Hippo with Ich

Jiddy · 12-05-2005, 04:53 PM

i found my Hippo in my 220 was scratchin on the rock, after examing him i found little white dots which appear to be ich, the only other guys in the tank are a YT and 8 Chromis, none which seem to have symptoms. The Hippo is eating Nori, Brine, and Flake and seems to be happy, with the exception of the occasional scratchin of the rock. I have the Garlic Kent additive which i soaked my brine in and the hippo loved it, the ich has spread a little more over his body, im pretty new to the ich stuff, so what should i do now?

Warnberg · 12-05-2005, 05:08 PM

Jid, IME leave him alone, just keep soaking the food in Garlic and you may want to add some selcon as well.... My Regal/Hippo had it as well and every one I have owned (2) over the last 15 years has had ich, they are very suseptable to it and always seem to get it.

After I found ich on my Regal I QT'd it along with all the other fish in my tank for 8 weeks and teated with hypo salinity, after 8 weeks in that little 20 gallon tank I returned all my fish back to the main disply (240) and guess what 2 weeks later, you guessed it, Regal had ich again.

I wouldn't stress the fish by QT'ing at this point, feed good healthy foods and continue to soak in garlic and selcon. You may want to consider a cleaner shrimp or two, they will help if the Regal will allow it to clean it...

By the way 6 months later my Regal is growing, eating, and no more itching and I have had coments about it, "Boy that is the heathiest Regal I have ever seen"

Woodstock · 12-05-2005, 05:59 PM

Garlic, clean water, garlic, clean water.... I agree with Dave; feed them well and wait. It could recover on its own. Check the temperature and water parameters too...

For severe cases of ich, allowing the main tank to go fallow for 6-8 weeks while the fish are treated in a QT using the hyposalinity method works best.

Jiddy · 12-05-2005, 06:10 PM

Thanks you two! Ill keep up the good feedings, and i order 2 cleaner shrimp

jetaero · 12-05-2005, 07:48 PM

hope things go well Jiddy!

cheeks69 · 12-05-2005, 08:20 PM

If the infection isn't serious then he will recover with proper diet and water quality , only problem is Ick has been introduced to the tank and it could lead to possible serious infections in the future especially with stressed or weakened fish.

proud2bcanadian · 12-05-2005, 10:31 PM

I don't know if this applies to saltwater too, but what I do with my colony of clown loaches is - put them in a QT tank with the same water parameters, raise the temperature to about 82degrees, and add aquarium salt. If the infection does get more serious, I would seriously consider a QT tank.

HTH,

Witfull · 12-06-2005, 01:29 AM

hippo tangs are ich magnets. (so are clown loaches) if its minor, leave him be. he will get it again....as long as the tank is healthy and it remains minor....status quo.

john · 12-06-2005, 11:15 PM

1 more thing,if you dont have 1,invest in a uv sterilizer!!had mine for a year and not 1 drop of ich on any of my fish including my hippo!!

Jiddy · 12-07-2005, 10:11 AM

Thanks guys, my Cleanere shrimp comes today! (from www.yourReef.com ) and an update, the Hippo is still a pig, the spots are nessacarily spreading and im feeding a little extra to the tank so he stays happy.

Woodstock · 12-07-2005, 11:02 AM

Good to hear Jiddy. Keep in mind the life cycle of ich and don't be surprised if it 'appears' to go away only to reappear on the fish a few days later. Their cycyl is temp dependent (warmer = faster). Keep up with the garlic and vacuuming the substrate if possible.

Little Luey · 12-08-2005, 03:10 PM

Is marine ich the same as freshwater ich?

cheeks69 · 12-08-2005, 04:13 PM

Quote:

Cryptocaryon irritans shares many similarities with the freshwater parasite Ichthyophthirius multifiliis. However, these two parasites are taxonomically distant.

http://www.advancedaquarist.com/issu...2003/mini1.htm

Warnberg · 12-09-2005, 10:27 AM

Hows the ich battle going Jid? Did the shrimp make it ok?

scuba22 · 12-10-2005, 05:46 PM

I'm a fan of Flagyl and "no-ich" < nitroimidazoles>by fish-vet, inc
I successfully treated my tank - reef safely- and my regal tang was COVERED!

I also added a sterilizer - and turned the temp up to 82 for a few days.
Read about the life cycle of these protozoans, and it will help to aide your treatment.

I did 1 wk of flagyl, mega water changes, and then started the no-ich regime for another month < the trofonts have a life cycle up to 27-28 days>..lots more water changes and...viola...ich free for 2 months so far!

BTW, my fire shrimp also helped by 'cleaning' the tang off!

12-05-2005, 04:53 PM	#1 (permalink)
Jiddy Scopas Tang Join Date: May 2005 Location: S.Dakota (1 LFS) Posts: 431 View Gallery Karma Komment	Hippo with Ich i found my Hippo in my 220 was scratchin on the rock, after examing him i found little white dots which appear to be ich, the only other guys in the tank are a YT and 8 Chromis, none which seem to have symptoms. The Hippo is eating Nori, Brine, and Flake and seems to be happy, with the exception of the occasional scratchin of the rock. I have the Garlic Kent additive which i soaked my brine in and the hippo loved it, the ich has spread a little more over his body, im pretty new to the ich stuff, so what should i do now?

12-05-2005, 05:08 PM	#2 (permalink)
Warnberg Acropora Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Tampa, Florida Posts: 1,911 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Hippo with Ich Jid, IME leave him alone, just keep soaking the food in Garlic and you may want to add some selcon as well.... My Regal/Hippo had it as well and every one I have owned (2) over the last 15 years has had ich, they are very suseptable to it and always seem to get it. After I found ich on my Regal I QT'd it along with all the other fish in my tank for 8 weeks and teated with hypo salinity, after 8 weeks in that little 20 gallon tank I returned all my fish back to the main disply (240) and guess what 2 weeks later, you guessed it, Regal had ich again. I wouldn't stress the fish by QT'ing at this point, feed good healthy foods and continue to soak in garlic and selcon. You may want to consider a cleaner shrimp or two, they will help if the Regal will allow it to clean it... By the way 6 months later my Regal is growing, eating, and no more itching and I have had coments about it, "Boy that is the heathiest Regal I have ever seen" __________________ Dave 240 Gallon Tall Tencor (96"L x 30"T x 18"W) 4 250 Watt MH XM10K bulbs 2-54 Watt T5 Actinic Euro-Reef CS8-2-RC Jetstream 1 Calcium Reactor 4 Tunze Turbelle stream 6000 power heads 7095 Tunze controller

12-05-2005, 05:59 PM	#3 (permalink)
Woodstock The Wand Geek was here. ;) Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: North Carolina Posts: 23,264 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Hippo with Ich Garlic, clean water, garlic, clean water.... I agree with Dave; feed them well and wait. It could recover on its own. Check the temperature and water parameters too... For severe cases of ich, allowing the main tank to go fallow for 6-8 weeks while the fish are treated in a QT using the hyposalinity method works best. __________________ ~Doni Marie~ *GOT ICH???* *My QT/Hospital Tank* ~120 Reef Chronicle ~ *~Breeding Picasso Clownfish~* "Energy and persistence conquer all things." Benjamin Franklin __________________________________________________ ______________________________________________ 120 mixed reef, dual Reeflux 10k 250 MHs, dual Geiseman Actinic T5s,Neptune AC III, ASM g3, 2x Korallia #3, Mag 9.5 return

12-05-2005, 06:10 PM	#4 (permalink)
Jiddy Scopas Tang Join Date: May 2005 Location: S.Dakota (1 LFS) Posts: 431 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Hippo with Ich Thanks you two! Ill keep up the good feedings, and i order 2 cleaner shrimp

12-05-2005, 07:48 PM	#5 (permalink)
jetaero Bryozoan Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 56 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Hippo with Ich hope things go well Jiddy! __________________ -Josh- Membership Chair / Web-Master of the: Puget Sound Aquarium Society ------------------- \| The Marine Reef \| -------------------

12-05-2005, 08:20 PM	#6 (permalink)
cheeks69 Wannabe Guru Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Northeast Posts: 6,712 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Hippo with Ich If the infection isn't serious then he will recover with proper diet and water quality , only problem is Ick has been introduced to the tank and it could lead to possible serious infections in the future especially with stressed or weakened fish. __________________ Robert My Cube “A spirit is manifest in the laws of the Universe—a spirit vastly superior to that of man, and one in the face of which we with our modest powers must feel humble.” Albert Einstein

12-05-2005, 10:31 PM	#7 (permalink)
proud2bcanadian Plate Coral Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 708 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Hippo with Ich I don't know if this applies to saltwater too, but what I do with my colony of clown loaches is - put them in a QT tank with the same water parameters, raise the temperature to about 82degrees, and add aquarium salt. If the infection does get more serious, I would seriously consider a QT tank. HTH, __________________ David Liles

12-06-2005, 11:15 PM	#9 (permalink)
john Ricordea Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: ohio Posts: 188 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Hippo with Ich 1 more thing,if you dont have 1,invest in a uv sterilizer!!had mine for a year and not 1 drop of ich on any of my fish including my hippo!!

12-07-2005, 10:11 AM	#10 (permalink)
Jiddy Scopas Tang Join Date: May 2005 Location: S.Dakota (1 LFS) Posts: 431 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Hippo with Ich Thanks guys, my Cleanere shrimp comes today! (from www.yourReef.com ) and an update, the Hippo is still a pig, the spots are nessacarily spreading and im feeding a little extra to the tank so he stays happy.

12-07-2005, 11:02 AM	#11 (permalink)
Woodstock The Wand Geek was here. ;) Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: North Carolina Posts: 23,264 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Hippo with Ich Good to hear Jiddy. Keep in mind the life cycle of ich and don't be surprised if it 'appears' to go away only to reappear on the fish a few days later. Their cycyl is temp dependent (warmer = faster). Keep up with the garlic and vacuuming the substrate if possible. __________________ ~Doni Marie~ *GOT ICH???* *My QT/Hospital Tank* ~120 Reef Chronicle ~ *~Breeding Picasso Clownfish~* "Energy and persistence conquer all things." Benjamin Franklin __________________________________________________ ______________________________________________ 120 mixed reef, dual Reeflux 10k 250 MHs, dual Geiseman Actinic T5s,Neptune AC III, ASM g3, 2x Korallia #3, Mag 9.5 return

12-08-2005, 03:10 PM	#12 (permalink)
Little Luey Scopas Tang Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Yuma, Arizona Posts: 432 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Hippo with Ich Is marine ich the same as freshwater ich? __________________ Little Luey 20Gal, 30 lbs. Live rock. 1 yellow goby 1 firefish 1 rainsford goby 5 turbo snails 1 feather duster 1 devil's hand leather 1 sea grass colony 2 Zoantoids colonies

12-09-2005, 10:27 AM	#14 (permalink)
Warnberg Acropora Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Tampa, Florida Posts: 1,911 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Hippo with Ich Hows the ich battle going Jid? Did the shrimp make it ok? __________________ Dave 240 Gallon Tall Tencor (96"L x 30"T x 18"W) 4 250 Watt MH XM10K bulbs 2-54 Watt T5 Actinic Euro-Reef CS8-2-RC Jetstream 1 Calcium Reactor 4 Tunze Turbelle stream 6000 power heads 7095 Tunze controller

12-10-2005, 05:46 PM	#15 (permalink)
scuba22 Star Polyps Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Boston Posts: 165 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Hippo with Ich I'm a fan of Flagyl and "no-ich" < nitroimidazoles>by fish-vet, inc I successfully treated my tank - reef safely- and my regal tang was COVERED! I also added a sterilizer - and turned the temp up to 82 for a few days. Read about the life cycle of these protozoans, and it will help to aide your treatment. I did 1 wk of flagyl, mega water changes, and then started the no-ich regime for another month < the trofonts have a life cycle up to 27-28 days>..lots more water changes and...viola...ich free for 2 months so far! BTW, my fire shrimp also helped by 'cleaning' the tang off! __________________ Michele's Myocaridum D i g i t a l E x p r e s s i o n s http://micheles-myocardium.com

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