Yellow tank with ick plz help?

Question

i have a yellow tang that keeps getting ick, we did a fresh water dip and it worked for a while but its back again.. what medicine do i need to put in tank to clean the ick from the tank , and what is it called. sites i can look at?

Answer 1

Petstore.com sells super ich that is safe for salt water fish. You may find similar products in salt water fish stores. I used to use a diatamaceous earth filter once a month and it would filter most parasites and such. Have a nice day.

Answer 2

First of all it may not be ich. There are a couple of Marine diseases which mimic Ich and need treated differently. Your fish may not have ich. Figuring out what it has is the fist step.

Cryptocaryoniasis, Marine Ich, and White Spot Disease is caused by an infestation of the ciliated protozoan Cryptocaryon irritans. Although Cryptocaryon becomes a parasitic organism at one stage in its life cycle like Oodinium and Brooklynella do, and it progesses less rapidly, in a closed aquarium system it can reach overwhelming and disasterous numbers just the same if it is not diagnosed and treated upon recognition.

These dormant cysts can remain trapped in the fish's mucus, be inbedded deep in the tissue, or drop off and fall to the bottom. Over a period of 6 to 10 days the cells inside the cysts reproduce by single-cell division, and become tomites. Once reaching maturity the cysts rupture, each releases hundreds of new free-swimming tomites, and the cycle begins again, but in much larger numbers.

Symptoms to Look For

Unlike Oodinium and Brooklynella that typically attack the gills first, which allows these ich diseases to advance into life-threatening levels quickly as they go unnoticed, Cryptocaryon usually appears at the onset as salt-sized white spots visible on the body and fins of a host fish, and when the organisms become parasitic, it is then that they move inwards to the gills. Because crypto is more easily recognized in its beginning stage, this makes it much easier to treat and cure before it gets out of control.

Aside from the appearance of the white spots, fish will scratch against objects in an attempt to dislodge the parasites, and rapid respiration develops as tomonts, mucus, and tissue debris clogs the gills. Fish become listless, refuse to eat, loss of color occurs in patches or blotches as the trophonts destroy the pigment cells, and secondary bacterial infections invade the lesions caused by the trophonts.

Treatment Recommendations

Although copper is very effective on Oodinium, and it works well to eliminate crypto organisms in their free-swimming tomite stage, it is not as effective on the Cryptocaryon trophonts that burrow deeply into the tissues of fish. A combination of freshwater and formalin treatments adminstered by means of dips, baths, and prolonged treatment over a period of time in a QT is recommended.

Preventing Reinfestation

Reinfection will occur no matter how effectively the fish have been treated if Cryptocaryon is not eradicated from the main aquarium, which can be accomplished by keeping the tank devoid of any fish for at least 4 weeks. However, you can purchase a UV Steralizer which will kill these free swimming forms by passing your aquarium water thru a UV light. This will prevent future outbreaks. Remember if a fish is already infected when placed in your tank, the tank will need treated. For fish-only aquariums hyposalinity can be applied, and to speed up the life cycle of the organisms, elevate the tank temperature to 85 degrees for 10 days to 12 days. For treating reef tanks, FishVet No-Ich Marine, Ruby Reef Kick-Ich (this is what I have used in the past with excellent results. It is also reef safe) , and Chem-Marin Stop Parasites are Cryptocaryon specific remedies that are said to be "reef safe". Change or clean any filtering materials, and do a water change. Be sure your protein skimmer is turned completely off of the treatments will not work.

here is another site regarding the differences and treatments.
http://www.petsforum.com/personal/trevor-jones/marineich.html

Good luck.

Answer 3

go to your life fish seller and buy some medication. Depending on what you have in the tank, push the heat up to 83F, add the meds. After 3 days, do a gravel vac and water change, not forgetting to add the dechlorinator.
Do a google for it's proper name 'whitespot'.

Answer 4

well, im not sure, but the causes for this may be 2 long in the light, filter not working or not stong enough, or just a bad tank.

Answer 5

A german company called Sera has excellent products for dealing with parasites a has excellent info on it. try sera.com or sera.de 9if you read german

Answer 6

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