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Posted by Chris on August 28, 2005, 11:30 pm
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The white spots/ich are from stress how big is your tank, does the hippo
have enough space? it could be getting stressed due to space. I would
not treat with anything as your lfs says but rather look for the cause
of the stress to the fish
Chris
http://www.chrisncarol.com
swhastan wrote:
> Fresh water dip is not a good way to go.
> A parasite under the skin of fishes never dies by fresh water dip.
> If that ich seems to be serious, treat your hippo tang in quarantine tank
> with copper for about 4 weeks. Or hyposalinity for 4 weeks. Most of people
> think copper is the best medicine but may harm fish too if you don't use it
> correctly.
> Maybe putting cleaner shrimp in your tank can help a little.
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>>My Hippo has white spots all the time! They come and go. I've had him for
>>almost a year now. I do have a UV sterilizer unit on the tank and use it
>>when I see white spots appear. Do not use Ich medicines if you have live
>>rock and other forms of invert life.
>>
>>There's a couple of products that are "reef safe" ICH treatments but I
>>haven't had any luck with them at all. If you can catch him, quarantine
>>and freshwater dips is the way to go although the "ignore it" advice
>>wasn't all that unreasonable.
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>>>Hi - my hippo tang has white sopt. It started off not too niticable but
>>>now is all over him. I know these fish are very prone to it and my LFS
>>>says to igonore it and do not dose any medicine, but I cant help thinking
>>>that I should be.
>>>
>>>Any advice on what point to start dosing?
>>>
>>>~m
>>>
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> now is all over him. I know these fish are very prone to it and my LFS
> says to igonore it and do not dose any medicine, but I cant help thinking
> that I should be.
>
> Any advice on what point to start dosing?
>
> ~m
>