Help!! Ich!!

[SuperFudge]

Originally Posted by Beverly

As some people have pointed out, the use of LOTS of garlic soaked food has some positive effect on keeping the new on-the-fish ich off the fish. While I am not sure exactly why that works, my guess is that the garlic makes the fish reek of garlic and the ich will not attach to the stinky fish. I have used the garlic method with success and with failure as well.

You could look at it like the guy next to you who just ate a pile of garlic.....youd leave him alone too.

Actually i dont believe it does anything but stimulate appetite.

Alot of fish that get ich, dont die from ich, but die as a result from not eating during the illness, becoming even more suseptable to re-infection in following life cycles of the parasite.

Out of all the treatments ive tried in the past, none have been as successful as just making sure a good diet is maintained and varied.

Marc.