need to be caught and QT'ed.
Display needs to remain fallow (without fish) for 6-8 weeks to allow ich/velvet to die off.

 

[bct15]

You have to leave you tank fish less for a long time to get rid of the ich, this is why your quarantine method (catching treating catching reintroducing catching retreating catching reintroducing) is potentially worse. I'll give you my opinion on treating ich.

You are best off letting the fish fight it naturally. Feed the fish one to two times a day, making sure to get seaweed in one feeding every other day. Every two to three days soak your food in a drop or two of garlic soak (follow instructions). Feed the fish with a turkey baster, suck some food up into the baster and squirt a little out once the fish eats all you squirted out feed a little more (keep repeating takes about five minutes) until the fish is full, this ensures all of the food you are adding is getting eaten (you don't want to deal with poor water quality on too of a sick fish). Also dont overuse the garlic soak, to much is bad but a little used sparingly when fish are sick is good. Don't chase or catch the fish, this will stress it out and make it worse. Allowing the fish ti fight it off naturally gives you the best hance to best it and not see it come back, and if it does you know the fish will be fine. In my opinion catching an quarantine is for unhealthy fish that can't beat it on its own, and freshwater dips are a very last resort. I did some on my black and white clowns when I think they had brook a while back when I was a noob, they beat whatever it was and are still alive today though and they were both on the brink of death laying on the bottom.


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[BPBELL]

Sounds like I'm going to deal with this for a while but what you say makes sense now that I hear it
Appreciate the advice and will start the new regimen today


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