yet another ich question

[afishmonkey]

well hello i know theres lots of these questions on here but i still dont under stand sumptin ok all my reading are fine most unreadible but heres my prob i have a 20 gal eclipse and lots of rocks 2 clowns frogspawns and polypse and a fire fish and a tang but well, to my knoledge ich is a spreadible diese but well only my tang seems to get it he gets it some times but it goes away that night but this time hes had it for like 6 days and im lil conserdedwhat should i do i have a 10 gallon tankfor a medi tank but but i dont know where to get started im open for all suggestions and wana save this fish blue tang cause well it was alot of money and my favorite fish and i have live sand and a power head thanks for all your comments in advance

 

[beth]

fishmonkey: Don’t know where to begin. Not that I don’t know the answers, but the problem here is so disastrous, and, unfortunately happens so frequently.
Can I ask you what sort of learning process did you do before undertaking the marine aquaria hobby? A 20 gal eclipse system can not possibly accommodate all those organisms, let alone a tang! That size tank could not accommodate the tang even if the tang was the only one in the tank.
If I were you, I’d see if the LFS would take that tang back [even for free]; tell them that it does have ich, and see if they can work on curing it and finding him another home.
You obviously did not quarantine your fish before placing them in this tank, otherwise you wouldn’t be having an ich problem. Unfortunately there is no cure for your fish [as they are now all infected] in a tank with corals. You will have to either remove the corals or the fish [separate them] and treat the fish separately. If this is something you want to do, then post back if you need help.

 

[afishmonkey]

I NEED HELP LOL I DONT KNOW HOW TO CURE IVE READ BOOK AND USE COPPER BUT WELL I STILL NEED HELP IF YOU COLD THAT WOULD MAKE ME SO HAPPY CAUSE I DONT WANT MY FISHES TO DIE I WORKED TO HARD FOR THIS THANK YOU AND SORRY FOR CAPS

 

[afishmonkey]

wow erase that, lol i have a head ache sorry i mean off the swf.com thing i read use copper and msg boards at home i have a under water filter and a 10 gallon tank and a heater for the medi tank if u think i can heal it i would great ly appreciate it you have been a great help and i will do whatever you tell me to do cause well ovously im not very knoledgable about diesies and stuff im learnin as i go but dont get me wrong i do know more than most 16 year old and have had my tank for a year almost, hrm what size tank do you think a tang could live in cause my mom said she like the tank so much that she would like to go bigger then mabe i could put a tang in it wow im over welmin you with questions im sorry thank you so much for your time afishmonkey out i have some pics if you wish i could emil then to you u da boss as of now

 

[carrie1429]

If you really want to keep the tang then you would need at least a 75 gallon tank maybe larger if he is a hippo tang.