| Ich Magnets
I had a blue tang for over 6 years and occasionally it would get show signs of ich. I would monitor it, and whether or not the cleaner shrimp helped for sure, I never had to take drastic measures. It would never be worse for wear and none of the other fish ever showed any signs at all.
I recently replaced "Dori" at my families request, and sure enough it developed ich (I did quarantine for two weeks). It is eating well and doesn't seem to have any breathing difficulty. I feel sorry for it, with the rubbing, but in the past I have not had to pull my tang and medicate in a QT.
I guess my question is: Would you pull and medicate or wait longer and see how she copes?
Even if I medicate, I know that Ich is in the tank and I can't do anything about that. Eventually, she will be reintroduced to an infected tank. Also, I am afraid that the added stress of being pulled and QT'd might be worse. She is quite attached to 2 green chromis. |