macman7010
Aquarium Advice FINatic
Hey Guys,
A few months ago I purchased a Powder Blue Tang for my 120 reef. I qt'd the guy for about 2 weeks and released him into the main tank. During qt he showed no signs of ich whatsoever. Within a few days in the reef he got ich. I tried treating it with Selcon soaked foods, lots of feedings and good water quality, hoping my 25 watt UV Sterilizor would kill it off.
Needless to say most of my tank's fish got infected and I pulled them all out into qt tanks and ran the tank fishless for 45 days. On Sunday - day 45 of qt I added the PBT back to the main reef. Well in under 12 hours, even though no other fish had any signs, he came down with ich again. Since I am not tearing the reef down again I purchased some Ruby Reef Kick Ich.
I have never used this to any great extent so I dont know whether it will work or not. Anyone have any ideas about how to handle a fish this ich sensitive? Anyone else's PBT get ich this quickly and this much? I read and researched that they were sensitive to ich but I never in a million years would have thought they were this bad.
At any rate any ideas on how to handle this would be appreciated. I am at this point considering dumping the PBT (giving it away I mean) and getting a different large fish for my reef that isnt so ich prone. Another thing I am trying is MarineMax from Tropical Science. This is a ProBiotic/Vitamin Mineral water additive that is supposed to help repair diseased fish and prevent disease, any ideas or expierences on that?
A few months ago I purchased a Powder Blue Tang for my 120 reef. I qt'd the guy for about 2 weeks and released him into the main tank. During qt he showed no signs of ich whatsoever. Within a few days in the reef he got ich. I tried treating it with Selcon soaked foods, lots of feedings and good water quality, hoping my 25 watt UV Sterilizor would kill it off.
Needless to say most of my tank's fish got infected and I pulled them all out into qt tanks and ran the tank fishless for 45 days. On Sunday - day 45 of qt I added the PBT back to the main reef. Well in under 12 hours, even though no other fish had any signs, he came down with ich again. Since I am not tearing the reef down again I purchased some Ruby Reef Kick Ich.
I have never used this to any great extent so I dont know whether it will work or not. Anyone have any ideas about how to handle a fish this ich sensitive? Anyone else's PBT get ich this quickly and this much? I read and researched that they were sensitive to ich but I never in a million years would have thought they were this bad.
At any rate any ideas on how to handle this would be appreciated. I am at this point considering dumping the PBT (giving it away I mean) and getting a different large fish for my reef that isnt so ich prone. Another thing I am trying is MarineMax from Tropical Science. This is a ProBiotic/Vitamin Mineral water additive that is supposed to help repair diseased fish and prevent disease, any ideas or expierences on that?