We've read over all the different methods and through about a million threads. We wanted to go over what he's doing and if you guys think this will be enough.
Setup is pretty standard I guess: 120g, 200lbs live rock, 100lbs sand, 40 or 50g sump using 2 100 micron socks, 2 750 mag-drive return pumps. Fish: 2 black perc's, 1 Chevron Tang, 1 Blue Hip Tang, 1 Flame Angle, 2 goby's and 1 damsel.(cause he can't catch it!)
Tank has been up for about 2 months and with the exception of the ich, everything has been spot on. Heck his Corals and coraline under Compacts outgrow most aquariums I see with halide lights.(all softy's of course)
He got the ich from some fish he got at a local pet store and didn't do a quarnteen tank because he didn't have the room for one.
He doesn't want to hurt the inverts or corals, so can't do copper treatment. Doesn't want to tear enitre tank down to catch fish and do a quarnteen for a month.
Here is what he's doing, what other things can he try....
1. Feeds 5-10 drops of Kent Garlic Extreem 2 times a day per feeding. Onto Formula 1 and Formula 2 Dry Flakes
2. 36W Coralife UV Sterilizer, with Mag-Drive 350 pump pushing about 280gph for parasite treatment. This UV Sterilizer is rated for a 500 gallon tank. Currently pulling and dumping water from sump back to sump. Will be pulling from sump and dumping to tank tomorrow.
3. Read mixed reviews, but none bad. Kick-Ich.
4. Prior to doing Kick-ich, he did a 25% water change and sucked all the gravel and cleaned out as much of what he could from the sump.
5. While couldn't catch all the fish, He did manage to freshwater dip for 7-8 minutes his two black perc clowns and Blue Hip Tang. Blue Hip Tang had the worst break out of all the fish.
Aside from the Garlic, which hasn't done anything in 2 weeks of treatment, everything else started today.
What other things can we do to help get this tank under control.
Wondering if water temp has anything to do with it? He lowered his salinity from 1.025 to 1.022. Doesn't want to go too low, but figured this would help the fish a little.
Thanks!
Setup is pretty standard I guess: 120g, 200lbs live rock, 100lbs sand, 40 or 50g sump using 2 100 micron socks, 2 750 mag-drive return pumps. Fish: 2 black perc's, 1 Chevron Tang, 1 Blue Hip Tang, 1 Flame Angle, 2 goby's and 1 damsel.(cause he can't catch it!)
Tank has been up for about 2 months and with the exception of the ich, everything has been spot on. Heck his Corals and coraline under Compacts outgrow most aquariums I see with halide lights.(all softy's of course)
He got the ich from some fish he got at a local pet store and didn't do a quarnteen tank because he didn't have the room for one.
He doesn't want to hurt the inverts or corals, so can't do copper treatment. Doesn't want to tear enitre tank down to catch fish and do a quarnteen for a month.
Here is what he's doing, what other things can he try....
1. Feeds 5-10 drops of Kent Garlic Extreem 2 times a day per feeding. Onto Formula 1 and Formula 2 Dry Flakes
2. 36W Coralife UV Sterilizer, with Mag-Drive 350 pump pushing about 280gph for parasite treatment. This UV Sterilizer is rated for a 500 gallon tank. Currently pulling and dumping water from sump back to sump. Will be pulling from sump and dumping to tank tomorrow.
3. Read mixed reviews, but none bad. Kick-Ich.
4. Prior to doing Kick-ich, he did a 25% water change and sucked all the gravel and cleaned out as much of what he could from the sump.
5. While couldn't catch all the fish, He did manage to freshwater dip for 7-8 minutes his two black perc clowns and Blue Hip Tang. Blue Hip Tang had the worst break out of all the fish.
Aside from the Garlic, which hasn't done anything in 2 weeks of treatment, everything else started today.
What other things can we do to help get this tank under control.
Wondering if water temp has anything to do with it? He lowered his salinity from 1.025 to 1.022. Doesn't want to go too low, but figured this would help the fish a little.
Thanks!
