3 more fish gone this weekend:cry: I am hoping this is getting to the end, I only have 7 fish left. If I lose all of them I will keep tank as coral only for a minimum of 6-8 months before I even consider adding any more, this really freakin{not the word I am really using}sucks!:sad:

sorry to hear this mang...are the remaining fish showing signs of ick.....are they still eating?....I know you said you dont have a QT but you could always buy a cheap rubbermaid bin and use that for a hospital tank to treat the fish......borrow if you need to, a heater and powerhead and do lots and lots and lots of water changes for 6-8 weeks to ensure the display is "ickless"........

Hey Darryl

Sorry to hear. My hospital tank is yours for as long as you need if you want it.

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Death from ich happens as follows.

Left unattended, the ich parasite attacks the gills of the fish. They mulitiply and it is obvious as ich spots are all over the body of the fish. Because of the ich, the fish is unable to breath and gasps for air and slowly it begins the drown and falls on its side to the bottom of the tank and dies.

What steps have you taken since you asked for advice Daryl? Have you lowered the salinity, placed the fish in a @T and medicated hem, or started the garlic regimen?

Well I was always told and read that ICk will drop off the fish and stay on of the tanks bottom. Continueing using ick is great, however it will stop your skimmer for up to 8hrs and using it all the time will cause your tank to not able to have the skimmer online. However having said that Ozone to keep it in check and something to whip away the Nitrates then you are good to go.

I'm so sorry to hear of your loss :(

They have always been on garlic, no qt tank set up yet. and salinity adjustment not a viable solution without killing corals. Been doing this over 10 yrs and have never had this issue ever this severe.

Bad deal.


Cleaner shrimp help at all?

I'll ask again.....are the remaining fish showing signs of ick (spots/labored breathing/ flashing)?.....are they eating?...how many fish have you lost?
.... what size tank is this and how much live rock is in it?..... what are your nitrates at?......


Ive got stuff to say about, and I can pretty much pick apart every article RD posted..... I will do that later.....first we need to help Darryl,s fish, who BTW have "always been on garlic" and still had a bad outbreak of ick.....hmmmmmmmm.......go figure????

Well it must work..think about it, you've never been bitten by a vampire right?

In my case, it never worked for any of my fish with ick, either fresh or garlic extract for fish.