POWDER BROWN TANG ich or no ich ???

[danfish]

this already happen twice b4 and this is the 3rd time. 1st time about a month ago, one night i came home notice my powder brown tang had ich (like 10 to 15 wht dots all over its body and its dorsal fins had big wht spot on it) so i decided i would fish him out the next day and qt it with medication. but when i came home the following day all the ich was gone and the dorsal fins was 90% clear !!!!! (strange) so i didnt think much of it. about 2 weeks ago the same thing happen again and the next day it all clear up again and just yesterday it happen again and this morning it all clear up again. WHAT IS GOING ON !!! does anybody have any insite on this??? all other fish in aquarium are fine and the pbt is all normal too, feeding, breathing fine other than the 24hr ich (atlease thats what think it is)

thx in advance

 

[ZANYMASTER]

Increase the temps and add more salt.I just got a sterilizer.It may help stop the outbreak.

 

[Cibo]

do you have any cleaner shrimp or fish in you tank mabey they are helping the problem

 

[danfish]

do you have any cleaner shrimp or fish in you tank mabey they are helping the problem

i do have 3 cleaner shrimp and wrasses hope it works

 

[DEEPWATER]

try to see what might be bothering the tang at night ?

do you have enuff space for the fish to hide at night ?

what other fish do you have and what size is your tank

from what i know ,they are ich magnets as well

 

[marrone]

Ich goes through stages, when you see spots on your fish that's the stage just before they fall over. It's very common to see a fish with ich spots on it and then the next day the ich is gone. Just because you don't see ich on the fish means that the ich is free of ich. More spores are working their way through the fish body, also the spores that fall off will become free float once they hatch.

Read the website in this link:
http://www.petsforum.com/personal/trevor-jones/marineich.html

 

[danfish]

try to see what might be bothering the tang at night ?

do you have enuff space for the fish to hide at night ?

what other fish do you have and what size is your tank

from what i know ,they are ich magnets as well

Hmmmmm.... deepwater you just might have made a good point. come to think of it, this happens everytime i add a new fish. the pbt is the king of the tank and when ever a new tank mate comes along he gets all crazy chasing the new fish and establishing dominance for about 2 days and then all is good, but when all is done hes still KING! and he does have his own spot in the lr that he stays every night. so you think is the stress of a new fish is causing his out break ? which only last 24hrs. should i qt him and treat it ? is it ich or just a stress reaction ?
i have a 120gal with pbt, coral beauty, french angel, marron clown.

thx