Need help quick

aquareef123 · 01/09/2007, 10:33 PM

My emperor angel recently got covered with ich. I know if I don't do something very soon it will die. It keeps swimming to the top corner of the tank awkwardly. I have already caught it and gave it a fresh water dip for a half an hour but that has had no effect. Any help would be great. Oh by the way I don't have a quarintine tank I have never had a problem with a fish.

dwculp · 01/09/2007, 10:34 PM

Is it a reef tank, do you have inverts such as corals, snails, crabs etc???

sunfish11 · 01/09/2007, 10:46 PM

Half and hour FW dip. Wow! That is a long time to have no effect, I can't believe your fish put up with that. I have done this for 5 minutes and the fish go nuts and ich does fall off. Maybe you don't have ich then.

Lisa

aquareef123 · 01/09/2007, 11:14 PM

Its a reef tank and yea I kept them in fresh water for a half an hour. I did put a little bit of saltwater in the freshwater but just to keep the ph the same. But it was just a minute amount of saltwater I doubt that prevented the ich from falling off.

reef_friendly · 01/10/2007, 01:00 AM

ditto sunfish. i gave my clown fish a fresh water dip and took it out in 10 seconds. it was acting like its gonna die. one of them didn't move at all after i put it back in the main tank, but was ok after a few minutes. i got so scared and swear never to try a fresh water dip ever again in my life. the good news after all this **** was that they both got cured of ich.

bluemantr · 01/10/2007, 02:14 AM

I am having ich in my tank too. As i read fresh water dip isnt a cure for ich. As soon as you put your fish back in to main tank next day it will be covered with ich again. I think Hypo is best wayto cure ich. Run your main tank 6 weeks fishless Ich will die in your main tank. Thats what i am doing right now.

01/09/2007, 10:33 PM	#1
aquareef123 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 139	Need help quick My emperor angel recently got covered with ich. I know if I don't do something very soon it will die. It keeps swimming to the top corner of the tank awkwardly. I have already caught it and gave it a fresh water dip for a half an hour but that has had no effect. Any help would be great. Oh by the way I don't have a quarintine tank I have never had a problem with a fish.

01/09/2007, 10:34 PM	#2
dwculp Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Carrollton, TX Posts: 2,338	Is it a reef tank, do you have inverts such as corals, snails, crabs etc??? __________________ Remember, it will only get worse before it gets worse. Current Tank Info: 10 years - Currently have a 100 FOWLR

01/09/2007, 11:14 PM	#4
aquareef123 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 139	Reef Its a reef tank and yea I kept them in fresh water for a half an hour. I did put a little bit of saltwater in the freshwater but just to keep the ph the same. But it was just a minute amount of saltwater I doubt that prevented the ich from falling off.

01/10/2007, 02:14 AM	#6
bluemantr Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: ON Canada Posts: 274	I am having ich in my tank too. As i read fresh water dip isnt a cure for ich. As soon as you put your fish back in to main tank next day it will be covered with ich again. I think Hypo is best wayto cure ich. Run your main tank 6 weeks fishless Ich will die in your main tank. Thats what i am doing right now. __________________ 2500+ Gallons system ;) Current Tank Info: 2500+ Gallon

01/09/2007, 10:46 PM	#3
sunfish11 Premium Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Weyauwega, WI Posts: 2,365	Half and hour FW dip. Wow! That is a long time to have no effect, I can't believe your fish put up with that. I have done this for 5 minutes and the fish go nuts and ich does fall off. Maybe you don't have ich then. Lisa

01/10/2007, 01:00 AM	#5
reef_friendly Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 63	ditto sunfish. i gave my clown fish a fresh water dip and took it out in 10 seconds. it was acting like its gonna die. one of them didn't move at all after i put it back in the main tank, but was ok after a few minutes. i got so scared and swear never to try a fresh water dip ever again in my life. the good news after all this **** was that they both got cured of ich.