how to treat a reef tank fill with ich?

[rduong89]

i did a mistake by not qt my yellow tangs then now my reef is fill with ich. My temps stays at 76-78. Before no fish had ich problems but now most of them have it. How can i get rid of it?

 

[badazztealcobra]

Pull all the fish out and put them into a QT tank and do either a hypo treatment or copper treatment for atleast 6 weeks, while leaving your tank fallow (fishless) so all the ich in the tank has no host and dies.

 

[Sk8r]

As for your tank---everything left in there, the inverts, etc, will be ok---but the ich must have 8 weeks to starve to death in that tank (they eat only fish blood) before you dare put your now-well fish back in there.
do not put any fish in that tank for 8 weeks, medicate the fish you have according to bottle instructions, and if you get new fish, from now on, quarantine them.

 

[rduong89]

it is pretty much hard to take out the fish without tearing out my tank

 

[barradas77]

I finally bit the bullet and used the "snake oil" Kordon ich med and it actually worked break out free for over 5 months now so give it a try. I have a tank full of inverts, corals and none affected by meds. I stinks like all hell but it worked in my case. This worked for me I cant guarantee it will for you as well but its worth a shot. .......... I hear the storm brewing right now.....

 

[rduong89]

that's scary doode

 

[SlowCobra]

The only sure-fire 99% certain it is going to be an actual fix is to do as mentioned. Even if you have to rip the tank apart, the only way to rectify the problem is hypo in a QT tank and leave the tank fallow.

Here is a link to doing hypo properly.

http://atj.net.au/marineaquaria/hyposalinity.html

 

[lil_cheeks]

i would say remove all live fish and QT them. Leave them out for a couple months to be safe. Ick is not something to mess with. Sorry to hear about it.

 

[rduong89]

ok ich is gone......boost the temp about .5 and added a uv