Has any one tried Polyp Lab Medic Parasite Treatment
- Thread starter Mackie
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This is my honest testimonial. I have a 225g mixed reef system. I'm very methodical with my tank and its stability. All my parameters are consistent with 0 nitrates and at max .01 phosphates. I dose my calcium, alk, mag and aminos with a doser. I feed a variety of frozen foods and add vitamins and minerals to the fish food with occasional garlic extreme to help insure immunity. I perform weekly 15% RO/DI water changes. I had a small indicator of iche with a newly introduced fish when my tank was first setup but nothing to be alarmed with since it was setup 10 months ago and that all the fish added after that never had shown signs of white spot. They have all been flourishing since and iche has not been present visibly on any other fish in my tank since. I planned to add a kole and hippo tang. Knowing their suseptability to iche and that it maybe dormant in my system, I decided to do a preemptive strike by using polyp lab medic. I introduced the new fish after 4 days of starting treatment with "medic" I doubled my dosage and treated the tank for 20 days. Both of the tangs started to show signs of iche about 1 week into the treatment. The signs were minimal but didn't disappear entirely when I was using this product. As mentioned I stopped treatment at 20 days. About a week after I stopped the treatment, iche came on with a vengeance. 2 days after the iche seemed to really take off, I started using Polyplab medic again but with no results. I lost about 15 fish in about 4-5 days including my clown pair along with several other very hearty fish during the week of medic treatment. All my parameters have been consistent Including temp, salinity, ammonia, nitrates, phosphates, etc. I check these and more multiple times per week.
I tried to contact the company 3 times on the website when I started to experience fish loss but with no response from them. They only responded recently after I left a negative comment on Facebook. The Polyp Lab representative tried to blame me and say it was my fault even though I relayed my test results and that there were no system shocks to weaken fish immunity. I tried diligently to use their product twice with ideal parameters but they still said it was my fault that medic didn't work. They claim to kill iche!!!! They deleted my Facebook comment and this is they're response when I called them out on it....
No offense taken
we are very confortable with the way MEDIC is advertised. After 10x years of succesfull sales of medic around the world i am confident that the problem you experienced was a results of multiple factors that have no relation with the use of our product. You cant cure a cold naked with both feet in the snow nor than you can prevent an heart attack by taking aspirin once a day while staying in a couch looking at TV
I tried to contact the company 3 times on the website when I started to experience fish loss but with no response from them. They only responded recently after I left a negative comment on Facebook. The Polyp Lab representative tried to blame me and say it was my fault even though I relayed my test results and that there were no system shocks to weaken fish immunity. I tried diligently to use their product twice with ideal parameters but they still said it was my fault that medic didn't work. They claim to kill iche!!!! They deleted my Facebook comment and this is they're response when I called them out on it....
No offense taken
we are very confortable with the way MEDIC is advertised. After 10x years of succesfull sales of medic around the world i am confident that the problem you experienced was a results of multiple factors that have no relation with the use of our product. You cant cure a cold naked with both feet in the snow nor than you can prevent an heart attack by taking aspirin once a day while staying in a couch looking at TV
Bajie
New member
@Reef808
I am using Polyplab Reef Medic since i saw a spot on my purple tang.
Prior to use, Tang was lethargic and hiding, is now swimming healthily and eating/behaving like a tang should.
Have other fish in DT all of which are business as usual though one of my chromis has completely disappeared and I cannot find in or outside of tank.
There are no signs of ws on Tang now, I have been dosing two scoops a day since Jan 10th.
I am stunned by Polyplab response to your issue.
Again, I am using Reef Safe Medic Water Conditioner.
I am using Polyplab Reef Medic since i saw a spot on my purple tang.
Prior to use, Tang was lethargic and hiding, is now swimming healthily and eating/behaving like a tang should.
Have other fish in DT all of which are business as usual though one of my chromis has completely disappeared and I cannot find in or outside of tank.
There are no signs of ws on Tang now, I have been dosing two scoops a day since Jan 10th.
I am stunned by Polyplab response to your issue.
Again, I am using Reef Safe Medic Water Conditioner.
peejay
New member
Hi, are you still dosing polyplab medic upto now? any good results?
Im about to use it tonight. I have white spots on my 2 blue tangs and non on my other fishes. So hopefully it will work.
Thanks,
PJ
peejay
New member
I used it, 3 times, it didnt work any of the times.
Save your money.
Just think about it this way. If a truly reef safe ich cure existed people would be shouting it from the roof tops. It would be breaking news. Suppliers and fish stores would be all over it.
It doesnt work. Ich has a natural cycle it goes through in which it can become invisible. Thats my guess as to why people think it cured their fish
Save your money.
Just think about it this way. If a truly reef safe ich cure existed people would be shouting it from the roof tops. It would be breaking news. Suppliers and fish stores would be all over it.
It doesnt work. Ich has a natural cycle it goes through in which it can become invisible. Thats my guess as to why people think it cured their fish
JustinM
New member
You don't get a touch of velvet, it goes 0-60 faster than a Bugatti. If what you think was a "touch", it was more than likely ich, they both look the same at first. I would put money on that the ich is just going through it's life cycle. It may return, it may not. There are only 4 options for treating ich and this is not one of them!
I was skeptical, but had success, here's my story... one purple tang with ich visible, other fish had no signs (2 clowns, flame angel, dottyback). Got the tang out, into TTM with the plan to catch the others, TTM and add all to a hospital tank and go fallow. This plan got cut short, couldn't catch the other fish, and ran out of time for a complete breakdown as I was going to be out of town shortly.
So, kept the tang out for a month, he got healthy and fat, no signs of ich. Was going out of town for a week, and needed him back in the main tank for the autofeeder, knowing he'd likely get ich again even though the other fish still had no signs. Sure enough, once back in, signs of ich within 72 hours.
Now, I had a choice, try Polyplab Medic, or take out all the corals and rocks to catch the other fish (dottyback was going to be impossible otherwise) and go fallow as originally planned. I have some extended trips coming up, so I figured why not try Polyplab Medic, and then fallback on teardown after my trips.
After I started using the medic, the visible ich (trophont) slowly decreased as they dropped off, and no new trophant to speak of. After about a week, the purple tang had 0 visible ich.
Completed the 3 week treatment, admittedly missed a few treatments. One week since completion, and still 0 signs of ich. It's only been a month so far, but fingers crossed... I know there are likely tomonts lying in wait, so only time will tell but for now I have happy & healthy fish.
So, kept the tang out for a month, he got healthy and fat, no signs of ich. Was going out of town for a week, and needed him back in the main tank for the autofeeder, knowing he'd likely get ich again even though the other fish still had no signs. Sure enough, once back in, signs of ich within 72 hours.
Now, I had a choice, try Polyplab Medic, or take out all the corals and rocks to catch the other fish (dottyback was going to be impossible otherwise) and go fallow as originally planned. I have some extended trips coming up, so I figured why not try Polyplab Medic, and then fallback on teardown after my trips.
After I started using the medic, the visible ich (trophont) slowly decreased as they dropped off, and no new trophant to speak of. After about a week, the purple tang had 0 visible ich.
Completed the 3 week treatment, admittedly missed a few treatments. One week since completion, and still 0 signs of ich. It's only been a month so far, but fingers crossed... I know there are likely tomonts lying in wait, so only time will tell but for now I have happy & healthy fish.
Imo people are just seeing the normal life cycle of ick and think the poly is working. I don't doubt it probably helps manage it and therefor reduces the numbers of spots one might see. But I think it's far from a cure. If the makers of this product could show non biased test results and how they obtained success then I would look at it more closely, but I'm willing to bet they don't have the data to back up there claim.
I pose a challenge to you go buy a fw Mollie acclimate it to sw and add it to your tank I'll bet it lights up like xmas lights.
Fish build somewhat of an immunity to ick this is why people post all the time in the disease forum all there fish look ok but every time they add one it comes down with ick. The ick is still infecting there fish but the fishes immune system and good health are keeping the ick in check. Now when you add fish to your tank and this so called reef safe cure what it does is buys the fish sometime by controlling the ick until the fishes immune system is strong you quit adding the product but the ick is still there and now the fishes immune system keeps it in check and magically they assume the reef safe product cured the ick
This is opinion because as mentioned above if there is a reef safe cure these forums would be going crazy with post about it and the manufacturer would have solid test data to back it up.
Fish build somewhat of an immunity to ick this is why people post all the time in the disease forum all there fish look ok but every time they add one it comes down with ick. The ick is still infecting there fish but the fishes immune system and good health are keeping the ick in check. Now when you add fish to your tank and this so called reef safe cure what it does is buys the fish sometime by controlling the ick until the fishes immune system is strong you quit adding the product but the ick is still there and now the fishes immune system keeps it in check and magically they assume the reef safe product cured the ick
This is opinion because as mentioned above if there is a reef safe cure these forums would be going crazy with post about it and the manufacturer would have solid test data to back it up.
Dmorty217
Saltwater Addict
The fact this product has been around for 10 years and there are a handful of people who claim it works is a good indication that it doesn't. When people see ich in their display tanks they get desperate and start googling anything that might help. IF the stuff actually worked there would be huge write ups on forums and reefing websites about it. Do a quick search and the only people claiming this actually works other than Polylab are 2 people on this thread after being up for 10 years... Not discrediting the experience, just highly skeptical is all.
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