Has anyone used Kick Ich or used medicated food in an SPS tank?

[tmgill81]

Has anyone used Kick Ich or food medicated with medronidazole in a tank dominated with small polyped scleractinians? I have a dartfish with a bad case of Ich. I have not known this species of fish to be prone to ich, but this guy has a bad case of it. I would give him a fresh water dip, but when try to catch him he will just jet back into his borrow. Any suggestions?

 

[NyReefNoob]

i am using it now myself, i am on my second dosage and havent noticed any ill effects to corals or inverts, tank is mainly sps, do have nems as well and lps, have a thread about it on a local forum while i am using to see what the over all effect is

 

[sedor]

Some people say it works, most say it doesn't. In the cases that people say it works its usually just that the parasite went away on its own. I never treat ich and it always takes care of itself.

 

[jbanks]

I've used food medicated with medronidazole. I saw no ill affects to the coral, but my fish didn't care for it too much.. As for kick ich... Tried that too and did not work.. Since I don't have a QT, my best purchase to "help" with ich and other nasties that can occur in my tank was an Ozonizer by Ozotech.. I'm not saying that it cures ich, but I have not lost a single fish to ich since adding it to my tank.. So for me, ozone has lead to healthier fish & super clear water with no ill affect to coral.

 

[GhostCon1]

I've used Kick-Ich with no ill effects on my SPS (or LPS or softies). But, I am 90% sure the stuff doesn't work.

 

[NyReefNoob]

one of the misconceptions people have with it is, it doesnt cure ich, and doesnt state it does, it does kill the free floating ich, which i do guess if used over a period of time would almost cure the ich, will say this most of my fish had 20 or more spots, next day after dosing the fish had none, 2 days later they all had 3 or 4 spots which i figured, i am going to run the full 2 weeks of dosage and go from there

 

[poolkeeper1]

Kick Ich, Don't waste your money. Plain and simple.
Bill

 

[mark54321]

This stuff did not work for me, but no ill effect on my reef

 

[prospectclmt]

I don't know if it works but I used it and the ich went away. Possibly could have been I was soaking their food in garlic guard at the same time. Oh and I use a full bottle with no I'll effects to my sps.

 

[zef004]

Don't wast your money. I've used it and no ill effects to any lps or sps. And The ick didn't go away. So I started to feed my fish Fresh garlic and ick was gone in two week. Still feed it to them once month.

 

[sanchoy]

used it back when i had a smaller setup (40 gallon). Not sure if it worked for the ick or my fish just recovered by themselves, however my skimmer went nuts.

 

[Ralph ATL]

ICH just doesn't "go away".........you can keep your fishes immune system up, keep 'em heathy, and you are ok.

I used Kick Ich 5 years ago, dosed 2 X's accelerated per owners instructions............never seen it since no matter what the condition or stress level was of the inhabiants............