Ich treatment HELP!!!

jbittner · 02/02/2006, 12:25 AM

Is there any effective way to treat ich in a reef aquarium. It must have come in on some new live rock I just put in the tank. Please help

Thanks

jbittner · 02/02/2006, 12:26 AM

I just noticed three spots in the fin of my yellow tang. All other fish seem fine.
But I am very concerned

McCrary · 02/02/2006, 01:05 AM

Remove the fish if you can. Quaratine and copper treatment are the best, but if you aren't able to do that try doing a good water change. Ich seems to be triggered by stress or poor water quality. Most the time fish can pop up with Ich and then fight it off.

jbittner · 02/02/2006, 01:11 AM

I am looking for treatments for a reef tank. It would be very difficult to remove the tang because I have nowhere to move the rocks and corals to. But if thats the best way I will try to do it, but the last thing I want to do is stress the fish out by chasing him around the tank.

3rotorFD · 02/02/2006, 03:15 AM

I've been treating my 55G reef with ICKATTACK for 2 weeks now.....
I also lowered my salt level from 0.026 to 0.018 "slowly" and My marron clown is looking a LOT BETTER there's a couple spots left .But i think it's working

........all inverts are doing fine. My green polyps didn't like it for a couple days. "they didn't open" But now they look fine. Hopefully it'll work

. Stupid ick!

toonces · 02/02/2006, 07:50 AM

there's a lot of anecdotal evidence to support garlic supplementation to fight ich.

the only proven ways, or the two best proven ways, to treat ich are hypo and copper, neither of which you can do in a reef.

i used kick-ich once and it didn't work for me.

just recently, i had a major ich outbreak and i've been soaking the fish's food in "garlic guard" at every feeding. i've been feeding them heavy so they're nice and full and not messing with the tank otherwise. they seem to be fighting it off slowly.

there's alot of debate about garlic, and i thought it was all hocus pocus, but it does seem to be doing some good.

bigeyetuna · 02/02/2006, 08:29 AM

How about Cleaner Shrimp? They are suppose to eat parasites off fish. I have yet to see ick in my tank, however I plan to get a couple of Cleaner Shrimp to help control it.

3rotorFD · 02/03/2006, 03:18 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by bigeyetuna
How about Cleaner Shrimp? They are suppose to eat parasites off fish. I have yet to see ick in my tank, however I plan to get a couple of Cleaner Shrimp to help control it.

yeah and a NEON GOBY . FTW

02/02/2006, 12:25 AM	#1
jbittner Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Humboldt, NE Posts: 1,014	Ich treatment HELP!!! Is there any effective way to treat ich in a reef aquarium. It must have come in on some new live rock I just put in the tank. Please help Thanks

02/02/2006, 01:05 AM	#3
McCrary Can't Stop Time Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Tucson, AZ Posts: 3,079	Remove the fish if you can. Quaratine and copper treatment are the best, but if you aren't able to do that try doing a good water change. Ich seems to be triggered by stress or poor water quality. Most the time fish can pop up with Ich and then fight it off. __________________ Matt Patience is the best remedy for every trouble. Titus Maccius Plautus (254 BC - 184 BC), Rudens

02/02/2006, 08:29 AM	#7
bigeyetuna Premium Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Raleigh, NC Posts: 133	How about Cleaner Shrimp? They are suppose to eat parasites off fish. I have yet to see ick in my tank, however I plan to get a couple of Cleaner Shrimp to help control it. __________________ Big_Eye_Tuna Current Tank Info: 75gal AGA; 20g Sump; EuroReef 6-1; 6-54W T5 Retro w/ IC reflectors; (2) SEIO 820s; Mag 9.5 Sump return; Typhoon II (RO/DI)

02/02/2006, 12:26 AM	#2
jbittner Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Humboldt, NE Posts: 1,014	I just noticed three spots in the fin of my yellow tang. All other fish seem fine. But I am very concerned

02/02/2006, 01:11 AM	#4
jbittner Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Humboldt, NE Posts: 1,014	I am looking for treatments for a reef tank. It would be very difficult to remove the tang because I have nowhere to move the rocks and corals to. But if thats the best way I will try to do it, but the last thing I want to do is stress the fish out by chasing him around the tank.

02/02/2006, 03:15 AM	#5
3rotorFD Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: federal way WA Posts: 330	I've been treating my 55G reef with ICKATTACK for 2 weeks now..... I also lowered my salt level from 0.026 to 0.018 "slowly" and My marron clown is looking a LOT BETTER there's a couple spots left .But i think it's working ........all inverts are doing fine. My green polyps didn't like it for a couple days. "they didn't open" But now they look fine. Hopefully it'll work . Stupid ick!

02/02/2006, 07:50 AM	#6
toonces Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Norfolk, Virginia, USA Posts: 1,131	there's a lot of anecdotal evidence to support garlic supplementation to fight ich. the only proven ways, or the two best proven ways, to treat ich are hypo and copper, neither of which you can do in a reef. i used kick-ich once and it didn't work for me. just recently, i had a major ich outbreak and i've been soaking the fish's food in "garlic guard" at every feeding. i've been feeding them heavy so they're nice and full and not messing with the tank otherwise. they seem to be fighting it off slowly. there's alot of debate about garlic, and i thought it was all hocus pocus, but it does seem to be doing some good.