Clams and Ich

[OkR33Fer]

It looks like my DT may have had a case of Ich introduced.

We added a couple of angels a little bit ago and the flame started showing signs of illness. He bagan swimming sparadically and was put in QT as soon as it was noticed. He only lasted about 8 hours once seperated. He was eating and appeared to be doin fine for the past week. Upon inspection he appeared to have a few specs of ich on his body. Other fish in the tank look good.

Can i go ahead and treat the DT with the clam in there without harming it? (gold tear drop maxima)

 

[a4twenty]

treat with what???

my answer would be no, there are no reef safe ich treatments. you should remove the fish to a QT and treat with hyposalinity and allow the tank to go fallow for 2 months.

 

[quicksilverq]

Wait a mint. i use no ich on my tank and i had about 5 clams that all made it throw proably not the best thing to use. ( cost of it is out of this world )

 

[quicksilverq]

but I have to say no treatments should be added to the display tank you never know what alts its effecting. ( I did the no ich when I did not know as much but the clams seemed to be ok )

 

[OkR33Fer]

I have sucessfully treated a reef tank with one that worked good and showed no ill effects to any inverts or coral. That was pre-clam. As far as the brand name i'll have to look at home as I still have the bottle.

 

[marc price]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12859280#post12859280 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by a4twenty
you should remove the fish to a QT and treat with hyposalinity and allow the tank to go fallow for 2 months.

I'll second that!
It's actually not a bad idea to wait 10 weeks before reintroducing fish to the d.t. Takes time but if you q.t. all new fish for 14days min./ aquarium systems seacure copper, except copper sensitive fish such as C. pygmy angelfish and scaleless species, etc. and get the hypo right you'll prob. never have another ich outbreak.
That's what i do because it works. And i have tried other products and methods over the years.