Ich, garlic and Vitamin C

[SeaBee]

Blue Tang, Ich spots, I know the drill. He's eating real well but flashing on the rocks. When I was in the lfs today he told me to use vitamin C, I said I got him to eat garlic soaked pellets. What do you guys think, a hospital tank is not an option because he's eating and the last time I tried the h tank I think the stress alone killed the fish, that was my yellow Tang. Thanks again guys.:Cheers:

 

[Bifferwine]

I think we all told you this would happen with a blue tang in a 55 gallon tank. Even if he does recover (and he does have a good chance of recovering), this is a problem that will keep happening because he will be stressed by having a too small tank to live in.

As long as he is eating, you've got a good shot of him coming back around. Ich will come and go in these fish -- they are very sickly and they need environments where stressed is minimized so they don't succumb to it. I think you're on the right track with the vitamins and the garlic, but like I said, I get the feeling this problem is going to keep coming back.

 

[SeaBee]

He's only about 3" and has like 100 places to hide and sleep.

Does the garlic and vitamins do anything good for these fish? The lfs guy gives vitamin c all the time he said.

 

[dcantucson]

The Garlic gets him to eat and combined with Vitamins helps him to be strong and healthy and able to fight of the parasites on his own.

I don't think a 3" fish is stressing out in a 55 gallon tank at this point, but Biff is right it will down the road causing more problems and will probably lead to death.

Time for an upgrade. :lol:

 

[SeaBee]

I think if I upgrade my wife may downgrade my sleeping quarters....

 

[Bifferwine]

Haha! To the doghouse.

 

[SeaBee]

He looks better this morning, a little cloud in one eye, spots gone. He ate breakfast with the garlic and vitamin c. Hope he makes it.

 

[winyfrog]

Be sure to feed him sea veggies (algae sheet as well) Blue tangs as biff mentioned just get ich. I have 4 in my 850 that I have had for 5 years since they were 2" and I can look at them at any given time and see some spots on them.

You can also reduce your lights until he recovers this will keep stress levels down.

 

[Melosu58]

Does the garlic and vitamins do anything good for these fish?

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