clown fish with ick in a reef tank!

[james jet]

Well does anyone have any advise about treating ick in a reef tank?Or should i just let it run its corse?I dont want to kill the corals or anemone in my tank.Any sugestions?I tried to cach them but its imposibe.I learned a good lesson to quarintine anything new for now on.Hard lesson to learn

 

[kevin2000]

Std advise would include capturing and treating all fish for ich in a QT using either hyposalinity or copper and then leaving the show tank without any fish for 5 weeks (ich need fish to perpetuate their life cycle).

Catching fish can be tricky ... but clownfish are one of the easiest fish to catch ... when I catch clownfish I use a clear glass cup and keep the fish entertained with one hand (use food or if he's aggressive just let him attack the hand) and then sneak up on him with a the glass cup with the other.

You should note that if one fish has signs of ich you should consider all fish infected regardless of whether they are showing obvious signs.

Here's a link to a thread about catching fish .. has some interesting ideas ...

http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=707656&highlight=barnicle

If QTing is not in the cards then many would suggest the "chicken soup" method -- that often means feeding the fish some entriched food (often including garlic, selcon etc), maintaining water quality, and just keeping stress levels at a minimum.

Hope this helps.

 

[White Tiger]

You can try Ick*Attack made by Kordon which is safe to use in reef tanks.