Uh Oh, Possible Ich

[xRage10]

Just an FYI, Ich-X says "Treats disease conditions caused by: marine ich, marine fungi, protozoans, flukes". That's all I know about it.

I'm doing a 10% water change today, then going back to the LFS Friday early afternoon and seeing what my water tests again. I'm just not quite understanding. My sleeper goby and firefish seem to be doing perfectly fine and have never showed any sign of disease, and my three stripe damsel seems to be getting much better already, but I don't want to rush into doing anything else at the moment as everything does seem to be improving.

 

[bcfd144]

from what I have been told, tangs get ich easier than other fish..

 

[cdc]

I have ich in my tank, my powder brown tang has it now. They fight it off and it goes away and when they get stressed again it comes back and they fight it back off again. From what I have gathered on various forums most marine tanks have ich in them but the fish can fight it off on there own so it only appears when the fish are stressed.

Also my fish never stop eating and love nori.

 

[xRage10]

Then from what I may be understanding, I honestly think that the nitrate spike I had just stressed my tang and clown, literally, to death. I'm glad to know it, because I honestly though something really bad was happening in my tank. Upon my next paycheck I'm going to do a 10-15 gallon water change to hopefully start getting those nitrates back down, though from what I can see my fish do seem to be doing better. Thanks everyone for the help, it's really appreciated!

 

[xRage10]

I just wanted to say, I find that I've overreacted to the whole "marine ich" thing. Upon further research and, well, the personal experience I've gotten in this past week or so, it was just a result of a good deal of stress being put on my fish because of an increased level of nitrates. Unfortunately with how often I've worked this past week, I was not able to allow all of the remaining fish to survive. As already stated, I initially lost my Sailfin Tang and my False Perc Clown. About three days ago I also lost my yellowtail damsel, and just yesterday morning lost my longnose hawkfish. However, after about a 15% water change yesterday afternoon, my fish seem to be doing a thousand times better. They're all coming back out of the live rock and starting to swim around again, which is both enjoyable for them and myself.

Thus, I've learned a lesson, and hope that some people reading this that are as inexperienced as I was/am with salt will learn a little bit as well so that they won't have to go through what I did. Essentially, don't panic. When you see that something is wrong, get your water tested asap and take the necessary route to fixing what your water test is telling you to. Some things in salt seem a lot more complicating than they really are, and though marine ich is no laughing matter, it's not something that needs to be stressed over. I just find that if you take your time and don't stress, you can help relieve your fish of their stress. Thanks to all who walked along with me on this little adventure, though. Really does feel good to know that there are people here willing to help when something seems wrong.