Fighting Ich Sucks If You Can't Catch Fish

[daniella3d]

ich can kill that fast and that bad as well. People always think that ich is something mild but it can burst into plague proportion if the conditions are right and kill everything as well as any other parasites.

Of course the only way to be sure is to do a scrape and ID the culprit under a microscope.

This should always be done before any treatment is started as the treatment is very different for ich, velvet or brook. Copper won't kill brook efficiently but formaline will.

Formaline won't kill velvet fast enough.

Chloroquinine will kill pretty much everything safely, if you can find it and treat in QT.

One thing is for sure, if one does a proper quarantine on all fish, then never ever will that person have to deal with any parasite. Peace of mind.

Originally Posted by Coralgurl

That sounds pretty horrible!!! Agree it sounds like something other than ich. Are you able to take pictures of the affected fish so that someone can offer a solid diagnosis? Or describe what you are seeing on the fish?

[Spyd]

You can also go to the grocery store and purchase garlic puree. I used that and just mixed a bit in with their food. As long as they are eating, they will be fine. Most smaller fish are fairly immune to ich all ready so that explains why they are all alive. Foxface are also very tough fish and will survive no problem. It is really tangs, angels, etc. that have a harder time fighting it off. Just keep them eating. If they are not, then it is time to move them as soon as possible, if you can....

A bottle trap tends to work if you need to catch a fish. Cut the back end off a gallon jug, poke a couple holes through the end piece and the jug and put a rod through it. I use acrylic rod. That allows the cut off piece to swivel open and closed. Leave the trap in there for a day without touching it. Next day put some mysis in there and eventually fish will swim in there and that's when you swivel the trap shut. It took me 5 minutes to build one and I caught the fish I wanted out in about a day.