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10-26-2008, 05:28 PM
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Try No Sick Fish Ick medication. It's a little pricy but it has worked well for me. I have used it in my reef display tank with no problems.
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10-26-2008, 06:07 PM
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If the fish is otherwise in good shape, it's just stress related and I've always used garlic as described by Naesco above. Make sure the tank is clean, lots of hiding places and nobody is picking on it. Healthy fish can get rid of ich without too much trouble.
Removing, quarantining or dipping in FW are all going to cause additional stress.
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10-26-2008, 06:08 PM
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I have had a lot of luck with using selcon just soak the food in it and feed. And I often
soak my algae in it, I just attach the clip, set in a dish and squirt, let it soak and put it in the tank, easy sqwezzy! I don't remove anyone, as I have never been able to magically transport fish out of my reef, never seem to cooperate. lol, Leah ________ buy extreme q Last edited by Leah; 01-20-2011 at 10:46 AM.
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10-26-2008, 06:21 PM
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sort of two positions here
-get rid of it -manager it. Though I guess I'm of the latter, but seems the only way to get rid of it, is to break the ich's life cycle through quarantine or nuke it with copper. Issue with just leaving in the tank is though maybe not visible is it still stressing the fish where it can't be seen (gills)?
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10-26-2008, 06:25 PM
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Mark, I think my point is let the fish manage it. Healthy stress-free fish can do this all by themselves. The trick is to keep the fish healthy and stress free. Every tang I ever added got ich for day or two, then went away. In my last tank, "went away" meant for years.
New additions often get ich. If the whole tank of fish get ich, then there is something wrong with the tank, and wiping out this indicator with chemicals isn't fixing the root cause. Help the new addition with added nutrition (with garlic) and they'll settle in fine.
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10-26-2008, 06:50 PM
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Not to bait Naesco but back to the OP, what size of tank and how long you had the fish?
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11-03-2008, 05:05 AM
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i am using garlic. looks like the ick goes away and then comes right back. been going on for about a week. i just want it to go away for good.
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11-03-2008, 06:57 AM
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There have been some good suggestions here already. In order to get rid of the parasite permanently, the fish (all of them) will need to be removed to quarantine and treated (as already mentioned, so I won't bother going into detail).
Having said that, and like it's already been mentioned, that's not necessarily necessary. I have had several fish which seemed to have very minor cases of ich, but with a healthy, varied diet, as well as fostering a community of fish that complement each other (not placing extremely aggressive species with more docile, "community" species, etc.), these symptoms should not continue to reappear. What are all the other inhabitants in your aquarium? And can you give some more details of your system?
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11-03-2008, 03:49 PM
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You must continue the garlic treatment until the ich does not return. As mentioned add selcon from time to time and buying a cleaner shrimp is good as well.
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10-27-2008, 01:34 AM
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