New Reef Ich Problem

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by fabbroc

I talked to an experienced reefer today who told me that he does not quarantine any fish before putting them in but instead adds herbtana as a preventative measure.
Its interesting how everyone has their own methods to treat and prevent illness.

After having my tank hit with velvet, and seeing how the over the counter meds did nothing, I'm not sure that's a real good idea Adding herbs is kinda like my method of praying to reef gods. Might give you a warm fuzzy feeling, but doesn't help protect your reef.
Like I said in another post, ich is not something I'd worry about very much, and if it happens, I feed garlic. That's always worked for me. But velvet? Unless you're going to feed radioactive garlic, you will need to treat outside the reef with real medication. Copper or CP. Neither are reef safe, and trust me, it's better to not have put the fish in the display than to try and get it out later...

[fabbroc]

Yeah I understand. At best it's a weak medication. I guess I'm trying to justify not having to quarantine fish before I put them in my display. So during this quarantine period (how long?) what other than external parisites get killed and what can be completely eradicated from your display?
I heard cupramine is the best copper, but what is cp? Any other meds anyone would reccomend?

[Aquattro]

CP is chloroquine phophate, said to work against ich, velvet and brooklynella. I've just heard about and used it recently, and I'm happy with the results. I know that it's fun to come up with reasons not to run a q tank, I did for 12+ years. It always worked, until it didn't. I lost about $1000 worth of fish in a week over adding a fish I didn't really want in the first place, but made an impulse purchase. I will not do that again. Once I've added my new treated fish, I will not add another fish without treating it first. This will likely mean not adding another fish, since I really don't want to quarantine. But if I find a must have fish, I will.