Cam barr Posted June 17, 2002 Share Posted June 17, 2002 hey guys the ich that i was talking abou is not ich its eather some sorta fungal infection or some sort of parasite ill post some pics this after noon i put a net in the tank so the tand gets used to it what one of the guys at the lfs said to do was take out the fish and eather quarintine him or just pich off the parisite is the spots or spots are kind of round to oval and the have a flessy almosat tan apparence have looked in nurmours places for info but i couldent fing any what should i do set up a qurintine tank???? pick them off??? all helk will be apreacheated cam Link to comment
Cam barr Posted June 18, 2002 Author Share Posted June 18, 2002 hellooooo any one out there Link to comment
MKramer Posted June 18, 2002 Share Posted June 18, 2002 Have you considered punctuation marks? Specifically, periods? I had trouble reading your post initially, so I left it for others to decipher. I'll take a stab, though. A simple quarantine won't do anything, unless you either quarantine and medicate or use hyposalinity. I've never been a fan of pinching off parasites, because they can cause more damage and possible infection in the process. If you can get them to let go of their own free will (or die off), the fish will fair better. However, I've no idea what treatments work for a yellow tang, or how susceptable it is to salinity shock during hyposalinity. If it's fungal, keep up with good garlic-laden foods, and hopefully the fish will fight it off itself. Otherwise, the same quarantine rules apply. Link to comment
Cam barr Posted June 19, 2002 Author Share Posted June 19, 2002 what about a fw dip. or what about putting him in a 5 gal with some sort of copper tratment. also i think it might be culiflower somthing cant remember the full name think ill qurrintine him its not hurting him he swims happily all over the tank so i dunno could he fight it off himself????. thanks for the help cam Link to comment
koiman16 Posted June 19, 2002 Share Posted June 19, 2002 i had experience with a tang that developed the same thing that my tang had. I would probably by a 10 gallon tank and place him in there with some no-ich marine, which is supposed to be excellent, but you could always use copper. What kind of tank do you have him in and how big is he? Link to comment
Cam barr Posted June 21, 2002 Author Share Posted June 21, 2002 talked to the guy at my lfs and he said it was some sort of bacterial infection.he said it would go away in a monthe or two i have him in a 40 gal Link to comment
My Alife 7 Posted July 1, 2002 Share Posted July 1, 2002 Hey Cam, how's your clownfish doing now...? Is it okay? Link to comment
byrself Posted July 1, 2002 Share Posted July 1, 2002 i believe that some treatments are not good with tangs, but i think the best method is to let the fish fight it on it's own, provided you give him good and stable water quality. maybe get him a cleaner shrimp, but dips and excess moving him around will only make matters worse imo. i have had good luck using a med called paraguard, but it might not work for your tang. good luck a bacterial infection is something i've never dealt with though.. Link to comment
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