ICH question

[djpom1]

Yes I did a very stupid thing. I bought a sail fin tang. Put him in my tank, and yes I seen he has ich. I am doing everything I can to get him out. He is not going to go. He hides deep in the rock. I have to many corals and thing to move the rock. I was wondering. If I do get him out, and i wait with the tank 1 or 2 months before putting in fish, I know the ich should be gone! The question is, can ich live on shrimp, cucumbers, crabs, and corals? I have many of those things in the tank. If I wait would it be gone, or just kill everything in my tank. Also, I do have a uv sterilizer.
Thanks everyone, please respond

 

[djpom1]

He is not the only fish in the tank. It seems pretty light, but it is getting worse. He was only in there 1 day. He looked fine in the lfs, but when I got him under my lighting system, I saw them.

 

[djpom1]

Thank you very much. Uhg. to go catch fish in this tank, lol

 

[jdl/dayton]

Yep you got to get him if the infestation is growing. Keep a few buckets hand and remove a few hiding places so you can corner him. I would monitor your other fish to see if the Ich as gotten to them. Ich is always present in Main tanks in some small quantity. Just like the cold virus is in the air we breathe. My guess is the Sailfin picked it up due to stress. Netted, bagged etc.
Unfortunately like a cold in the family. Once one catches it the others are likely to catch it. So get the Salifin out and monitor the rest. Let the Sailfin recover and get comfortable in the Q/T tank. This should make for a less stressful reintroduction and hopefully no Ich when he goes back in the main tank.
I would wait at least a Month after last signs of infestation. Good thing is Sailfins are resiliant, and this should recover is Hypoed.

 

[daisy]

we are not fish. The metaphor of HIV, Ebola, Hep, does not work. The concept that there are parasites in the air that are waiting for us to be weak enough to succumb is different from the concept that there are blood-borne pathogens in the jungles that are just waiting for us to succumb to them.
sorry, but I have too much scientific training to let that one go.

 

[bklynz00]

Hello all, I was reading your post on "perfoming Hyposalinity" and was curious, if I can do the same with a "Bamboo Shark" in the tank. Can I remove the Shark as well with the other fish and perform the hyposalinity in another tank ?? I have just introduced a yellow tank my display tank, its been a week now. The tang seems to lightly have ich on his fins. Seems to be in the early stages.

 

[brenner_jeff]

Angel, Think for a minuete about those diseases many of them are sexualy transmited, AIDS and Ebola are not present in our enviorment, A bacteria such as staphyilococus (Staph Infection) is around us quite a bit. Also stop and realize that Aids is called by a virus..........Not even the same ballpark as a parasite. In otherwords not a good analogy. Also for the record go to the CDC website and look under Herpes, the statistics will shock you.

 

[brenner_jeff]

Good question lol, Thats what you get when you are using multiple windows to make multiple posts at the same time. Sorry ,,,,,,,Anthem is what it was supposed to be.

 

[eipappas]

What does ICH look like exactly? Sorry, probably an ignorant question but I'm just starting out with my fish... Thanks!

 

[brenner_jeff]

I never disputed that, my argument is you shouldnt go around comparing viruses to parasites as far as structure, infection etc. My best advise in prevention is to get a UV sterilyzer, I only have one but it keeps my one tanks water Ich Free.

 

[bklynz00]

Ok "Terry B"
Thanks for the responce. What would you suggest that I do with the newest fish I just purschased (Yellow Tang) having ich lightly on his fins. And in my main tank with the other fish listed on my "signature" including the Bamboo Shark. Should I get rid of the Yellow Tank and treat the other fish, including the Shark ? Iam sure the shark gets treated differently. First, I have to set up a hospital tank I'am sure...