Go4Long Posted January 2, 2007 Report Share Posted January 2, 2007 (edited) my father in law just started a nano cube a couple weeks ago here...he has two clowns and one blue tang(and some assorted coral and a fire shrimp), today I looked in the tank and it looks like the tang has ich...was wondering what he should do, or if this is indeed ich...sorry for the not so great pictures, little thing is fast and just won't sit still :S at the moment it does not appear to be affecting the clowns, should I take the tang out of the tank asap or what? Edited January 2, 2007 by Go4Long Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrubby Posted January 2, 2007 Report Share Posted January 2, 2007 CONGRATS how come i never got an invite to the wedding(fatherinlaw) gl with the fish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snaggle Posted January 2, 2007 Report Share Posted January 2, 2007 It dose look like ich. I think that it is because the bio load is rather high. Regal clowns need lots of room to swimming even when they are that small. To treat it I would set up a quarantine tank and treat with copper just remember to not but any of the water from the quarantine tank back in to the main tank. Brad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neely Posted January 2, 2007 Report Share Posted January 2, 2007 i've read that regals are far and few between that DONT get ich once stressed by a move and then new enviornment. Mine got it. Supplement his diet with garlic and keep him happy and healthy (its probably gonna nip you in the a$$ down the road). Best bet is to QT marine fish (sure, everyone says this for a reason), unless you dont mind risking losing all your fish everytime you add a new one. This isnt $4 cichlids fish keeping anymore. Treat in a QT, leave it in there for 4-6 weeks so the parasite will run its cycle and die off in the display tank. BTW, that fish needs a MUCH bigger tank than that to do well- not judging, just saying. Im no expert- just my $.02 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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