Cure for Ich in a reef tank

[bluewatr24]

Ok a little while ago I posted saying that my Royal gramma had Ich and was trying to find a way to cure it with out QTank or copper, some people had mention the use of garlic in the food. But I didnt want to take the time to mince the garlic and mix it in so i tosed in a clove in the first chamber of my 24 AP and presto within a few day ich was gone to be certain of the garlics effectiveness I had a fellow reefer in the area try it on his 2 yellow tank " 120G tank" so the tang police dont start asking questions. Of course we upped the amount of garlic to 10 cloves and put them in a "sock" as we call it so it would be easy to remove and the same thing happened the ich on his 2 Tangs was cured. I want to know how many others have truied this methond. as well as their results.

 

[herostar]

I used a product called somethign like "garlic guard" to soak food for my clownfish in and it deffinitely cured the ich.

 

[SuperNerd]

In the past I bumped up the temp, used ozone and kept the lights off. How much of that was voodoo I'm not too sure but it did work.

 

[JownsenJesus]

Im sure none of these actually killed or cured the ich. The garlic might give a boost to the immune system, thus making the fish less stressed and less like to show ich. Although, theres a good possible there is still ich in your substrate and rocks just waiting for its chance to cycle and find a fish. Best bet for ridding your tank of ich for sure is to leave the tank fallow (fishless) for 6-8 weeks and treat your fish with hyposalinity (1.009).

 

[bluewatr24]

JJ thats what im trying to find out about the garlic if anyone has done the research on it cause not every one can take there tank apart especialy if u have LPS and fish for6-8 weeks or buy a ozone reactor

 

[Agu]

The ick parasite goes through a life cycle where an apparently "cured" fish suddenly becomes reinfected. Fact is the parasite was always there it's just that a new generation hatched and came back with a vengence. You may want to read this,

http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2003-10/sp/feature/index.php