black spots on tang

[saltydunc]

cheers for the advice guys.....to answer you atnixon i got 3 blue green chromis....2 pecular clowns....1 yellow tang....2 cleaner shrimps....1 peppermint shrimp....4 blue legged hermits....1 snail.(not sure what kind).and various soft corals. as for the yellow tang i went to my lfs and talked to the guy and he recomended a fresh water bath for it..he said he has used this method to some effect .... so i did it tonight ...i prepared the water to the same ph and temp as my tank and dipped him in....he didnt seem to mind too much and when i put him back in the spots were all gone.....hes never missed a beat since hes had this ich and even after this dip hes still full of life and eating heartily... i gave him garlic and spiritula just there and hes first there for the food...... hope this sorts him out..

 

[saltydunc]

i never knew cleaner wrasses were hard to keep....i see them alot in the fish shops in my area....i just thought one would do a good job of keeping parasites at bay....but if they dont adapt well in the aquarium i will give them a swerve.....to be honest i only want to put another two fish in anyway....a flame angel...and another tang....maybe a powder blue or a lipstick tang.

 

[dorkfish]

hes never missed a beat since hes had this ich

I know what you mean... my yellow didn't seem at all affected when he/she had ich...

 

[5xevy]

I definitely agree with the cleaner wrasse- they should really be kept in our oceans. I've had these bookmarked for a while if you're interested:

http://animal-world.com/encyclo/marine/wrasses/CleanerWrasse.php
http://www.talaythai.com/Fish/0013_en.php
http://www.wetwebmedia.com/labroide.htm

I would also suggest a QT tank. Black ich can stay in your tank for months. Freshwater dips can help comfort your fish as well as make some external parasites literally fall off the skin, but these dips are not considered a cure by any means. Formalin can kill black ich.


These will help you with the formalin bath:

http://www.saltwaterfish.com/vb/showpost.php?p=914832&postcount=7
http://saltaquarium.about.com/cs/compldiagnodisease/a/aa041701.htm

If you go the hyposalinity route you should slowly bring your specific gravity down to about 1.009 (small range of 1.008-1.010). You cannot perform hyposalinity with inverts nor is it recommended with live rock either.

Good luck and please keep us posted.

 

[SHK_ATK]

I would get in the habit of providing garlic to your yellow since you ideally want to do things to PREVENT the disease/parasites instead of TREATING them, I would NOT suggest getting a powder blue tang as they are difficult to keep plus these fish are very fragile and do not like to be abused by other fish IE your yellow. A Naso tang (AKA lipstick) would be alright, but you would have to watch out for the yellow and its aggression towards him. I recently put a kole tang (smaller than the other tangs) in with my other three (naso,vlamingi,regal) where chasing him around the tank. He is a lot better now and does not get chased, but I think hes still trying to get use to his new home.