Beth. Ick question

[simm]

Iv got a yellow tang by himself in a 55. He has been in there for over 3 weeks now and he is just now getting ick for some reason. Why? There is no other fish in there. Also I did have an ick break out about 4 months ago but the tank has been hostless for 2 months. Then I added him to it. Did it get ick from when I had the break out or do they just all carry ick? Where did it come from?

 

[beth]

Where was the fish before he went into this tank? You say he's only been in there 3 wks...

 

[simm]

He went into a QT tank for about a week. Ate well and was very active. He still is. I have acclimating now to the QT tank. He is not bad at all just 2 little spots on back fin. But he is acclimating now to the QT tank for hypo.

 

[beth]

Ok, good. Seems like you're on the right track then. I have some chromis that I just took out of QT tonite after hypo.

 

[simm]

Yea im just trying to figure if the ick came from the fish that had it in the store or if he got it when I had an out break in my main tank. Hostless tank for 2 months I think it may have just come from the store. Hes already doing much better.

 

[aprilabaxter]

Can you tell me what you treated you tang with. I have a 55 G tank and my tang has ick as well. I have been treating him with organi-cure. I don't have a Q tank but he is the only fish I have so far. How long will it take for my tank to be safe after he is clear?

 

[simm]

Well. I have a QT tank that he is in. Im doing hyposalinity. (acclimate the fish to a low salinity level of 1.009) He will be in there for about 3 weeks or so. But this can only be done in a fish only tank. Hyposalinity will kill off inverts, corals and live rock or live sand. I have never heard of organi-cure. Hypo in my opinion is the best but if you doing a fish only and will never go reef then a copper base should work better than organi-cure. IMO But I would go hypo. Ick can not survive in a tank without a host (fish) for more than Id say 2-3 months but ick can alway be in your tank regardless just in a dormat stage.

 

[aprilabaxter]

I appreciate your response. Organi-cure is copper 1.25% and formaldehyde 17%. The only help I have had is the guy at the fish store. He says I should treat with that. I'm not sure I know enough to do the Hypo. This is a lot more complicated than I thought. I just tested and the following were my results.
temp 77
salt 1.025
Ph 8.2
Am 1.0
Nitrite .50
Nitrate 40
I syphoned off 5 G from the bottom and stirred things up, don't know if that changes the readings. I noticed you are from West Texas. I used to live in Uvalde. I miss Texas. Now in W. Virginia.

 

[simm]

Cupremine from seachem works great. What size of tank and how many fish do you have?