sultros
New Member
Let me first start by admitting the fact that Im a fool.
I have a healthy list of fish that have remained parasite free for months. Last weekend I purchased a small, nickle sized blue tang to my system without putting it into a QT. BIG stupid mistake.
On tues I noticed the blue tang developing a black bubbly infection on its upper and lower fins. It's sides also had black splotches. After researching I ID'ed it as black Ich. Upon coming home to this poor sick little fish I immediately set up and moved the fish to a QT. I came home yesterday to find my yellow tang developing black dots smaller than a grain of sand.
Current fish list:
Maroon clown
blue spotted watchman
lawnmower blennie
scooter blennie
yellow tang
blue tang (in QT)
I started bathing the blue tang in freshwater yesterday and plan on doing so every three days and keeping it in QT until the infection ceases or the fish dies. I read up on proper bathing procedures just to make sure I do it correctly....aeration, temp, ph match with 5 min in freshwater
I have a 75 gal reef set up and there is no way ill be able to pull 150lbs of rock out to get the lawnmower or watchman. It will be a miracle if I catch my yellow tang.
Are all fish succeptible to black ich? Should I start digging graves for the fish I cant get out? Most of my fish are so dark I cant even tell if they get infected. I feel like im gonna spend the next two weeks watching my fish slowly die. Im so bummed out I can barely focus at work.
What should I do? Im at a total loss here.
:help:
I have a healthy list of fish that have remained parasite free for months. Last weekend I purchased a small, nickle sized blue tang to my system without putting it into a QT. BIG stupid mistake.
On tues I noticed the blue tang developing a black bubbly infection on its upper and lower fins. It's sides also had black splotches. After researching I ID'ed it as black Ich. Upon coming home to this poor sick little fish I immediately set up and moved the fish to a QT. I came home yesterday to find my yellow tang developing black dots smaller than a grain of sand.
Current fish list:
Maroon clown
blue spotted watchman
lawnmower blennie
scooter blennie
yellow tang
blue tang (in QT)
I started bathing the blue tang in freshwater yesterday and plan on doing so every three days and keeping it in QT until the infection ceases or the fish dies. I read up on proper bathing procedures just to make sure I do it correctly....aeration, temp, ph match with 5 min in freshwater
I have a 75 gal reef set up and there is no way ill be able to pull 150lbs of rock out to get the lawnmower or watchman. It will be a miracle if I catch my yellow tang.
Are all fish succeptible to black ich? Should I start digging graves for the fish I cant get out? Most of my fish are so dark I cant even tell if they get infected. I feel like im gonna spend the next two weeks watching my fish slowly die. Im so bummed out I can barely focus at work.
What should I do? Im at a total loss here.
:help:
