saltandpepper
Member
Well,
I bought a 3 inch powder blue tang yesterday, and he took the big current to the sky this morning.
That was alot of money wasted that I should not have spent anyways.
I should have bought it from and I would have had a guarantee and most likely a better/healthier fish.
I even hand-picked this fish from one of the LFS and got one I thought did not have ick, but as I got it home I discovered it did, just not as bad as the other ones they had!
So I thought that maybe my cleaner goby might actually clean him, of course he did not. This morning when he came out swimming he was acting very "social" and normal, but the ick had spread alot! He was coated with it and after only a few hours of having the light on, he eventually set in one corner of the tank and would not move, he would just breath very heavily. His behaviour had drastically changed in a matter of two hours or less. During acclimation I dripped acclimated him for about an hour and a half. I would have went longer, but the store was less than thirty minutes from my house and I did not think I should go for the full two to three hours because he had not traveled that far. I also left the lights off the rest of the day and night to let him rest and acclimate properly. I though I played it pretty safe, but maybe not?
He did not even move much when I netted him and placed him in a fresh water dip. I balance the ph, temp and all that good stuff of course and added alittle stresscoat in the bucket to replace any slime he might lose or had lost, but somewhere between two and three minute he must have died. I saw him slightly flip back and forth alittle on two occasions and I was hopeful that the marine ick (******) was bursting off of him and he could breath again, but no, he was just dying I am afraid.
I just wanted to caution those new to the hobby and the fresh water dip method of treatment. I only tried it b/c the fish's health was rapidly declining and I felt it was a last "ditch effort". From what my friends and I gather, freshwater dips are very risky even when done properly and I would not do another unless I had to. Some speak as though it is a miracle cure, don't buy into it. Some have good luck is all I can gather, but with a $80 fish it is a big rish factor.
I was wondering...has anyone ever successfully gotten rid of ick on a sensitive fish such as a powder blue tang and "saved" the fish. I really want another one, but with the price of this fish I am very cautious about spending the money, if I do get another one, it will certainly be from SWF.com to get the 15 day guarantee and some piece of mind from the purchase!
I bought a 3 inch powder blue tang yesterday, and he took the big current to the sky this morning.
That was alot of money wasted that I should not have spent anyways.
I should have bought it from and I would have had a guarantee and most likely a better/healthier fish.
I even hand-picked this fish from one of the LFS and got one I thought did not have ick, but as I got it home I discovered it did, just not as bad as the other ones they had!
So I thought that maybe my cleaner goby might actually clean him, of course he did not. This morning when he came out swimming he was acting very "social" and normal, but the ick had spread alot! He was coated with it and after only a few hours of having the light on, he eventually set in one corner of the tank and would not move, he would just breath very heavily. His behaviour had drastically changed in a matter of two hours or less. During acclimation I dripped acclimated him for about an hour and a half. I would have went longer, but the store was less than thirty minutes from my house and I did not think I should go for the full two to three hours because he had not traveled that far. I also left the lights off the rest of the day and night to let him rest and acclimate properly. I though I played it pretty safe, but maybe not?
He did not even move much when I netted him and placed him in a fresh water dip. I balance the ph, temp and all that good stuff of course and added alittle stresscoat in the bucket to replace any slime he might lose or had lost, but somewhere between two and three minute he must have died. I saw him slightly flip back and forth alittle on two occasions and I was hopeful that the marine ick (******) was bursting off of him and he could breath again, but no, he was just dying I am afraid.
I just wanted to caution those new to the hobby and the fresh water dip method of treatment. I only tried it b/c the fish's health was rapidly declining and I felt it was a last "ditch effort". From what my friends and I gather, freshwater dips are very risky even when done properly and I would not do another unless I had to. Some speak as though it is a miracle cure, don't buy into it. Some have good luck is all I can gather, but with a $80 fish it is a big rish factor.
I was wondering...has anyone ever successfully gotten rid of ick on a sensitive fish such as a powder blue tang and "saved" the fish. I really want another one, but with the price of this fish I am very cautious about spending the money, if I do get another one, it will certainly be from SWF.com to get the 15 day guarantee and some piece of mind from the purchase!
