Questions about S.W. ich...

salty thumb

New Member
Hello,
I have a pair of black and white heniochus butterfly fish and one of these has a mild case of ich on his tail. I keep these fish in my 75 reef with a cleaner shrimp, saddelback clown, perc. clown, 4 blue chromis, and a variaty of corals. I am wondering how i can clear my fish up of ich without hurting my inverts and corals. I have a 29 gallon tank that could be used at a QT tank but my thoughts are that the size of this tank would hurt the fish more then it would help, and im also wondering when i QT him should i bring the other member of the pair with him to help him with stress levels, and if so will a pair of heniochus be fine in a 29 QT with nothing else in it besides them?
 

beth

Administrator
Staff member
All fish exposed to ich, need to be treated with hyposalinity in the QT. However, are sure he has ich?
 

salty thumb

New Member
yea im sure he has ich, but its just 1 dot of ich on his tailfin, so im not sure if its even worth the stress on the fish of keeping him in a 29, and with hyposalinity, wont that kill corals?
 
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