I agree 100%. Tangs are very easily stressed out. I Had a sailfin tang for 3 years, it was doing great until a friend of mine decided to rearrange the rock work while I was at work one day. The sailfin tang got so stressed out that it caught ich or possibly velvet and then infested my whole tank and wiped out all of my fish within 3days. Whenever a tang catches ich in my reef tanks now, I just keep them eating and they usually pull thru. The key is to not further stress them out by chasing them around and removing rock work to catch them for QT, that’s a guaranteed recipe for stress to all other fish inhabitants and could result in a complete tank wipeout of all fishes. These days i feed to keep them eating and run a UV sterilizer to interrupt the ich life cycle. Haven’t lost a tang fish since.
@mattmonteith2175
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing . I have new Tang. Sail fin the rare one he's the only one in the Aquarium he claims the cave. So I have my work. Cut out for me to add other fish
@shamswati3837
Жыл бұрын
Do you mind telling me where you got your UV from?
@Wiljuchi
2 жыл бұрын
Single handedly invented ich lol. Powder Blue is my favourite fish, last one i had for over 10years.
@Richs_reef
3 жыл бұрын
Anytime my yellow tang shows signs of ich I feed the Vitalis Platinum flakes and after a few days it disappears - it’s clearly in the tank so I just manage it with good diet when ever there is a flare up. I normally feed the platinum flake for a week once a month when there is no ich
@veszty9958
3 жыл бұрын
Do a video on clams
@insanity4224
3 жыл бұрын
I agree once you have icke in your system catching a sick fish is only going to make it worse. Unless you go all the way and fallow your tank and treat all the fish but that’s something that’s easier said than done.
@821702feb
5 ай бұрын
I use ground ginger for ick in my saltwater tank and the ginger doesn't hurt the coral
@devonlewis884
3 ай бұрын
Came to the comments to say just that, i soak my nori sheets in garlic and ginger powder with some saltwater. Also ground ginger in the automatic feeder mixed with the new life spectrum probiotic food.
@Falteredsoul
3 жыл бұрын
I was very successful with the tank transfer method and going fallow. It was a lot of work and took a long time but I haven't seen any ich or the fish scratching for over a year.
@naturaomkar
3 жыл бұрын
I had the exact same experience! Went 115 days fallow, everyone went through the tank transfer method and all is well. 3 tangs and one is a powder brown, absolutely no disease whatsoever. I also quarantine corals and inverts 45 days because ich can encyst on hard surface :) it's not the only method out there but it worked wonderfully for me!
@Peterrdee
Жыл бұрын
The worst thing is when the fish starts to deteriorate, and you physically can’t do much because the medication isn’t working I’m sorry for your yellow baby :( rip
@ArchangelHornet
Жыл бұрын
i like your approach, its realistic. for me, it seems like taking them out of the tank to quarantine tank have less survivability rate then those left in the tank and feed them healthy foods to helpe them fight off. feed your best, and let the fish do the rest.
@melvinjuarez7359
Жыл бұрын
My tangs have ick at moment very minor case would i have to remove the fish in order for the ick to die in the DT? At the moment I am just feeding them good and they are doing really good just wondering about ick still being in the tank after they are better
@TheDesertraptor
Жыл бұрын
Can you ever get rid of ich? I bought one sailfin and it will be the last Tang I buy.
@mopar_shawn939
Жыл бұрын
Same. I love tangs but not worth the hassle to be honest
@chuckjoerendt3579
7 ай бұрын
A friend of mine has a powdered blue for a few years, but has to get him out since he just recently nipping at his corals
@jazzycorals2620
3 жыл бұрын
I had 4 clownfish, blue tang and sailfin tang with ich. Spent almost $200 from the animal clinic and they gave me formalin. Blue tang and 4 clownfish died 2 weeks later after 3 treatments in a separate tank. Stopped the treatment and started feeding sailfin tang garlic soaked algae and garlic soaked frozen foods 4 times a day with 10% water change weekly in a 20 gallon tank (hospital tank) ich was gone on sailfin tang within a week. Sailfin tang was put back to 100 gals display tank and its been a month with no signs of ich. I keep feeding them once a day with garlic soaked foods and I check parameter every 3 days and change water whenever necessary. I learned that it helps feeding them with garlic because it helps build immunity slowly. My question is how long should i keep feeding him foods soaked in garlic? Do i need to stop at some point? Rip to the yellow tang its really heartbreaking when they don’t survive.
@ricardocarneiro7797
3 жыл бұрын
Ive invested from the start into QT fish and I can say wholeheartedly that its 100% worth it. Copper treatments are a necessary evil, can clear a fish covered in ich in 7 days then out of qt in 30 days then go in DT to live 10 years strong and healthy
@corpuscorpus9909
3 жыл бұрын
Copper does nothing to Trophonts. They leave the fish in 7 days voluntarily, it's part of their life cycle. Copper kills Tomonts, breaking the cycle
@ricardocarneiro7797
3 жыл бұрын
@@corpuscorpus9909 correct however if they already come in with ich, at some point in that first week they will start falling off the fish thus causing the fish to start recovering, even though they are still in the system which will need minimum 14 days or 30 days to be safe.
@JakeDogg-RIP
2 жыл бұрын
I love FragBox! ❤️🥰🐶
@abcha0s
2 жыл бұрын
Uhm, so what your saying is that if I buy a coral from you there's a good chance there will be ich tomonts on the frag? I appreciate the transparency but this is discouraging. Never kept a powder blue? Just get rid of the ich. They aren't difficult fish if there's no ich in your tank. At least I know that I need to quarantine your corals.
@matthewhayden6505
3 жыл бұрын
Is the fish v reef safe?
@martytah653
Жыл бұрын
I have lost two tanks to ick. Both losses were caused by introducing Powder Blue Tangs. Don't buy Powder Blue Tangs, aquarium stores should warn buyers that there is a high probability that the Powder will have ick.
@cbarber5366
3 ай бұрын
You have to quarantine them in copper for a month and they'll be fine
@martytah653
3 ай бұрын
@@cbarber5366 I did quarantine them. The second one was in the tank for 3 months. When the tank got stressed. They say Powers carry ick all their lives. My Foxface got sick first than the Power started to display its ick. Then the whole tank was lost. 7 thousands dollars worth of fish. I will never put another Power in one of my tanks again. They're pretty but deadly.
@cbarber5366
3 ай бұрын
@@martytah653 then your display still had ich. The only way to rid your display is to leave it fallow for 6 weeks. Up the temp to 83 degrees which will speed up the life cycle. While you do that put your fish in quarantine. 2.5 ppm copper power for a month, then 2 weeks to observe with no copper. Once 6 weeks are done the display should be free of parasites and you can put the newly doctored fish back in. Google humblefish quarantine. It works
@mattmonteith2175
Жыл бұрын
I agree treatment them all because if one is sick they are all sick
@detroithammer8869
3 жыл бұрын
anecdotal but same here, never have saved 1, not 1. :(
@seshamblin788
3 жыл бұрын
Bought a yellow tang from live aquaria one of the captive bred ones before the price shot up. Got it put it in quarantine showed signs of HLLE out of the bag and had ich 3 days in. It died today 6 days after live aquarias 7 day guarantee
@polar_boi7823
2 жыл бұрын
One time my dad had a powder blue AND a powder brown getting along in the same tank.
@goodyearreefer8994
3 жыл бұрын
With the tang ban in Hawaii that was an expensive loss 😫
@BigBlueReefAquatics
Жыл бұрын
I agree 100%
@stillman7118
Жыл бұрын
Intro song please?
@carlosstuart1644
2 жыл бұрын
So do you mix the garlic with pellets then feed them ?
@smiles1969able
2 жыл бұрын
i put garlic into everything and let it soak into the food till its drenched
@varminttank
5 ай бұрын
Everything must die eventually 😞…. But that’s life
@Evergreenroblox1
10 ай бұрын
Me be like: 0:00
@locobnojokofoooo12
6 ай бұрын
It’s crazy how archaic some of these fish guys are he may know a lot about fish, but what he doesn’t understand is how nature works. No you don’t keep feeding your fish you let him eat in a small window every day as much as he wants then you let his body repair for the next 23 hours and 50 minutes that’s how you keep the healthiest out there the same humans every day the fish go to the same process it’s autophagy. I just saved you thousands of dollars in a bunch of waste of time.
@kevin8360
8 ай бұрын
Step 1 to kicking Ich… Never buy a Tang! They should come with a supply of stress medication. Maybe fish Valium? Step 2… Keep you water parameters on point. Step 3… Feed well, feed healthy, use garlic for fish with low appetites. Stress lets Ich take hold. Don’t make your fish pay rent or force them to clean the house for their food. That crap is stressful to fish! Stress free fish are happy fish. Their immune system will keep Ich at bay.
@ct2368
3 жыл бұрын
All we can do is do the best we can for the fish. Sometimes we do one thing and it works and sometimes we do that thing and it doesn't work. That's the problem with playing Dr. and not being one.
@hereinoz7051
3 жыл бұрын
Raise your magnesium level and buy a coral banded shrimp
@mopar_shawn939
Жыл бұрын
I actually take the fish out. I would rather lose one than all. Plus velvet could also kill corals and anemone so it's really not worth leaving the fish In a reef tank.
@tomg5405
Жыл бұрын
Velvet can kill corals?
@mopar_shawn939
Жыл бұрын
@@tomg5405 Yes
@mopar_shawn939
Жыл бұрын
@@tomg5405 I've seen it aggressively take out fish, than start on corals. Some may say it was rtn but it all happened around the same time. Seen this happen twice.
@jetskiwillywilly7970
Жыл бұрын
So 50% of time it works 100% of the time.
@markO0286
3 жыл бұрын
😪 poor fish, unfortunately the hobby comes with losses
@somethingspecial960
3 жыл бұрын
😢
@stevedang8554
3 жыл бұрын
Better chance of surviving ich in a reef tank than quarantine tanks are the worst
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