dcantucson
Reef pro
Something to do with the cycle of the parasite. It drops off onto the bottom of the tank during the nighttime, I think. That's why a UV light is good in this case to kill them when they're in the water column.
My Tang Has Ick
- Thread starter BigH55
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Wes888
Reef enthusiast
- Location
- Long Island, NY
Instead of UV, I'm going to use Ozone. Would it work on these parasite?
dcantucson
Reef pro
I don't think it does the same thing as a UV light.
Wes888
Reef enthusiast
- Location
- Long Island, NY
Yea, the main purpose for them are for different things, but from I've read, the ozone would kill bacteria as well.
Wes888
Reef enthusiast
- Location
- Long Island, NY
UV Sterilizers is on sale. I might as well get one and run it for a month to try to kill them off.
dcantucson
Reef pro
Ozone/ I see. I didn't know that.
My experience was - for a year or so I battled ick on and off in my large tank. I medicated the tank with reef safe meds and shocked the entire system and lost most all of my fish. I got more. I lost more. I got more and yes I lost more. This was very frustrating to say the least. I guess Tangs are problematic for ick. So finally I got a UV 57watt system, hooked it up and now after about 13 months I still have no ick at all. None. All my fish have lived except a few from my boil. I swear by these UV systems.
My experience was - for a year or so I battled ick on and off in my large tank. I medicated the tank with reef safe meds and shocked the entire system and lost most all of my fish. I got more. I lost more. I got more and yes I lost more. This was very frustrating to say the least. I guess Tangs are problematic for ick. So finally I got a UV 57watt system, hooked it up and now after about 13 months I still have no ick at all. None. All my fish have lived except a few from my boil. I swear by these UV systems.
dcantucson
Reef pro
Get the biggest, oversized one you can. There are canister filters with them also.
Wes888
Reef enthusiast
- Location
- Long Island, NY
Ordered a 55W one. Should be here in a few days.
My tangs are completely clear of the white dots since yesterday. I removed almost all of the sand in the front of tank where I usually mess around with, and also removed enough water (with the sand together) to fill up a 32 gal bucket. That's almost 50% water change.
Another 30 gal of water is being prepared right now and I'll remove more sand and water tomorrow. Ozone will be comes online tonight.
My tangs are completely clear of the white dots since yesterday. I removed almost all of the sand in the front of tank where I usually mess around with, and also removed enough water (with the sand together) to fill up a 32 gal bucket. That's almost 50% water change.
Another 30 gal of water is being prepared right now and I'll remove more sand and water tomorrow. Ozone will be comes online tonight.
dcantucson
Reef pro
I think you'll be happy using one Wes
daugherty
part time reefer
- Location
- Billings, MT USA
i have thought about getting one and running it out of my drain but they get to spendy for me
Wes888
Reef enthusiast
- Location
- Long Island, NY
The down side is that I think it's gonna kill off lot of my critters.
dcantucson
Reef pro
I still have tons of them. They hold onto the sides, rocks and sand and not as much free floating. I'm sure some of them get zapped but most do not.
Wes888
Reef enthusiast
- Location
- Long Island, NY
Ah, true. I do see them crawl along the glass and swim near the corner. But I'm sure there are plenty in the water column as well since all my fishs love to stay in front of the tank and always seems to be catching something to eat.
