I had about 4 baby blue tangs and they all have itch once they go in my main tank. I quarantine them for a month . They’re my last fish to put in my DT and nothing new. Any idea on what I’m doing wrong? It’s a temporary 65g tank and he’s about 3”
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I have tried 4x at different times in the past year and 3 died from ich . All my other fishes are fine . I quarantine in a 10g with no meds for a month if it lives that long. I also tried cooper and pazi before it even showed sighs.Like you tried 4 total and 3 died?
How did you QT them?
Did your tank go fallow? Sounds like the tank may be the source of disease.
I have 6 other nano fishes that’s been living in the same tank for a year . They had ich once when I introduced a blue tang in the DT. I feed them 3x a day. My ph is a little high for the amount of feeding I do.Your tank probably got itch. How small of a BT did you try? Sometimes when they’re tiny they won’t survive well if something happens to them.
Also what inhabitants do you have? How often do you feed? Itch hasn’t really kill my blue tang and I think it’s because I feed them heavy a few times a day.
If your main tank has ich, the only real way to fix it is to let it lie fallow for 72 days.I had about 4 baby blue tangs and they all have itch once they go in my main tank. I quarantine them for a month . They’re my last fish to put in my DT and nothing new. Any idea on what I’m doing wrong? It’s a temporary 65g tank and he’s about 3”
my fish in my display tank has been ich-free for more than 72 days. My blue tang is the only fish was visible ich though/ Ill just try to feed more and I moved the blue tang back to quarantine. hopefully, it survives the cooper. ;(If your main tank has ich, the only real way to fix it is to let it lie fallow for 72 days.
To do this you need to move all your fish to another tank, treat them with copper for a month and then wait until the main tank has been fishless for 72 days.
Otherwise everytime you put in a new tang it will get infected.
Alternatively you can try to manage ich with a big oversized UV on the main tank running at a flow rate slow enough to kill the ich in its free swimming phase.
Keeping the fish well fed will help prevent illness if you want to go the managed route with UV.
That is what I'm currently doing.
Regards
Graham.
If there has been ich in your display tank, the only way to be sure it has all gone is to let it go fallow for 72 days, with no fish in the tank.my fish in my display tank has been ich-free for more than 72 days. My blue tang is the only fish was visible ich though/ Ill just try to feed more and I moved the blue tang back to quarantine. hopefully, it survives the cooper. ;(
What size tank do you have and what are the other inhabitants?I have 6 other nano fishes that’s been living in the same tank for a year . They had ich once when I introduced a blue tang in the DT. I feed them 3x a day. My ph is a little high for the amount of feeding I do.
my fish in my display tank has been ich-free for more than 72 days. My blue tang is the only fish was visible ich though/ Ill just try to feed more and I moved the blue tang back to quarantine. hopefully, it survives the cooper. ;(