first off, tangs are notorious for getting ich. my powder blue gets it every once in a while. when he gets it, it goes away on its own in about a day or 2....like yesterday he had it, and today its not really bad...it faded away for the most part....he doesnt flash against the rocks or anything and it doesnt seem to bother him...at all.
but anyway, ill save the time of anyone else posting an answer cause we hear this all of the time on this site...and i wanna feel smart. =P
most people would recommend setting up a
QT tank for him, and all of your other fish and treating them with
copper...in the
QT TANK, NOT THE DISPLAY. that is the most efficient way to "kick the ick..." if you have inverts, you can leave them in your display tank....ick cant live on them....so you are safe...
AND IF YOU DO HAVE INVERTS, DO NOT PUT
COPPER IN THAT TANK! IT WILL KILL THEM! even if you plan on putting the inverts in later on, traces of
copper can still be present in the tank, nd there is still a risk of killing them.
by having no fish for the ick to live on, (or politically correct..."in"...because ich lives under the fishes skin...unless the site i was reading was full of it...but i doubt it...there were pictures of ich under the fish's skin.. ) the icks life cycle will die in about a month. thus making your tank ich free. after the month or so, you can then reintroduce
Doc and all of his tank mates back to the display tank.
also, make sure that you are keeping your water params up to
par...that can stress a fish out, creating the disease.
and if anyone else on here responds to this ick inquiry, there is a 98.99999991/2 chance that you will hear that the hippo tang will need a bit more room than 4' of swimming space... most recommend 100 gallons or 6ft of un-obstructed swimming length for an adult tang.
lol
good luck. and
to the reef. =]
