powder blue tang

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fast eddie

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hello friends! just had a question...i boughta powder blue and a friend of mine gave me a purple tang 2 months ago,the question is i had the blue tang and purple in a 120 which is my spare/qt tank.. there is no copper or any other type medication in the 120.ive been observing the tangs for 2 months no signs of ick or any type of disease!and eating well.. will it be safe to put them in my main system? or should i copper for ick and pozipro for flukes first..thank you
 
ok... just wanted to make sure didnt wanna introduce any unwanted pest.. i know the ick cycle last for two weeks.. didnt want to copper if i didnt have too..do the tangs still carry ick even though they dont appear to have any? ive heard when they get stressed is the ick breaks out of under the fishes slime coat.
 
Ich can last 4+ weeks depending what part of the cycle the treatment starts. Personally 6-8 weeks is what i would wait if ich is found.

I learned the hard way and i will now copper qt every fish i get along with medicated good.
 
With the amount of top off water i need for my 20g qt i would not want to deal with hypo lol.
 
lol... yea i know its very time consuming process! i had a ick break out on 800 gallon fish only system, i hypo salinity for 8 weeks .. i marked my sump and had to keep it stable for 8 weeks! not to mention watching all the water parameters!!
 
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