URGENT -ick!
Hello,
Ick in a reef...another way to solve this problem is remove the infected fishes and treat in a seperate tank. Copper sulphate is fairly effective for fishes -- no good for reef. To treat the reef, you must remove all fishes from the reef for at least 4 to 8 weeks. Don't need to add any chemicals -- just leave it the way it is. Since there will be no host for the ick to grow, eventually they will die.
Garlic soaked food method works as long as it is a mild case and the fish are still eating.
Does anybody understands why garlic causes the ick to not attach to the fish ? I haven't heard of an explaination about how it actually works.
Copper sulphate can be purchased from J&L for $5.
- Victor.
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