Powder blue has ick

[Keith Russell]

the tang has ick. Is there any treatment that will not hurt the reef. I don’t have a quarantine tank and I read the remedies are not good for the corals. Is that all corals or just sps. I can’t catch the fish he goes in the reef.

Please advise. I have some dang Xenia’s, mushrooms, polyps, trumpets, Favia, giant toadstool leather, cinnamon polyps.

 

[Mjrenz]

No reef safe treatments are available, you can try to catch him with a fish trap or wait until dark and surprise him with a flashlight. Do you have any pics so we can see how bad it is?

 

[Keith Russell]

Here is a picture

 

[ktisdale22]

If it's Ich I think you can use the hyposalinty method. I would look that up, but low salanity high temps to be general. This is the best site for info someone who knows way more than I do will help.

 

[Mjrenz]

That could be velvet @HotRocks @ngoodermuth @4FordFamily @Frtdrmrose7 @Big G

 

[Travis Stewart]

If I only had $1 everytime I’ve seen this fish sick in a tank...soo sensitive, good luck!

 

[Frtdrmrose7]

That could be velvet @HotRocks @ngoodermuth @4FordFamily @Frtdrmrose7 @Big G

Either way he needs to go into copper in a QT tank ASAP. Shoot for 2.0ppm with cheleted copper and ramp up from a predosed QT of 1.0ppm over 48 hours. All fish will need to go into QT for treatment and leave the DT fallow for 76 days. I think that’s a really bad case of ich because of the size of the spots.

 

[tehmadreefer]

That's a powder brown btw

 

[Mjrenz]

Either way he needs to go into copper in a QT tank ASAP. Shoot for 2.0ppm with cheleted copper and ramp up from a predosed QT of 1.0ppm over 48 hours. All fish will need to go into QT for treatment and leave the DT fallow for 76 days. I think that’s a really bad case of ich because of the size of the spots.

Thank you for the quick response! I've missed you the last few days

 

[Frtdrmrose7]

Thank you for the quick response! I've missed you the last few days

I’ll be hit and miss for the next few weeks, my father is in the hospital.

 

[Mjrenz]

I’ll be hit and miss for the next few weeks, my father is in the hospital.

That explains it, I hope all is ok

 

[Frtdrmrose7]

That explains it, I hope all is ok

He’s getting better but he is 85 so unfortunately old age is taking its toll. Thank you!

 

[Miami Reef]

Good luck with the powder brown! I myself had 2 powder Browns with ich. Neither made it but I didn’t QT them.

 

[Mjrenz]

He’s getting better but he is 85 so unfortunately old age is taking its toll. Thank you!

I'll say it for your dad, and this really hurts me deeply... Da bears. I really hope everything goes well

 

[Frtdrmrose7]

I'll say it for your dad, and this really hurts me deeply... Da bears. I really hope everything goes well

Thanks man.

 

[Mjrenz]

Either way he needs to go into copper in a QT tank ASAP. Shoot for 2.0ppm with cheleted copper and ramp up from a predosed QT of 1.0ppm over 48 hours. All fish will need to go into QT for treatment and leave the DT fallow for 76 days. I think that’s a really bad case of ich because of the size of the spots.

Back to this issue; do you think a freshwater dip would be a good idea if it is possibly velvet? Especially since there isn't a qt available immediately

 

[Frtdrmrose7]

Back to this issue; do you think a freshwater dip would be a good idea if it is possibly velvet? Especially since there isn't a qt available immediately

A FW dip could buy him time if it is velvet but tbh the Tang will be going back into a tank with a huge parasitic load.

 

[Frtdrmrose7]

How many fish are in this tank?

 

[Keith Russell]

I have the powder brown, coral beauty, yellow wrasse, 6 line wrasse, 2 chromis, niger trigger, 2 fire fish

 

[Mjrenz]

I have the powder brown, coral beauty, yellow wrasse, 6 line wrasse, 2 chromis, niger trigger, 2 fire fish

Are any of the other fish showing symptoms?