Freemason1970
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I had a fish that I was told had ich and I used 10 drops of garlic every day for a week straight. Within that week it was gone.
Got the Ich PLEASE HELP
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gone fishin
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Sorry to hear about your fish being gone. Garlic, ginger or anything that claims to be reef safe will not eradicate ich. Proven treatments are tank transfer method, copper, chloroquin phosphate, and hypo salinity. The last one being difficult to execute properly and some strains of ich have become resistant to hypo.
Spar
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yes, everything else can stay as-if fish were present. just take out all your finned friends, easy enough
make sure to feed your DT a little fish food to keep your bacteria thriving throughout the fallow period.
Spar
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I got ick in my 1 clownfish.. I did freshwater bath for 10mins and put it in the DT again, It's been 2 weeks no white spots...
Ich isn't 'caused' by stress, it just opens the fish to be more susceptible to swarms of attacking parasites. the cause of Ich is by allowing the parasite into your tank to begin with. Even a non-stressed fish is completely susceptible to getting hit hard by Ich though.
however, i do agree that reduction of stress in the fish is always a great thing to work on. properly sized tank/fish combo, hiding places, consistent parameters, etc.
Stress doesn't cause ich any more than being cold causes the flu. Stressing the body makes it harder to fight off a parasite or virus. But if the bug isn't present, no amount of stress or cold will make it appear.
Reducing stress sure as anything will help the body fight off anything - ich or anything else - but as good fishkeepers, reducing stress should be a priority for it's own sake. Don't we want happy fish living natural (ish) lives in good conditions?
Reducing stress sure as anything will help the body fight off anything - ich or anything else - but as good fishkeepers, reducing stress should be a priority for it's own sake. Don't we want happy fish living natural (ish) lives in good conditions?
yes, everything else can stay as-if fish were present. just take out all your finned friends, easy enough
make sure to feed your DT a little fish food to keep your bacteria thriving throughout the fallow period.
Can I use a filter with ceramic bio rings while I treat with Copper? I'm concerned they will hold or release too much copper in the QT tank and kill the fish.
gone fishin
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Freshwater dip will not get rid of ich.
Jason, did you treat with copper the full 4 weeks? Then remove the copper from the QT tank?
It will have no effect on ich. For brook and velvet, it will temporarily make the symptoms better but not eradicate it.
treating with Cupermine and it seemed to be working great! levels .05 ammonia is 0 and hippo tang was cleared. its been 8 days the other fish are clear but whe3h I came home last night the tang was covered with ich again. wth?? I know ich cycles but with the cupermine in the tank I would think it would kill the little... Any comments, help?
Spar
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.05 or .5? .5 is what is necessary and holding there for 4 weeks. what testkit are you using for the testing?
did you treat all the other fish before going in the DT as well? and run your DT fallow for 10 weeks if you ever had an untreated fish in your DT before?
...sorry if this is repeating from posts above as I haven't gone back and read it all again.
did you treat all the other fish before going in the DT as well? and run your DT fallow for 10 weeks if you ever had an untreated fish in your DT before?
...sorry if this is repeating from posts above as I haven't gone back and read it all again.
all the fish are in a QT tank. sorry yes .5 is where I am. (althought the test is kind of difficult to read) its the seachem test I am using because Its the seachem cupermine I am using. no sorry needed. I appreciate the help!
My DT is running fallow.
Ick is bad
Ick is bad
My ammonia levels are good. im using seachem ammonia test to make sure levels are good. so back to my question. they seem worse. will they get worse before getting better? they were all doing well now the tang is covered with ick worse than ever. yes my copper leves are at .5 where they should be its been 10 days with treatment.
Ick is bad
My ammonia levels are good. im using seachem ammonia test to make sure levels are good. so back to my question. they seem worse. will they get worse before getting better? they were all doing well now the tang is covered with ick worse than ever. yes my copper leves are at .5 where they should be its been 10 days with treatment.
Spar
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Something would have to be wrong with the copper level for you to continue to see spots after 10 days even. Any after that means they had been reinfected during the copper levels at the said .5 level which wouldn't be possible.
I would get an independent test if you can. Have you compared to the .5 sample that comes with the testkit?
I would get an independent test if you can. Have you compared to the .5 sample that comes with the testkit?
