Ich Treatment

[ILIKECOUGARS]

I would really, try to find a use 10-20 gal. tank to use as a hospital tank. This way you would be able to see how the teatments are going. Your fish can be in there for up to 6 weeks.

[sitandwatch]

I also recommend the hospital tank I just went through an Ich issue and they were in there for about 50 days I can’t see keeping them in Rubbermaid container. I did the hyposalinity method and have not seen it come back

[Ryan]

I dont want to use an aquarium because aquariums break and there is a move coming up. I have kept them in sterilite for 3 weeks before I moved and 2 weeks before I got them moved into their current tank.

[sharuq1]

You could try keeping them in one of the large rectangular rubbermaid containers (to make it easier to catch them) with a seeded sponge filter and airator. I had to go through ich recently with my tang, but did not want copper in my qt tank, so I put him in a 5 gal. bucket for dips with an airator, heater and premixed/heated/airated water with 20 drops of copper treatment (I forget if it was aquarisol or cupramine) for 20 min x about 4 days (sometimes on the second day). Then he went back into the qt tank with melafix and antibiotics (he was injured so that's why) and a 50% water change every 2nd day. This got rid of the ich spots for me within a week, but the tang still had to be kept in a separate qt due to his injuries and the fact that ich takes a while to die off. Don't know if this is "right" but it worked for me anyway...

[Ryan]

How long does it take for the ich parasite and its eggs to finally die off?

[naesco]

I take it you did not QT your new fish before it was added to your main tank.
The bucket system is better than nothing or your can choose to treat your fish in the main tank.
Here is what you do
Go to the LFS and buy some Garlic Extreme or go to the store and buy garlic extract.
The watered down garlic juice won't do.
Get some dry food and using a saucer place some dry food and soak it with the garlic extreme. Dry because it absorbs well. Also add some selcon.
You need to feed very often say 6 times for the first week and only garlic soaked food.
The idea is to get as much garlic in the fish as possible. You need to continue to do this for at least 3 weeks. You will notice that the ich will fall off the fish but it will come back if you discontinue.
At the LFS buy a couple of cleaner shrimp or neon gobies (not a cleaner wrasse). Acclimate the shrimp very slowly, please.
You need to start this immediately as your fish have advanced ich.
reconsider getting a Copper Banded as they have a poor survival rate. I would not add anything to your tank for a couple of months and please consider the use of a QT even if it is a bucket.
Good luck

[e46er]

your going to need to leave your main tank empty as well for 6-8 weeks so any ich in the main tank will die as it as no fish to host