Yellow Tang And Black Ich?!?!

fishsta

fishsta

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I just bought a yellow tang that is very healthy looking but i noticed some little black spots on him that sort of look like dirt? Is this black ich? If so is it a bad as having regular ich? How do i get rid of this and make sure that it does not stay in my tank? Thanks!
 
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jdragunas

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you should post this in the disease forum, you'll get a better response...
 
jmg416

jmg416

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I had the same problem with a new yellow tang. The disease forum told me to do a formalin dip. I passed on that and instead added some garlic to his diet and it seems to have fought it off on it's own.
 
madison

madison

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when I transfered from my 180g to the 300g...both my 4 inch YT had to housed in a spare 90 gallon...water chemestry of that tank is just a tad better then the toilet bowl...the tank was housed in the gargage with 2 T5's no temp control...and it was topped off with a garden hose every so often
When the 300 finally cycled...(7 weeks) I saw my YT was about 50% covered in black ich...so I fished them out and put them in a bucket of RO and added some copper into the bucket...NOT the tank...fresh water/copper dipped them for 8 mins and introduced then into the 300g
Under the MH's the black ich's are now white specks and either fell off within 30 mins or the cleaner shrimps cleaned them...
It's been about 9 weeks...YT's happy as a clam!
Good luck!
 
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