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Edmonton Eskimo · #1 09-06-2006, 02:32 AM

Well, I moved to a new house a couple weeks back and I had to move my tanks. Everything seemed okay but I lost my emperor angel to ick and now the rest of the tank has it. I have a picasso trigger,sharpnose puffer, volitans lion, lunare wrasse and a snowflake moray. The only ones I notice with ich are the picasso and the lion. What is the safest way to treat? Should I use copper or hypo? I do have a quarantine set up already. I don't want to lose anymore fish. Any help muchly appreciated.

albert_dao · #2 09-06-2006, 02:41 AM

Malachite green + formalin works a a few types of ich-looking parasites. Copper kills the rest.

Edmonton Eskimo · #3 09-06-2006, 02:50 AM

I have heard that eels and lions are very sensitive to copper. I was hoping to treat everyone at once in the main tank after I remove my live rock. Is that going to be okay?

albert_dao · #4 09-06-2006, 03:18 AM

Yeah, they are. But anyway, if you're going to treat the entire main tank, just make sure you remove anything porous and that you have enough water mixed in advance to pull a full 100% change afterwards.

Ruth · #5 09-06-2006, 03:42 AM

Wouldn't you be better to treat in the quarentine tank if you are going to use copper? I have never tried it but have heard that copper can leach into the silicone, powerheads etc. You might end up turning your main tank into a permanent quarentine.

howdy20012002 · #6 09-06-2006, 03:57 AM

to truly get rid of the ich, you should leave you tank without any hosts(aka fish) for at least a month.
Removing the fish for a couple of weeks to treat them won't work. The ich will just go dormant till they come back. they can do this for a bout a month before they die off.
I would be very hesitate personally to treat my main tank with copper. This is just my opinion but you will have remains of it in your tank unless you completely sterilize it.