Pissed! Ich breakout from RF Fish

[DRZL]

Crikey, I think that might just work!, he perches on top of a almost water level tunze so it *should* work

 

[Alfredo De La Fe]

When you are done with them I would be willing to "buy" them off of you. I need one anyway and my father probably needs one.

I would leave them in the tank for at least 2 weeks to make sure that the ich has completely run it's course.

-Alfred

 

[DRZL]

that sounds great Alfredo,

thanks for the tip Ill try anything right now

 

[DEEPWATER]

you can also add cleaner shirmp to help take ich off the fish ,they really do a great job .also neon gobies if you can find healty ones

 

[Alfredo De La Fe]

You could also try a cleaner wrasse, but they are a real roll of the dice. Many times they dont do the job...

-Alfred

 

[nanoreefer22]

I have a neon goby that I catch all the time "cleaning" my fish...

 

[DRZL]

the neon gobies are the one with the blue stripe right?

not the little yellow devils?

 

[nanoreefer22]

Yup i got a picture if you needs a reference

 

[DRZL]

please, im just a pic whore...and im lazy,,and bored

 

[nanoreefer22]

Neon Goby

 

[DRZL]

Nice pic!

they wont bury themselves in my SPS would they?

 

[Chiefmcfuz]

They are natural cleaners, are captive bred, there are yellow and blue striped. And are pretty inexpensive.

 

[DRZL]

I never see them offered with any regularity around me, and theyre usually $20 each, i see them on florida based websites for around $10

now shipping! ughhhh

 

[DRZL]

im scared my longnose hawk might eat them

 

[Alfredo De La Fe]

In general, cleaner FISH dont like cleaning tangs as much. The "experts" seem to think it has to do with the fact that tangs dont have a slime coat and cleaner fish get some nutritional value from the slime coat.

The shrimp are still the best hope of a successful recovery.

-Alfred

 

[nanoreefer22]

My bicolor sits in the monti more than anything. The goby seems to be more interested in being upside down under the overflow box, until its feeding time.

 

[SuRFeR BoY]

i think the other day was the last time i buy something from reef fantasy myself. i have no luck with there live stock... they always die on me the same day or the next... i will buy the same stuff somewhere else and have no problems.. i dont understand. there prices in corals went up in price and the owners been a jerk. the son is cool. my citrus clown gobies i bought from them had iche and it spread in my tank. sorry to here man.. i guss we bough learned a good leason

i just bought a 25 dollar fireshrimp and its dead

 

[Quang]

Good luck with this sh*t Andres.

 

[techreef]

Not trying to start a war, but I read that cleaner shrimp and wrasses help w/ ick, but can't rid a fish/tank of the parasite because they only can eat the parasites on the surface of the infected fish. Somebody who "sounded smart" wrote on another website that ich buries itself into the flesh of the infected fish, and therefore the cleaner shrimp/wrasses can't get all of them. is this right?

The only foolproof way I've seen to rid your entire display tank of ich is to capture and remove all of your fish to a hospital tank, and let your display tank sit fallow for over a month, thereby starving out the ich parasites still in the display. assuming you successfully treat all your fish in the hospital tank, you won't be reintroducing any ich to your display when you dump your fish back in.

 

[masterswimmer]

Not trying to start a war, but I read that cleaner shrimp and wrasses help w/ ick, but can't rid a fish/tank of the parasite because they only can eat the parasites on the surface of the infected fish. Somebody who "sounded smart" wrote on another website that ich buries itself into the flesh of the infected fish, and therefore the cleaner shrimp/wrasses can't get all of them. is this right?

The only foolproof way I've seen to rid your entire display tank of ich is to capture and remove all of your fish to a hospital tank, and let your display tank sit fallow for over a month, thereby starving out the ich parasites still in the display. assuming you successfully treat all your fish in the hospital tank, you won't be reintroducing any ich to your display when you dump your fish back in.

From my understanding, this is probably the most successful long term solution.

swimmer