Fully stocked reef tank ICH Treatment!!!! IT WORKS!!!

[ThRoewer]

Where was the NSW collected? Some locations are more velvet prone than others.
Though if it was properly filtered through a 1 µm filter block protozoan pathogens shouldn't have a chance to slip through.

 

[microlady]

I'm starting to believe a recent shocking loss of fish was not from an Ich outbreak but due to introducing Velvet via NSW I purchased in good faith from my LFS. I'd been lucky living with Ich in my system and not one fish lost for well over a decade but from now on all new protocols for me including no NSW and perhaps a more tranquil mix of fish. Even though I'm still in mourning I feel a little bit better with a new approach.

Yes, I'm inclined to believe that this is more likely to happen rather than ich lying dormant for decades. Ich can die out after a year with fish immunity and no new additions. Ich doesn't kill that fast unless the fish is malnourished and super stressed. I'm so sorry that happened to you. My ten year old clowns died in a velvet outbreak a while back. I'm pretty sure it came in on snails. It was almost enough to make me leave the hobby. That's why I quarantine now.

 

[desjardinii]

ThRoewer the NSW I use comes from a temperate area and I'm not sure how finely it's filtered but I'm definitely only using ASW from now on. It may have even been cross infected at the filling station at the LFS where customers fill their own containers...

microlady thanks, it is disheartening but glad to hear that you soldiered on. I'm now in the process of setting up a permanent, 50g QT.

 

[ThRoewer]

Certain areas in the Golf region are known for Amyloodinium being present on many fish, one of them is the Mississippi Sound: Studies on Amyloodinium ocellatum (Dinoflagellata) in Mississippi Sound - Natural and Experimental Hosts

 

[titaniumauto]

So been having so much trouble with ich in the last tank that I decided to give levamisole a try. First night was 2.6g for 150 gallons of water volume, mixed in a cup then poured it in slowly. Shut off the lights and the uv sterilizer, removed the carbon and wait for 2 hours. First thing I noticed was all the brittle star, worms slugs all started to die and float. The achilles tang, powder blue tang, yellow tang and blue tang went to hide. Lights on after 2 hours and did a 25 gallon water change. The ich on the achilles looked different and was falling off same goes with the powder blue. I forgot to mention that my tank is loaded with 6 ultra maxima clams and a anemone. Those all seem to be normal. 2 days later the blue tang improved by 90 percent while the powder blue and achilles seem to only improve by 50 percent. I will run one more dose on the weekend to see if it helps anymore. keep you all posted!

 

[adamPL]

So been having so much trouble with ich in the last tank that I decided to give levamisole a try. First night was 2.6g for 150 gallons of water volume, mixed in a cup then poured it in slowly. Shut off the lights and the uv sterilizer, removed the carbon and wait for 2 hours. First thing I noticed was all the brittle star, worms slugs all started to die and float. The achilles tang, powder blue tang, yellow tang and blue tang went to hide. Lights on after 2 hours and did a 25 gallon water change. The ich on the achilles looked different and was falling off same goes with the powder blue. I forgot to mention that my tank is loaded with 6 ultra maxima clams and a anemone. Those all seem to be normal. 2 days later the blue tang improved by 90 percent while the powder blue and achilles seem to only improve by 50 percent. I will run one more dose on the weekend to see if it helps anymore. keep you all posted!

How did you make out?

 

[juanmanuelsanch]

does this work for velvet?

 

[CrayolaViolence]

Highly unlikely this works at all, but it would be interesting to see some one set up a test for it. Marine velvet like ick is a dinoflagellate. Corals rely on dinoflagellates to survive. Anything that would kill marine velvet or ick would also kill the dinoflagellates on the coral. I just don't see anyway for a drug to differentiate between good and bad dinoflagellates. They are simply too many species that make up the water column in the ocean and the aquarium.

 

[gm fish]

It kills ich parasites embedded in the fish and developing cysts inside a protective "shell' without killing fish or corals? Even copper won't kill ich in these stages. I'll follow along, this should get interesting. I'm just curious as to what a 10% WC could do.

just tryed this friday after 2 hours do 30% water change lights out all night nextday lights on all fish mad hiding in rock used garlic to see if would eat eating a little not much let tank ride that day sunday seem still up set no fish die though the reason i say there mad every time i walk in room they dart back in rock blue tank brought ich but from what i can see he has no ich

 

[MilesJT]

just tryed this friday after 2 hours do 30% water change lights out all night nextday lights on all fish mad hiding in rock used garlic to see if would eat eating a little not much let tank ride that day sunday seem still up set no fish die though the reason i say there mad every time i walk in room they dart back in rock blue tank brought ich but from what i can see he has no ich

Any update yet?
I cannot get Prohibit in my country. No one was importing them.
And I cannot buy them either as none of online shop were willing to ship oversease.

But I did find Levamisole Injectable Solution for Pings which is 100ml with 7.5% of Levamisole HCL (7.5g).

Do you think it's a good idea to try? I am out of option to kill Ick.

And QT is not an option.
If anyone ask why...? I'll reply why I can't do QT.

 

[Sk8r]

Suggest you read up on the life cycle of this pest, sticky posts in the NTTH and Reefkeeping forums. The best option for somebody who can't qt is probably Stress Coat and a rabbit's foot. Increasing the fishes' slime coats can help them stave off the pest, and without access to fish, it will die out.

 

[ThRoewer]

Highly unlikely this works at all, but it would be interesting to see some one set up a test for it. Marine velvet like ick is a dinoflagellate. Corals rely on dinoflagellates to survive. Anything that would kill marine velvet or ick would also kill the dinoflagellates on the coral. I just don't see anyway for a drug to differentiate between good and bad dinoflagellates. They are simply too many species that make up the water column in the ocean and the aquarium.

Marine ich (Cryptocaryon irritans) is a ciliate, not a dinoflagellate and clearly on the animal branch of the tree of life.

Amyloodinium ocellatum on the other hand is more algae than animal. The dinoflagellate stage actually has chlorophyll and can get enough energy from light to last a month without a host. So the things that usually kill algae will likely also have an impact on Amyloodinium. As an algae like creature it is also on the menu of many rotifers and pods.

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[ReefKeeper64]

Tagging along

 

[juanmanuelsanch]

I used the product and I would not recommend the treatment. I lost 2 fishes, shrimps and Im pretty sure the micro life took a serveral hit with a huge dieoff. That means ammonia (the tank had to recycle to a certain point), cyano and a lot of troubles in the process.

The problem is that it attacks the nerve system. So lots of animals will be affected.

Did I get rid of the ich? It seems like it (probably in the trophonts phase). Would I do it again? IF IM DESPERATE ENOUGH.