this morning i woke up and my powder blue tang looked like he was shedding his skin?
by Aquaboy on Tuesday, June 29th, 2010 | 3 Comments
im not sure if it is the ick but i looked at my lev. they were good and just to be safe i did a water change. nothing is wrong with my other fish just him if u have any ideas please help
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Sounds like ich. Marine ich can be tricky and may or may not affect all of your fish. Remember ich is a parasite not a disease.
If you have inverts in the tank you need to treat with an invert safe ich med designed for marine tanks. The best I have ever found was Ruby Reef’s kick ich. You need to turn the skimmer off when treating.
Follow the directions for your tank. Marine ich is a bit more hearty than fresh water ich so treatment can take up to 21 days to totally cure.
Also, be sure your tang is on a proper diet and allow the algae in the tank to build. Supplement his diet with fresh greens as well.
If you question ik or any thing else strange in tank. I would pull out another tank, or bowl and let him sit alone for a while to see how he adjusts. Some people have a small 5 gal for their sick tank. Do not go to big expense, a large bowl with a filtering system in it would help him. But get him away from the healthy guys or he could spread.
Ik is very contageous, also it is white spots and they multiply.
sounds to me like brooklynella hostilis.”clownfish disease”clinical signs include:lethargy,appetite loss,hypersecretion of mucus,and respiratory distress,body lesions,starting small,then growing larger.advance stages the epithelium”skin”sloughs off the fishes’body.it attacts fish stressed,under crowded conditions.formalin and malachite green treatment is recommended.but be careful using formalin.freshwater dip is safer.find these books:as treating disease is half the battle with saltwater fish.”aquariology”fish diseases and water chemistry”tetra press”and march 2008 fama magazine also describes it.any book on fish health will mention it