Re: hippo / regal whitespot....

Nah mine are the same as yours - L. amboinensis, but they don't get to do
much cleaning these days. I take it that my tank should be big enough for
him?

I guess I should just let him settle for a bit. Problem is that they are so
shy when I put my hands in there or move the rock about a bit they seem to
get all ichy!

But they are such great fish!

~m

"Mislav" <m@xxxx> wrote in message news:df1agb$cfp$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> My tank is even larger, it is 180 G. Cleaners won't do anything on their
> own. The fish must come to them and stay still. My sailfin tang even
> changes color when cleaned. Only then they will do the cleaning. Cowfish
> was never cleaned 'cose she didn't come to cleaners.
> What shrimps do you have L. amboinensis or L. debelius? Mine are
> amboinensis.
>
> Mislav
>
>
> "Michael Lawford" <mikenewsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:df17td$h6a$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Hmm - I have 2 cleaner shrimp but they dont seem to do anything to the
>> tang - they clean up the Blenny NP though. It is a standard 4 foot
>> tank - with sump its about 250l of water....
>>
>> Not enough?
>>
>> I had a powder blue that was happy for ages and the regal is smaller....
>>
>> ~m
>>
>> "Mislav" <m@xxxx> wrote in message news:deuds7$p55$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>I had an ich outbreak in my tank when I introduced cowfish. All fish got
>>>it. I didn't want to treat my tank with medicines or using freshwater
>>>dips.
>>> The simplest thing to do for me was to buy pair of cleaner shrimps. Two
>>> tangs spotted them immediately after I've put them in the aquarium and
>>> got their cleaning. After them in few days all fish except cowfish went
>>> to cleaners few times a day. In a week all fish except cowfish were
>>> cured.
>>> Cowfish lost spots one month after all other fish. It has passed 3
>>> months from the time and I see no sign of ick in my aquarium.
>>> Cleaner shrimps won't cure the ick but may help alot.
>>>
>>> Mislav
>>>
>>> "Chris" <chrispol@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>> news:bjvQe.10186$j63.406241@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>
>>>> 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.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> "Ray Martini" <keyzpleez@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>>>> news:ysGdnYUIbpAFdo3eRVn-qg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>
>>>>>>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.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>"Michael Lawford" <mikenewsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>>>>>news:demlb8$jkb$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>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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