All of my fish have ich! what do i do?

Zachary_Gee · 11/06/2006, 11:00 PM

I have been soaking all of their food in garlic extract and they are all eating fine. My numbers are normal but i still havent been able to get rid of it. Is there something else i can do?

Sk8r · 11/06/2006, 11:10 PM

Quarantine. Catch them all, and put them in a separate sandless, rockless tank with maybe some pvc pipe for cover, with a floss filter and a heater. Treat them with hyposalinity or with copper-based medication as appropriate for the group---some species won't take hypo well, some won't take copper well. Ask in Fish Disease forum.
It will take 8 weeks of your main tank going fishless to clear this out. If you move quickly, you should not lose any fish. But you MUST get a refractometer if you're going to run hypo: a swingarm isn't accurate enough.

PatMayo · 11/07/2006, 12:43 AM

This thread will help as well. It will teach you everything you need to know.

http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2003-08/sp/index.php

There are 2 parts read both.

Garlic will not do squat for ick. It's a wives tale that it does any good. It has not been proved scientifically that it does anything.

Regards,

Pat

11/06/2006, 11:00 PM	#1
Zachary_Gee Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Arlington, Texas Posts: 6	All of my fish have ich! what do i do? I have been soaking all of their food in garlic extract and they are all eating fine. My numbers are normal but i still havent been able to get rid of it. Is there something else i can do?

11/06/2006, 11:10 PM	#2
Sk8r RC Mod Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Spokane WA Posts: 34,628 Blog Entries: 55	Quarantine. Catch them all, and put them in a separate sandless, rockless tank with maybe some pvc pipe for cover, with a floss filter and a heater. Treat them with hyposalinity or with copper-based medication as appropriate for the group---some species won't take hypo well, some won't take copper well. Ask in Fish Disease forum. It will take 8 weeks of your main tank going fishless to clear this out. If you move quickly, you should not lose any fish. But you MUST get a refractometer if you're going to run hypo: a swingarm isn't accurate enough. __________________ Sk8r Salinity 1.024-6; alkalinity 8.3-9.3 on KH scale; calcium 420; magnesium 1300, temp 78-80, nitrate .2. Ammonia 0. No filters: lps tank. Alk and cal won't rise if mg is low. Current Tank Info: 105g AquaVim wedge, yellow tang, sailfin blenny,royal gramma, ocellaris clown pair, yellow watchman, 100 microceriths, 25 tiny hermits, a 4" conch, 1" nassarius, recovering from 2 year hiatus with daily water change of 10%.

11/07/2006, 12:43 AM	#3
PatMayo Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Seattle Posts: 2,843	This thread will help as well. It will teach you everything you need to know. http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2003-08/sp/index.php There are 2 parts read both. Garlic will not do squat for ick. It's a wives tale that it does any good. It has not been proved scientifically that it does anything. Regards, Pat __________________ 90 AGA Megaflow (Setup 1-24-06) 120 Lbs. Liverock EuroReef RS 100 Skimmer 2 X 150 MH 2 X 96 watt PC Actinic 2 Clarki Clowns (31 months old) 1 Niger Trigger (Owned 6 months) 2 Tunze 6055 PH Current Tank Info: 90 AGA Megaflow To Be Mixed Reef