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[cav~firez22]

i thought garlic was just to entice fish to eat... interesting.

on the other hand, seachems product of garlic extract works pretty well. next time i will just buy garlic extract instead of the 20$/bottle from seachem.

[howdy20012002]

garlic will not kill ich. All garlic does is entice them to eat...which gives the fish a better chance of fighting off the ich.
even copper just causes irritation to the fish which causes the fish to produce more of a slim coat...thus making it more difficult for the ich to host on the fish...copper at the low concentration that fish can tolerate will not kill the parasite.
besides leaving your tank empty for a month, Hypsolanity is the only way to kill the ich as far as I am concerned.
the parasite is not able to deal with the reduced pressure and literally explod.
I have a hard time believing that no power or water movement killed ich.
by that premise, no fish should have ich when I bring it in from the states as they are without power or water movement for over 24 hours. however, I always have at least one ich outbreak of ich each shipment.
Not sure what caused the ich to die off, but in my opinion, it was not the lack of power.

[marie]

Originally Posted by howdy20012002

garlic does entice them to eat...which gives the fish a better chance of fighting off the ich.
even copper just causes irritation to the fish which causes the fish to produce more of a slim coat...thus making it more difficult for the ich to host on the fish.
garlic or copper, as far as I know, do not kill ich...just give the fish a better chance of fighting off the ich.
besides leaving your tank empty for a month, Hypsolanity is the only way to kill the ich as far as I am concerned.
the parasite is not able to deal with the reduced pressure and literally explod.
I have a hard time believing that no power or water movement killed ich.
by that premise, no fish should have ich when I bring it in from the states as they are without power or water movement for over 24 hours. however, I always have at least one ich outbreak of ich each shipment.
Not sure what caused the ich to die off, but in my opinion, it was not the lack of power.

copper kills ich, thats why you can't use it in a reef tank, it kills inverts...actually its not real good for the fish either but at least they tolerate it

[howdy20012002]

It depends on where you read I think.
some sites say that it is used to generate a thicker slime coat.
others say that it is used to kill the parasite.
either way it doesn't have a 100 percent kill rate.
the only way that I am aware of to definitely kill it off out of your tank is hyposalinity and or no hosts for at least 4 weeks.
Neal