do LFS cure your fish? (JL)

[Coleus]

I guess it does not hurt to give them a call to find out. To answer your topic question, in Calgary, i know Gold will take fish back and treat, not sure about other LFS.

[lockrookie]

i used kick ich it was reef safe and cured my regal just going to be costly due to size of tank but worth it

[kien]

Even if they did take them back to help you "cure" your fish of ich, your water is likely infected with it now and putting them in your tank is going to put them back to square one. If you do a search for "ich" you will find a quadrillion opinions (and experiences) on ich. Everything ranging from, "oh my fish just live with ich, it is fine" to "I saw ich yesterday and today all my fish are dead". Lots of opinions on QT'ing versus not QT'ing.. etc.. etc.. welcome to saltwater !

Anyway, if you truly want to rid yourself of ich, at this point you would probably need to take ALL your fish out and put them into a QT and let your tank run fishless for a period of time to be 100% sure that all the ich parasites are dead before adding any fish back to your display tank. That or help your fish fight ich off themselves by keeping the water healthy, clean and feeding garlic soaked food. If your fish are healthy they can fight off ich themselves, but you will still have ich in your tank. That's my humble opinion

[BlueTang<3]

If you want it to kill what is in your tank you will have to leave it empty for 8 weeks. Others options out there to kill it in the water column as copper, ozone and uv. Don't use copper if you want inverts as it will stay in your system. I find feeding good quality food soaked in garlic and vitamins with good quality water they should recover. Good Luck

[gobytron]

how do you know the Ich wasnt present in your tank and then when you introduced stressed fish to it it just manifested?

[Milad]

well sounds like this stuff is gonna happen no matter what.
I only have 5 fish in the tank right now, i could try to get them all out for 8 weeks but it could come back when I add a new fish. So even if I feed with garlic soak foods the stuff sticks around? Fish just are able to handle it better?

[BlueWorldAquatic]

All fish have Ich in them when you buy them.

If its just a few specks, most likely the fish will fight it off with a little help by us (garlic, higher temp, lower salinty, etc).

The best way to insure that your new arrival doesn't affect other fish is a QT tank for 4 weeks (Ich has a life cycle from 6-28 days).

Most store won't take back a sick fish, but will do their best to help you solve the problem.

Just because a store says they QT a fish for 2 weeks doesn't mean they are 100% healthy as the Ich may still be present.

We get deliveries 3 times a week, and I would never be able to QT my tanks for 30 days at a stretch, I wouldn't have space for it.

We do our best though, making sure they are eating, and aleviating stress.

Ken - BWA