again wiht the ich

[duke6188]

I have a blue hippo tang that has been a recent purchase from a very good vendor but has recently gotten ich due to over feeding on mine and my brothers fault i have set up a 10 gallon quarentine aquarium to treat cases like this but it seems as though hes passed it on to both of the clowns the yellow tang looks healthy and so does the coral beauty and porcupine puffer but the long horn cow has a little ich i have live rock and inverts in the tank is there some way to cure this with out having to take them all out and put them in the tiny tank to be treated is there a medacine i can use thats safe for the rock and inverts and stars i am feeding them misa shrimp krill brine and adding the garlic extreme drops the tangs dont seems to like the seaweed algae all that much so is there something else i should try the blue tang is scratching hinself against the rocks to knock them off everday he seems to get better then it comes back so i dont know what to do only the blue hippo tang 2 clowns and cow fish are noticable but maybe the others have it as well now they still all eat like pigs

 

[maro1]

MOre than likey they all have it.

The only sure treatment is copper and hyposalinity. The the stickys above for treatment

Don't wait and risk your fish.

Mar

 

[duke6188]

what do u think about a diatom filter to help the situation.

 

[maro1]

Duke 6188

thats an intersting question! I am in the process of trying one myself. For years I used one to clean up the tanks of freshwater i kept. it seemed to work and so I am wondering if the same is possible for saltwater.

The filter would have to be kept clean and run for 5-8 weeks continously.

The manufacturer says the XL is designed to run that way so I am going to give it a try in one tank I have.

May be worth a try in mild cases.

Maro:rollface:

 

[duke6188]

i bouhgt one on ebay today for 49.99 used vortex xl diatom filter said it wasnt used much

 

[duke6188]

I cant do copper because of the inverts and i cant qt the whole tank because the qt tank is 10 gallons

 

[duke6188]

no idea on what to do the new filter wont be here till next week

 

[maro1]

Your only hope at this point is to QT them. You could use a rubbermaid container or even a plastic rubbermaid Garbage can, new clean of course. Use a heater and pump for circulation, water chages airator...

Mar:rollface:

 

[luke33]

If you don't treat your fish, they will most likely parish, maybe not all but some. If you must, remove your LR and inverts and place them in your qt, then hypo your main for 6-8 weeks at .009, this will work and it won't do any harm to your bio bacteria or fish. Good luck!

 

[duke6188]

its made by kent marine Kent Marine - RX-P Marine Parasite Treatment-8oz would this stuff be any good?

 

[maro1]

I'm sorry but None of that stuff has proven to work. There really is no better option than QT, copper or Hypo. other things you are just risking your fish.

Mar:rollface:

 

[seahorse31]

I have a 55 gallon reeftank, and had 11 fish. Never quarantined any, and the most recent addition brought in ick. Because I only had a 10 gallon for a hospital tank, I tried Kick Ick and lowering salinity to 1.016 and hoped the 2 shrimp would do their job too.
I have watched them die one by one, and tried copper treating the worst in the 10 gallon, and they died there too. My advice - quarantine!!! Treat with copper at first sign of ick even if you have to buy a new tank! We are getting a bigger hospital tank too. It is impossible to catch them in the aquascaped reeftank. How are yours doing? This all happened for me in 2 weeks. We are heartbroken.