I have 1 Hippo tang, 1 Foxface, 1 Copperband Butterflyfish, and 2 clownfish.
I noticed ich on the butterfly and hippo tang around 2 weeks ago with symptoms like scratching, flashing and white spots on body and fins. I knew it was ich because the number of spots seems to lower or completely disappear and then come back again a few days later.
I don’t know if I should do ich eradication or management. My tank is only 2 and a half months old and I’m in the process of maturing the tank to grow coraline and supporting LPS. I also recently set up a refugium with tons of copepods and Chaeto. Wouldn’t going fallow for 76 days disrupt the biological progress of the tank?
Also, let’s say you do successfully eradicate ich by quarantining all your fish for 76 days, this would mean moving forward you would need to strictly quarantine EVERY single living thing for 3-6 weeks. I doubt most people in the hobby even do this so I’m guessing ich is in 99% people’s tanks? I heard also that one tiny mistake can bring ich to your tank all over again. I’m scared to attempt eradication and invest so much time and effort just for a possibility get ich again. Is it even worth it?
Can I still ‘manage’ ich with a hippo tang and no UV? I don’t think my sump has space to house the UV pump and I heard hippo tangs are really really bad for managing ich. Or should I catch and trade him for a more hardy tang and hope for the best?
I noticed ich on the butterfly and hippo tang around 2 weeks ago with symptoms like scratching, flashing and white spots on body and fins. I knew it was ich because the number of spots seems to lower or completely disappear and then come back again a few days later.
I don’t know if I should do ich eradication or management. My tank is only 2 and a half months old and I’m in the process of maturing the tank to grow coraline and supporting LPS. I also recently set up a refugium with tons of copepods and Chaeto. Wouldn’t going fallow for 76 days disrupt the biological progress of the tank?
Also, let’s say you do successfully eradicate ich by quarantining all your fish for 76 days, this would mean moving forward you would need to strictly quarantine EVERY single living thing for 3-6 weeks. I doubt most people in the hobby even do this so I’m guessing ich is in 99% people’s tanks? I heard also that one tiny mistake can bring ich to your tank all over again. I’m scared to attempt eradication and invest so much time and effort just for a possibility get ich again. Is it even worth it?
Can I still ‘manage’ ich with a hippo tang and no UV? I don’t think my sump has space to house the UV pump and I heard hippo tangs are really really bad for managing ich. Or should I catch and trade him for a more hardy tang and hope for the best?