should i be worry? or blue hippo has that in nature.

Discussion in 'ASAP' started by nybatu, May 25, 2008.

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  1. nybatu

    nybatu Bristle Worm

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    tnks guys i will try the garlic and vitamin and also i will do %20 percent WC today but my water seems to me clean anyway i'll still do it. i will post pics soon.
     
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  3. amcarrig

    amcarrig Super Moderator

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    Using that logic, we shouldn't be feeding our fish garlic either. I have used both lettuce and broccolli for over a decade to stimulate a finicky fish's appetite and have had absolutely no problems.
     
  4. rayjay

    rayjay Gigas Clam

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    Sorry, I didn't mean to imply that one MUST use foods such as nori.
    I don't think it's that you CAN'T use other foods, but that it is BETTER to feed what is most natural to them that their digestive tracts can get the most out of.
    In my mind, we use garlic as a medicine rather than as food for sustenance, usually in a liquid form that we soak into food as a means of getting it to the fish.
     
  5. ShrimpSkin

    ShrimpSkin Bristle Worm

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    nybatu,
    don't worry man if the tang is eating then it will be fine. take the advice of garlic and vitamins + nori. Do a seearch for ich and hippo tang and you will see a ton of info since this fish gets ich all the time.
     
  6. nybatu

    nybatu Bristle Worm

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    tanks guys, i did do my WC my salinity is 1,023 exact and well hippo was eating, CB was eating as well. by the way my clown fish doesn't have anything he is also eating well.
     
  7. nemo1991

    nemo1991 Millepora

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    i had the EXACT same thing on my blue tang, white sopts EVERYWHERE even on his eyes, he seemed happy and healthy, but it went away after 2 or 3 weeks finally, thanks to my cleaner.