Fighting Ich Sucks If You Can't Catch Fish

[Salt2Death]

As it sez I'm in a losing battle with Ich in my tank and I can't seem to beat it down......
All Suggestions Welcomed!


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[Midway]

Herbtana really worked for me in the past. After that I hooked up a UV light and it was gone in the next couple of months or so. What are you doing so far to beat it down?

[The Grizz]

Garlic extreme, I drop per gallon a day and in there food has always worked for me.

[noirsphynx]

What have you tried? I soak any food in Selecon & garlic but for medications I would try Polyp Lab Medic, it's worked for me.

[gregzz4]

I'm one of those that prefers to use Hypo salinity in a QT environment

Yes, catching fish sucks, but there are many methods that work;
You can try trapping, netting at night while they are sleeping, and lowering your water level, to name a few

You asked for suggestions;

1 - remove all fish from tank and QT in Hypo, all the while your DT is kept fish-less for 9 weeks to starve the MI

2 - DT is fish-less as in suggestion 1, but treat your fish in QT with a more drastic approach, using copper-based medications in the QT, but there are long-tem effects on fish health associated with copper, and it's hard to monitor the correct levels

3 - use garlic, herbtana, or other stuff in your DT and see what happens

Many peeps have had success with with option 3
I haven't had to deal with it yet in my DT, so I can't give you personal experience, but I don't believe in it either ...
Fish health and immunity in dealing with MI, and concentrations in your DT, has some part in dealing with MI, so again, I won't rule out option 3, but it's not my choice
Concentrations of subsequent generations of MI can become very large in a glass box very fast ...

Eg: - in my 20g QT, a Royal Gramma had a couple spots on day 2, many spots on day 3, no spots on day 4, and then was totally covered on day 7 !!!

I QT all my new fishies, and have had MI in my QT ( the Gramma ), so I always keep them in QT for observation for at least 6 weeks
OK, ya, I only held my Foxface for 3 weeks in the QT, but knock-on-wood all was good with him

My tank appears to be MI free, so I am loving my QT ...


Good luck with whatever you try

[Northernseacorals]

Originally Posted by gregzz4

I'm one of those that prefers to use Hypo salinity in a QT environment

I could not agree more, been very successful for me

[Salt2Death]

Can't QT- no chance besides tearing the tank down, and that won't happen either.
How low can you go with corals present?


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[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by Salt2Death

How low can you go with corals present?

Pretty sure you can't...

[MarkoD]

Is the fish eating when you feed it?

If it is, don't worry about it, it'll overcome it on it's own.

My achilllies had ich for like 4 months. Never did anything but feed it. It's all good now

[Seth81]

Yeah I'm in the same boat, my tall tank makes it impossible to net fish. Trap has only worked once for me, and I will not sacrifice my corals.

I found that as long as they are eating (I soak everything in Garlic & have strong UV filter) then they will come around.

I personally think that the stress of hunting down and netting one particular fish to put him in QT gives the fish worse chances of survival then just feeding garlic. 2 out of 2 times when I cought fish with Ich and moved them to QT and started copper treatment the fish died in QT (and yes my QT setup was good and I dosed copper very carefully).