downhill_biker Posted September 8, 2009 Share Posted September 8, 2009 I just noticed that my yellow tang is showing several black spots on its body and I think that it is black ich. What are the methods of killing this? Will it kill the fish? Will the fish fight it off? Will it infect all the other fish? Any help would be great. Thanks. I really dont want to catch the fish if it is possible to avoid it. It causes a lot of stress and would be pretty difficult to catch. But if it needs to be caught I will do that. I really dont want my 6 other tangs to get infected and have any of them die. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downhill_biker Posted September 8, 2009 Author Share Posted September 8, 2009 Bump...Anyone know about this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadowlu Posted September 8, 2009 Share Posted September 8, 2009 I have no experience with Black Ich but I did find an article about it. http://saltaquarium.about.com/cs/compldiagnodisease/a/aa041701.htm Hope it helps David Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danik Posted September 8, 2009 Share Posted September 8, 2009 I had black ick ones, black ick generally doesn't kill fish. All I did is I added garlic to the food and it went away like in one month. They also say to reduce the amount of snail in your tank while your fighting the problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downhill_biker Posted September 9, 2009 Author Share Posted September 9, 2009 Well the freshwater dip was too much for him. The temp and pH were right, but he died shortly after the dip. I know I will keep my eye out for black ich whenever I buy yellow tangs especially. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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