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03-10-2013, 07:27 PM
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1. Tank transfer 2. Copper 3. Hypo 4. Chloroquine Phosphate and yes, I tried them all.  There are pros and cons for each method. Make sure you read them all (not only this site but some other sites as well) before you pick one. Above all, understand the life cycle of marine ich is very important regardless which method you pick. Good luck. Last edited by George; 03-10-2013 at 07:29 PM. 
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03-10-2013, 07:55 PM
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Tank transfer method would be my #1 as well, because it's guaranteed to work on the fish. However, the tank transfer with that many large fish would be a logistical nightmare and would be very labor intensive on your part. Tank transfer also doesn't do anything about the encysted tomonts in the display, so after the 12 day transfer protocol was done you'd need to fallow the tank for a couple months.
Hypo would be my next choice, only because it's easy to do and doesn't involve poisoning fish. Copper would be choice three. And only if you can do it in a separate QT tank with no sand or rock. Can I ask what's making you decide to do this? Are you losing fish due to the ich, or do you just want it gone? The only option that doesn't involve fallowing your display tank for 9-10 weeks is the hypo of the display, but man, that's going to be a cycle to stay on top of.
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03-10-2013, 08:27 PM
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As the ick has been steadily gaining ground and getting worse. I've uped the dose of herbtana to see if that helps. So far I've had no results with it. I haven't lost any fish yet but it's getting to the point that I'm in need of treating it. I had ick in the 175 off and on but between the cleaner wrasse and shrimps I would never see more than 6 spots on the powder blue. ( previous one lost shortly after the upgrade) Neal I thought you were a copper fan.
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03-10-2013, 08:33 PM
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I'm dealing with ich on my 2 heniocus, and up my temp to 82 f, ich is going down, hasn't spread, I pick up a bottle of Herbtana and Kordon Ich attack, have tried medication yet, it I see any on my other fish, then I will medicate, so just adding more garlic into food. It just showed up 2 days ago. The heniocus had ich in my QT, and cupermine them for 3 weeks. Then I transfer to display tank on Feb 14.
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03-10-2013, 08:33 PM
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i use copper in my quarantines because hypo requires such a long treatment process.
plus hypo doesn't work against marine velvet which can sometimes come in on shipments
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03-10-2013, 08:44 PM
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asylumdown - do you have a link to the scientific papers that state that there is a hypo resistant ich?
i would like to read up on it if possible thanks btw, Herbtana is not a treatment - it is an immune booster. It does not kill ich..just increases the chance of the fish to fight it off. so it will not help eliminate the ich in your system
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