thanks Rob, it sits at around that , i have fans in the sump area to keep it down, he is the only fish in my tank in 10 months that has got ich,he first got it a couple of hours after i got him home and this is he's 3rd time, he is a real stress head, this time it may be from the high ammonia i had, now ammonia is 0, nitrites 0 but nitrates are a bit high trying to get them back downSusan, what is the temperature of your tank? Any swings over a 24 hour period? I've found that that issue is the one thing that triggers ich in tangs more than anything else. When I get a shipment in, I can be assured that 90% of the tangs I get WILL break with ich. I keep the tanks at 26-27 degrees to keep this to a minimum.
thanks all my fish are very good eaters and are feed well, to the point of always struggling with nitratesIt will help as an ongoing type deal due to the fact that it encourages the fish to eat. Wont hurt anything tank wise, although I did hear a rumour that continued use can hurt fish liver (but I have no facts on that).
thanks, do you recommend mixing a few of garlic with the food, i already feed brine shrimp with garlic and spirulina in it and give them seed weed every dayKeeping them fed is the best support you can give. No doubt the high ammonia didn't help with this outbreak. One thing I will tell you is to heat the water warmer than the tank when doing a change, 30 would be good because it will cool going back into the tank. Blue Hippo tangs feed quite a bit on plankton in the wild, make sure they're getting some higher protein foods in addition to greens.