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Well i upgraded my 80 gallon tank to a 150 about 2 weeks ago everything lived and the corals are doing awsome. THe problem is my fish have ich and i also have red slime grwoing on the sand what do i do i dont know why they would be stressed i have a regal tang and salfin tang both are under 4" and i have a false clown. How do i treat this? I can see the ich floating in the water its mostly off the fish because i used garlic but i got tons of white dots floating in my water i did big water changes and it doeasnt work can someone help?

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[wgscott]

Either ignore the red slime or treat with eurythromycin if it is endangering your corals by overgrowing them. It is a perfectly natural thing for the tank to go through this "new tank" phase. Unfortunately it is also probably what stressed your fish.

I would take the fish out and put them back in the original tank with a salt concentration of 1.009 salinity and keep the new tank fish-free for three weeks.

If you are unwilling or unable to do that, try soaking food with water-soluble garlic extract (Kyolic brand works) and hope for the best.

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You could put a UV sterilizer on the tank to help with the ick.

Joyce

[omegatron]

Never ever use an antibiotic in a reef aquarium. It will kill the beneficial bacteria and your tank will recycle causing more havoc than the red slime itself. If you want to get rid of the red slime which is a natural phenomenon in a new tank simply increase circulation in the affected area's and harvest all you can. Also do some partial water changes to dilute any nutrients which cause it to grow. Sometimes the natural way may take more time but it is far safer for your inhabitants.