Kole Tang Lying On it's Side! Help!

[corallo]

We just bought a Kole tang from an LFS and when we started to acclimate it, it just lay on it's side. I know that Blue hippo tangs sometimes do this but I'm wondering if Kole tangs do that too. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

[twisted]

nice to see another jersey reefer. welcome to Reefland!
first, how are you acclimating? seeing as how its been a few hours since your post, how are things now

[corallo]

Sorry it took so long to post back. I'm sorry to say that the tang is heavily infected with ich. As we don't have a QT tank we actually just bought a cleaner wrasse(they didn't have a neon goby or a cleaner shrimp) to hopefully resolve the problem. It really is the last chance. We can't medicate the tank again either.

[leebca]

If you have diagnosed the fish parasite as Marine Ich, the cleaner fish/shrimp is worthless. I suggest you read this: Curing Fish of Marine Ich

Being in this hobby makes having a quarantine tank and hospital tank a necessity to success. You might want to move in this direction: A Quarantine Process (step-by-step). If you don't have room or the resources for a QT, then you really don't have the room and/or resources to be in the hobby. Check it out.