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kevin254
11/17/2008, 11:53 AM
I bought a yellow tang and after two weeks of being in quarantine, black ich showed up. I lowered the salinity and after a few days all the spots were gone. One week later 2 black spots reappeared. These two spots have been on the fish for about 3 weeks now. A few other spots have come and gone but these two have been constant. I've keep the salinity low (around 1.008-1.010) and used Rid-Ich for about 5 days, then Sulfathiazole for about 6 days, and now using ParaGuard for about 6 days.
Is it normal for it to take this long?

kevin2000
11/20/2008, 03:49 PM
Black ich is not the same as std marine ich.

A series of FW or Formalin dips maybe in order.

http://atj.net.au/marineaquaria/blackich.html