Ick Battle lost..

zee119 · #1 May 2nd, 2008, 12:47 AM

well the gold rim tang finally died from the ick out break. i set up the hospital tank a bit too late. i did save the coral beauty, but i'm going to let the tank sit for 5weeks and from now on every fish gets a copper treatment . hopefully this will take care of the ick forever,... damn ick..

UnderwaterWorld · #2 May 2nd, 2008, 12:49 AM

sorry to hear, your tank really is to small for for a tang

SalteeDogg · #3 May 2nd, 2008, 04:59 AM

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Originally Posted by UnderwaterWorld

sorry to hear, your tank really is to small for for a tang

His tank is plenty big unless the tang was too big for the tank. I have kept a small yellow in a 29 for 3 months and when he started getting bigger I had put him in my 75 where he lived in their for 4 months. I recently sold him since I went with a different tank setup. As long as the fish wasn't large then his tank size should be fine. Tangs are bad with ich regardless, I have seen people with 150+ gallon tanks, lose tangs over ich. Ich and tangs dont mix.

**Bifferwine** · #4 May 2nd, 2008, 05:26 AM

Sorry for your loss.

Doc · #5 May 2nd, 2008, 06:26 AM

I am sorry for your loss as well. I hate losing fish. the more expensive the fish, the worse it feels

-Doc

cthegame · #6 May 3rd, 2008, 01:29 AM

Sorry about your loss. It happens to all of us.

Mtrueblood · #7 May 3rd, 2008, 03:04 AM

sorry about the loss.

simpleman · #8 May 3rd, 2008, 03:11 AM

Bummer. RIP gold rim tang.

**jhnrb** · #9 May 3rd, 2008, 04:39 AM

A cleaner gobie or wrasse, or shrimp is a must with tangs. if the fish are healthy when you introduce them, the cleaners will keep the ick under control during initial outbreaks. I keep a cleaner gobie in mine at present. good luck.

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