And ICH took an Tang

[painkilla55]

i came home and fish were fine all params are great fed fish (spirolina) couldnt find my naso tang and my sailfin tang so i went on the hunt. my naso was dead and sailfin had white spots same with my clown. did a water change and wondering wat else to do .

[Zack]

List all params, stocking list, and recent changes to system

[BBQHILLBILLY]

unfortunately ich is not good. research ich. Its a parasite and life cycle speeds up with temp. whats the temp of the tank? going to take time. like couple months for the tank.
be patient. in the meantime make sure you have a cleaner wrasse fish for your tangs allways. do you have a backup tank?

[Southern Flame]

I'd try and catch them and QT them IMHO I prefer hyposalinity v/s copper treatment

[painkilla55]

sailfin tang ocelaris clown fish 2 electric scallops xenia and green mushrooms. 40-45lbs of live rock 2 jumbo snails koralia 3 & 1 ph
salinity 1.024
amonia 0
nitrite 0
nitrate 2.5
ph 7.9/8.0
and my sailfin tang looks bad but my clownfish is playing around like normal

[jcnkt_ellis]

What size tank is it? Tangs are prone to ich, especially when stressed, and a too small tank can stress them too much.

[painkilla55]

45 corner but the fish were barely 2"

[BBQHILLBILLY]

is this the same tank with possible diatom bloom, if it is the tanks not ready yet, both sw coral and fish need a cycled tank

[Pennies2Cents]

Look into Marine Velvet.. don't mean to scare you but its worth looking into

[johnsutter71]

After a particular nasty outbreak I had last year and after losing several Tangs the only thing I found that actually worked to treat the fish as fell as kill the life cycle in my tank was metronidazole and focus crushed up in their food. It took about 8 months before I was able to add another fish. The funny thing is that the fish that caused the outbreak was my 6 line Wrasse and he survived.

[Bill S]

Is this a fairly new tank? If so, what store let you take those scallops home? Seriously, I wish those things weren't even sold. They can be extremely difficult to keep, and need a mature tank. Live Aquaria calls them "Expert Only".

[Scutterborn]

Is this a fairly new tank? If so, what store let you take those scallops home? Seriously, I wish those things weren't even sold. They can be extremely difficult to keep, and need a mature tank. Live Aquaria calls them "Expert Only".

Agreed.


-Ben-

[Southern Flame]

Is this a fairly new tank? If so, what store let you take those scallops home? Seriously, I wish those things weren't even sold. They can be extremely difficult to keep, and need a mature tank. Live Aquaria calls them "Expert Only".
I agree also, hubby wants one cause they are cool and I tell him no cause they belong in the ocean not a tank same how I feel with the sand sifting stars as cute as they are I will not be responsible for the demise of one

[painkilla55]

well my scallops are flourishing i had them in my 92 bow and wanted a lil color in this tank and they are doin fine. plus got them for free

[SoLiD]

Even in a very established and mature aquarium, scallops rarely live past a year or two.

[DBR]

I put an electric flame scallop in a 75g 6 month old tank when living in NC several years ago and it lived for over 3 years and was a nice addition to the tank. The set up was nothing special and not that mature at introduction but it seemed happy and healthy for a long time. It liked to move around the tank and was a favorite of my kids that thought the little electric current in its mouth was super cool.