rushopkins
Aquarium Advice Regular
Just purchased a powder blue tang and 24 hours later it has ick and my flame angel has a little also now. How do I get rid of this with out killing my cleaner shrimp and snails?
So I don't need to treat the entire tank? Only the two fish?You need to get a QT, and get some copper treatment, i likd coppersafe personally, get a HOB and a heater, fill the QT with tank water, get some media from your DT and treat until it gets better. Heres how i setup my QT: >10g tank >Aqueon quietflow 20 HOB >Aqueon 100W heater >1" PVC pipes Treatment: Coppersafe made by sentry Pretty simple, also you gotta do 10% WC every other day to keep parameters down.
So I don't need to treat the entire tank? Only the two fish?
I'm a little confused. If I'm treating the whole tank why do I need to remove the fish? Or did you mean all the fish need to be treated?Entire tank, might need a bigger QT tank, also you have to let the tank fallow for 6-8 weeks without fish. Invertabrates can stay
My understanding here is that saltwater ich needs a host fish and without the fish the parasite will die off right? So you remove all fish and treat separately in QT and let the main tank stay empty of fish long enough for the parasite to die off without a host?
Sorry im a freshie lurking in the salt forums because im going to be getting into saltwater at some point...
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