Posted by gekko152 on October 21, 2002 at 15:40:23:
In Reply to: Re: Kole tangs with ich. posted by seasquirt on October 21, 2002 at 12:46:24:
:My best guess is that your fish are susceptible to ich and have caught it because they are stressed! 2 Kole tangs in the average hobbyist's tank is not a good idea. Although Koles are pretty peaceful, they can be downright nasty to each other. What size tank do you have?
:My suggestion is to move one to a separate tank and wait a few days (meanwhile giving them superb water quality) to see if the ich goes away without treatment. Then return one of them to the store and get another (non-tang) fish after your remaining Kole has gone for a couple of weeks with no signs of ich. You may also invest in a cleaner shrimp, provided of course that you have not medicated the tank with copper.
:::: hey thanks for your reply, I have them in a 120gal tank along with 3 yelow tangs, 1 humma humma, 1 dogface puffer, 1 antennata lion, 2 V. lionfish, 1 bumble bee dwarf lion, 1 zebra eel and 1 chain link eel. Now I know what your going to say, this fish aren't supposed to be living with but I've had this tank for 2 years with the same fish ( except the 2 new kole tangs) and everyone's been living harmony, even the new kole tangs are getting along fine, i have a lot of rocked I just rearranged which gives evryone a cave. Now the shop I bought these fish in are known for selling some fish with ich. Since they've all been doing fine (except for ich) I am going to keep them, is there any other suggestions
