cleaner wrasse
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if it is a parasite a wrasse should be able to take care of it. how big is the white spot. cause they should have white spots. they get them then they fade with age.
Because all of the fish in the tank have now been exposed to cryptocaryon (marine ich), they should be removed to a quarantine tank and treated. There are treatments that are touted as reef-safe and effective, but I am not familiar with how well they work.
Please do not buy a cleaner wrasse. They eat larger parasites and mucus from the fish, and do not eat cryptocaryon. Most will never accept prepared foods, and it will simply starve to death.
Please do not buy a cleaner wrasse. They eat larger parasites and mucus from the fish, and do not eat cryptocaryon. Most will never accept prepared foods, and it will simply starve to death.
might look like it's working, but ich comes and goes in my expierence (until it can't infect the fish anymore). If this garlic is doing it's job right, you should be feeding it(soak thier food in it) to the fish, otherwise it's nothing but a preventitive measure, wich is'nt what you need at the moment.And oh yess, you should NEVER buy a cleaner wrasse, otherwise your just helping to suport the hundreds of them wich die in captivity.
I fully support the comments on Labroides spp.-- please do not support the exploitation of this species.
As for cryptocaryon, garlic will not kill this parasite.
Many have tried various psuedo cures for these pathogens, with various results, usually it subsides for a while only to return with a vengeance worse than before; the trophonts/protomonts grow in a cycle, dropping into the substrate and then re-emerging in higher numbers.
As for cryptocaryon, garlic will not kill this parasite.
Many have tried various psuedo cures for these pathogens, with various results, usually it subsides for a while only to return with a vengeance worse than before; the trophonts/protomonts grow in a cycle, dropping into the substrate and then re-emerging in higher numbers.