freshwater dip

how do you do a freshwater dip, and is it worth to do it? our powder blue and blue hippo tang have a few spots of ick on them.

 

If they are eating fine leave them in the tank they will fight it off.

 

I would try garlic in their food first..and lots of it. Freshwater dips can be very stressful..

 

The best way is to quarantine and treat them with copper or formalin. I learnt it hard way and lost flame angel, coral beauty, royal gramma and yellow tang in 3 days because I waited too long.

 

+1

FW dip will really stress out a Tang. If it stops eating then use a QT but that will also stess the fish so I would only do that if they stop eating.

 

my blue tang and clown both had ick many months ago, however they kept their appetite up. i started feeding dried seaweed with garlic and added a small uv sterilizer....it quickly went away and I haven't seen any signs since. can't confirm either of this two were the "cure", both that was my success story

 

I waited too long also. I lost my powder blue, 2 ocellaris clowns, & 2 anthias in 3 days. This was 2 weeks after I saw the first signs of ich. I moved my sixline wrasse (my only survivor) to a qt with copper, where he still dwells. That was nearly 3 weeks ago.

I'm no expert and am not telling you to take an otherwise healthy fish out of a tank. Only know that things can change quickly, and be prepared.

 

do you have any pics so we can be sure it is ich you are dealing with being that it is 2 tangs...could be Tang disease...

 

Freshwater dip is a last resort.