Treating ICH in a Reef with Proto Marin

Myka · #1 11-20-2010, 07:28 PM

Nothing that is reef-safe (including garlic, etc) will give you reliable, predictable results.

Sebae again · #2 11-20-2010, 08:14 PM

My cleaner shrimp take care of any ick I have incountered.

bkelly · #3 11-20-2010, 08:32 PM

i had sucess with medic polyp lab in my reef system- also at J&L its a bit more, required two treatments of the recommended time, no losses, just my experience.

Tom R · #4 11-22-2010, 08:09 PM

Well I can not just wait for all my fish to die. I have had many of them for from 5 to 10 years

I decided to give PROTO MARIN a try. I started the first dosage yesterday followed up with the second dose today. So far there is no detrimental effect on my reef corals however I have now lost 3 fish. Many of the remaining fish are already showing a lot more activity. I still have sign-es of ICH on some fish so I will continue with the treatments.

Lost so far

1 x Flame Angel
1 x Chevron Tang
1 x Eibli Angel

Tom R

Reefer Rob · #5 11-22-2010, 08:18 PM

If you're fish are dieing you need to get them into hypo salinity. Sh*tty job, but there's no other way.

lastlight · #6 11-22-2010, 08:26 PM

Sorry to hear of your problems Tom. I hope you're able to save the rest.

Lance · #7 11-22-2010, 10:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Reefer Rob

If you're fish are dieing you need to get them into hypo salinity. Sh*tty job, but there's no other way.

I agree.
I tried to ride out a bad Ich infestation and it cost me one of my favourite fish. I'm also convinced that if I hadn't removed all the fish and treated them I would have lost more. It seemed to me to be Ich as well as Marine Velvet as it killed very quickly. Quarantined them all for 8 weeks, treated with Cupramine for the 2 weeks and then hypo. Never lost any fish during treatment. It sucks, but so does losing fish.
Good luck Tom. I hope all goes well for you.

Tom R · #8 11-26-2010, 04:40 AM

Well it has been a sad day.

To recap it was last Friday that my fish started to show the symptoms of ICH.
On Saturday Ich spots showed on half of my fish. As I did not have an extra tank I was unable to quarantine the fish. On Sunday I decided to use Proto Marin to treat my tanks and dosed the first dosage 2 ml per 100 Lt. On Monday I dosed the second dosage of Proto Marin of 1 ml per 100 Lt. On Monday I lost my first fish. Since then it has been a steady loss of fish. I have now lost 1/2 of my fish some of which I have had for over 6 years. The Proto Marin has caused some of the LAPS to close however the corals seem to show little effect of the treatments to date. I have some fish that are not showing any symptoms of the ICH and a couple that are still very active however they do show signs of ICH. At this point I would not say that the use of Proto Marin has shown any success. At least the corals are looking good.

Tom R

fishytime · #9 11-22-2010, 10:24 PM

sorry to here about your fishues Tom

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Originally Posted by Myka

Nothing that is reef-safe (including garlic, etc) will give you reliable, predictable results.

+1....there is no such thing as a reef safe ick cure.....the the very principle is an oxymoron....the only way to rid the tank of ick is to quarantine and treat all fish and let the display tank go fallow for 8ish weeks