Ich Problems

[smaier6]

I hope I am posting this in ther correct section? I am having enormous problems with ich. Every Blue Tang that I put in this tank get ich and starts the cycle. I have been using Kick Ich treat ment I am now on my second round. Does this stuff work?

I have live sand and rock with Corallin growing. I have also decided to put Ruby Reef in its sister product b/c the Blue Tang is getting better by my Naso Tang looks horible it is quite big but has not ate in 3 days. I am hoping its size will save it? Do you agree.

My tank has gotten worse since I put in aditional 15 lbs of live rock that is cured no smell. I thought providing live rock would help with the water stability.

I am not suppose to do water changes while treating, I am kind of at a loss.

During this time I have also lost 2 emerald crabs and 2 ocellarous clowns.

I have tested my water Ammonia and Nitrie 0, but Nitrates are high. Salinty is normal as well as PH. Calcium is high around 600ppm.

Please provide help. Steve

[smaier6]

Rob.
Yes I did a fresh water dip before I put him in the tank.

[sufunk]

Is this in a 60g?

1st- get rid of the nitrates with some water changes and less feeding. Your bioload is probably WAY too big with those fish.

2nd-under NO circumstances is a naso appropriate for a 60 gallon. For that matter neither is a blue. They are stressed from the WAY too small tank and getting ick. That will most likely never change. I want a Naso so bad for my 180g but am torn as to wether to get 1 but no way can you have one in a 60g.

Bottom line, no matter what you do, if you try to keep a Naso and a blue tang in a 60g it will most likely never work. You need a MUCH bigger tank or ditch the tangs from your fishlist.

[alan214]

In-tank treatments like Kick-Ich are very hit or miss. Since you have a lot of liverock, that will also work against you as it tends to absorb the Kick-Ich or any other kind of medicine. That's why hospital/QT tanks are really the way to go when treating fish for Ich.

You need to get ALL of your fish into a QT tank as soon as you safely can and then treat them with hyposalinity (SG=1.009). This is done by slowly lowering your SG a little each day. Then you need to leave your display tank fishless for 6 weeks so all the Ich will die off.

Here is a thread that will help you with the QT setup.

http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2004-10/sp/feature/index.php

[ahullsb]

I agree with alan. Ich is in your tank now, so it's no surprise that when you drop a tang in that they are getting it. I would get used to it if you want blue tangs. Or run hypo for 6-8 weeks while leaving your tank fallow. I stopped keeping tangs because of ich