Post by eey0n on Feb 11, 2013 14:20:24 GMT -5
So, I have had a Kole Tang for about 3 weeks now and up until about 3 days ago he was very social. He would swim around and pick at things and eat his Nori and seemed pretty happy. Over the last 3 days he seems to have gotten very quiet. He's been hiding behind rocks a lot and not doing too much. When I wake up in the morning he seems to have eaten all his nori though. I'm a bit concerned. Could he be becoming more nocturnal? Anyone had any similar things happen? Any advise?
So, I was checking him out before I left for work today and sometime between yesterday and this morning he's sprouted quite a case of ich. To be honest, before I left this morning I thought the little guy was a goner. Which would suck cause I'm quite fond of the fellow. My fiance checked him out this morning and said he was up swimming around a bit which is good. Hopefully he can pull through. I need to head to the LFS this morning to get some medicine for him but I'm wondering is there anything else I can really do? I've heard soaking the food in garlic helps to prevent parasites. Is this true? And if so, can I just go pick up a few cloves of garlic and use the juices from them mixed with some emerald entree maybe? Or maybe just soak his nori in the garlic? Someone please HELP?!