Help - I've Got Ick

[howdy20012002]

I buy a new fish and a week later, my whole tank now has ick.
Sprung up fast and hard over the last day.
I have a cleaner shrimp...but not doing his job
any suggestions on treatment
hear bad things bout the copper sulfate.
Please any remedies would be appreciated before i lose a couple of hundred bucks worth of fish
thanks
Neal

[muck]

Do a search on Hyposalinity.

[KrazyKuch]

Mix Garlic extract with their food and it will go away in about a day or so......when my tang or clown fish get ich I just feed them the garlic with their food and it's gone the next day!

[nano-man]

My brother tells me in his tank that he just turns up the heat? could it work?

[rayyue]

use uv can help, much safer than copper but cost you more
and feed them the food with garlic can help them don't get ick on their body
make sure the water flow to uv don't higher than 400 gph, the best is 200 to 300 gph, good luck

[GobiGurl]

Definetly a UV sterilizier saved my fish in the past. Works instantaniously. Ick is a parasite and they can't live with the UV rays. I also did what the others suggested as well, the garlic and the cleaner shrimp really helped a lot. Maybe you should get a different cleaner shrimp. If he's not doing his job, eat him. LOL

Good Luck Neal

Lynn