Help!!! Do I have Ich?????

[michaelstern]

Help!!! Do I have Ich?????
Well, not me actually. I really mean my PB tang.
Last week I introduced a passer angel into my tank. My powder blue spent the first day or two going after it, but has since settled. When I got home, the PB was very pale. Its color came back, and then faded again. It also might be rubbing against an empty shell. There is no sign of dots or bumps anywhere on it. Might this me the onset of ich? If so, what is a good treatment? I do not have a hospital tank, and I do have numerous crabs and a starfish. If it is not ich, might it be something else. Please help.

 

[beth]

Could well be. Start using garlic soaked food and keep an eye on the situation. If you have LR, corals, inverts, LS, you'll need to QT all your fish and treat them if it is ich.

 

[michaelstern]

Two questions:
First, can I use liquid garlic from a health-food store?
Second, How do I know if I need to take the PB Tang out and treat? It is eating well, there are no visibe spots. However, it does rub against a shell and its color seems to fade in and out. It is my prize fish, and I would hate to lose it. On the other hand, I would rather not put it through the stress of two captures and moves (in and out of the QT)