[nice wrasse]

i recently introduced a naso tang into my 55 gal. reef aquarium and come to find out it had ich. the fish only lasted about a week b4 it died. now all of my fish have ich and it looks like their scales are peeling and flaking off. out of about 10 fish im now down to 3 and it doesnt look like they are going to make it. please post back with some info as to what is going on in my tank. nice wrasse

[volitan_fa]

Get those fish out of your tank! Put them in a quarantine tank and medicate them asap.

I've heard a ton of different tx options, but i've never personally encountered ich (knock on wood). I would just suggest whatever you do it doesn't involve copper.

[crazygator]

certian suplements will negate meds for ich, one being copper, i think iron and even purple-up. if its that bad though just keep your fingers crossed, i've never dealt with a sick salt fish. freshwater had several problems and it was a pain.

[King Nine]

From what my LFS told me, ANY fish swimming in copper has a life expectancy of only ONE YEAR.

[fishnewb776]

lol you shoulda had a quarentine tank( i probably spelled quarentine wrong)

[ericwebster]

Sorry to hear about your problems.

I have battled ick before -- its not a fun battle.

There are lots of controversy in reguards on how fish get sick and how to cure them.

Copper is a poison, to the fish and also the parasite (the ick) -- the parasites just happen to die first. You can also try hyposalinity but becareful with both of these treatments because if you overdose copper you can kill a fish quite quickly.

I finally cured my ick by getting a very powerful UV serilizer, feeding lots of protien rich food soaked in zoe/garlic. You need to also figure out whats (if anything) is causing the fish stress (a bully)

Have you checked your water parameters lately?

Sorry for your losses. Good luck.

[eileen]

I am an ich expert! Experience is everything. Every time I would add a fish it seemed Ich would affect the fish. Kick Ich is the answer for me. Your fish may be too far gone but remember it for the future.

I now do a Hydroplex dip for 10 minutes on new fish. I prophylactically treat with kick ich one dose and watch very carefully. This product is safe to use with corals fish invertebrates etc.

Sometimes you don't see spots. You may notice a fish gets more gray kinda pale looking or you might notice they smack themselves on rocks.

Another solution I was given by my lfs is to have 2 heaters . Any flux in temps will cause stress.

I do not have a quaranteen tank. I don't have the room or the patience to handle 2 tanks.

PS how does anyone recommend getting your fish out of there. I have never been able to catch a fish with all the live rock catching on everything. Guess this is a suggestion pertinent to those with small tanks.
Hope this helps. I have lots of problems and few solutions, but I haven't had ich since I started doing the above.

[Riermann]

just to add one thing, naso tangs need like 125 gallon tank, or they get stressed whitch then leads to ick...So I would not try another one unless you have a bigger tank.

[sexart8952]

Ick is no fun ive had it in my new FW tank and it killed my catfish sharks. I rushed adding fish and the levels spiked. Now everything is fine and I now have a healthy FW tank with catfish sharks again.