Ich in reef tank

[daniella3d]

That's what I thought. How to control dosage that way? unless you mesure it precisely and intubate the fish somehow with the proper dosage this would be nearly impossible to do. Well, unless overdosing is not a problem that is.

It's always best to quarantine all new fish and to get rid of ick in a QT with proper treatment. Otherwise any parasite is a bumb waiting to explode.

Originally Posted by George

a good drug to treat marine ich if you have a QT and dose the correct dosage. But doing it through feeding in a DT is next to impossible because you can't control the dosage and a lot have to depend on the size of the fish too.
Good luck.

[Reef Pilot]

Originally Posted by daniella3d

Otherwise any parasite is a bumb waiting to explode.

LOL,.. Daniella...don't know if that was a keyboard slip, or English/French translation thing,... but I needed a good morning laugh...

I totally agree with you, though, on hypo QT, as the preferred preventative control on ich. But once you have ich in your DT, not easy to achieve a successful outcome.

[daniella3d]

oh my..I just looked at the definition for bumb, ..definitly not what I meant! I meant bomb

I think once the ick in the tank you have 2 options, let it be and not add any new fish for a very long time, as it is said that with time ick will exhaust itself after like 10 generations or so, not sure if it is true.

Other option is to remove the fish and treat in a QT. What is anoying with ick is that it can be mild infection and the fish go through it quite easy, but once in a while I can read about some strain of ick that are very bad and virulent and kill most fish in a tank.

Originally Posted by Reef Pilot

LOL,.. Daniella...don't know if that was a keyboard slip, or English/French translation thing,... but I needed a good morning laugh...

I totally agree with you, though, on hypo QT, as the preferred preventative control on ich. But once you have ich in your DT, not easy to achieve a successful outcome.