ich help

[sam]

well all my fish has ich, what should i do, i don't want to break the aquascape, i got few corals and one clam... any reef safe ich treatment? i know J&L has Hikari Ich-X Saltwater Treatment, and it says it's reef safe, but i don't know about that!!!!

[madchild]

Do not treat the DT! As far as I know none of the treatments are invert and coral safe

Some say ride it out and ensure the tank is as stress free as possible. Others say remove and treat with hypo, tank transfer or copper.

I recently had an ich outbreak and moved all the fish to a hospital tank to treat. Unfortunately for me the stress of catching them was too much for them... only 1 of the 4 fish survived.

I am running the DT fallow for 8 weeks to ensure its ich free (hopefully) and will adhere to a strict quarantine policy for new additions from now on.

[sphelps]

To prevent the same thing from being posted yet again here's a link the latest thread involving a similar situation.

http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/sho...&highlight=ich

And here's another 100 or so...
http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/sea...archid=2551652

[pinkreef]

I agree with manchild, ich is always present and fish are more
likely to get an outbreak if they are stressed

[naesco]

Originally Posted by sam

well all my fish has ich, what should i do, i don't want to break the aquascape, i got few corals and one clam... any reef safe ich treatment? i know J&L has Hikari Ich-X Saltwater Treatment, and it says it's reef safe, but i don't know about that!!!!

Sam here is what you need to do.
Go to a LFS and buy a product called Garlic Extreme
Take some dry food like nori or flakes and using the dropper squirt some of the garlic on the food and wait until the food is soaked. The reason you use dry food instead of frozen food is that more garlic soaks in.
Feed only dry food and feed much more and very often. The idea here is to get as much of the garlic into the fish. You can also
Continuing feeding for a few weeks after you see all the spot disappear.
Let me know if you have any questions

[mikepclo]

+1, I'm a believer in this as well. Just seems like a flaw in the life cycle theory. As long as they are eating they can fight it off on their own. I alternate garlic extreme,Selcon and Zeo Immun stabil throughout the week with or without ich breakout.

Originally Posted by pinkreef

I agree with manchild, ich is always present and fish are more
likely to get an outbreak if they are stressed

[George]

Originally Posted by mikepclo

...Just seems like a flaw in the life cycle theory...

Which part of the life cycle of marine ich seems flaw to you?

[drabber]

while stocking my current tank i had a few fish develop ich after introducing. i use an oversized uv sterilizer, garlic soaked food and cleaner shrimp. works every time... never lost a fish.

velvet on the other hand.... not sooo much

[mikepclo]

12 weeks without fish in DT and ich still came back without new livestock added. So flaw could be from any part of the life stages. So from my personal experience there seems to be a flaw somewhere. Maybe different strains? But 12 weeks didn't eradicate them.

Originally Posted by George

Which part of the life cycle of marine ich seems flaw to you?

[globaldesigns]

As others stated, just ride it out. If the fish are healthy, they will survive. Just feed them good food and keep the tank params and water quality good.