Ich and Acanthurus tangs - Years of experience and ich management

[4FordFamily]

Just reading this years later but this has been my experience in a beautiful display I started early to this year. Most of the fish are fine but a powder blue, powder brown, and Caribbean blue all succumbed to ich or potentially velvet. It’s in there and very hard to get small fish like a 6 line or hider like the Midas blenny out. My hippo and kole also lost the fight. A big ugly yellow is the only tang I’ve kept without a sign. Maybe Zebrasoma should be all I try for a few years. Thanks for this write up.

Sorry for the struggle, it’s no fun!

 

[xxkenny90xx]

I really wanted to tell you that I've had my powder blue for years in my ick system but I'm horrible with time frames. Just found an old post from when I got the pbt, June 8th 2019. So that's close to a year and a half for whatever that's worth ;Cyclops

 

[4FordFamily]

Ee

I really wanted to tell you that I've had my powder blue for years in my ick system but I'm horrible with time frames. Just found an old post from when I got the pbt, June 8th 2019. So that's close to a year and a half for whatever that's worth ;Cyclops

Every once in a while! That's a great story!

 

[Topekoms]

And this my friends is why I run ich free system! My Achilles, powder blue, dej sailfin, purple and yellow tangs appreciate it

 

[Paul B]

I never have trouble with any fish with any disease. Tangs, manta rays, whale sharks, it doesn't matter.

 

[125mph]

If you have a Powered Blue or an Achilles in a system for several month sand they both have no signs of ich, could you deduce your system is ich free?

 

[4FordFamily]

If you have a Powered Blue or an Achilles in a system for several month sand they both have no signs of ich, could you deduce your system is ich free?

I would say the likelihood is very high but never a guarantee. But betting odds are high. Very low chance you’d have one let alone two that are resilient enough not to show symptoms.

 

[Paul B]

If you have a Powered Blue or an Achilles in a system for several month sand they both have no signs of ich, could you deduce your system is ich free?

Or your fish are immune.

 

[4FordFamily]

Or your fish are immune.

lol, how is your immune PBT and Achilles doing?

All jokes aside are you doing well buddy? Take care!

 

[Paul B]

I have not had an Achilles tang in decades as I find them boring like reading War and Peace or looking at a plastic goldfish.

But I do have a Hippo tang and a Tamini tang. They usually live 10 or so years and don't know what ich, velvet or any of these other silly diseases I only see on these forums.

I am OK Ford, How are you doing? And you also take care Buddy.