PB_Smith
Aquarium Advice Addict
so no matter how healthy they look at first, they can always open that pack of ich and give you a headache...
So the other day I came into possession of a beautiful powder brown tang.
(before I get hammered by the "tang police", yes I know my tank isn't ideally big enough, but trust me, the tang is in a much better situation now than previously, also gives me more impetus to set up the bigger tank)
Anyway he looked fine at first and he is settling in good. He ate a sheet of nori yesterday and eagerly goes for any food fed to the tank and is doing a lot of grazing.
So of course this morning I wake up to a salted tang....
He is still acting fine, full coloration, grazing, chasing other fish, doing normal tang stuff.
(dang, those scratches sure show up in pics)
So my dilemma is, do I just hook back up my UV, up water changes and hope for the best
or do I risk injury and further stress by removing him to a hospital tank.....
I'm actually not too concerned about the other fish getting ich, they have all fought it off a couple of times before but we will see....
I know, I know, should have quarantined him first, especially a tang, but it was rushed thing.......
So the other day I came into possession of a beautiful powder brown tang.
(before I get hammered by the "tang police", yes I know my tank isn't ideally big enough, but trust me, the tang is in a much better situation now than previously, also gives me more impetus to set up the bigger tank)
Anyway he looked fine at first and he is settling in good. He ate a sheet of nori yesterday and eagerly goes for any food fed to the tank and is doing a lot of grazing.
So of course this morning I wake up to a salted tang....
He is still acting fine, full coloration, grazing, chasing other fish, doing normal tang stuff.
(dang, those scratches sure show up in pics)
So my dilemma is, do I just hook back up my UV, up water changes and hope for the best
or do I risk injury and further stress by removing him to a hospital tank.....
I'm actually not too concerned about the other fish getting ich, they have all fought it off a couple of times before but we will see....
I know, I know, should have quarantined him first, especially a tang, but it was rushed thing.......