ick is b.s.
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tkeracer619
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Oh yeah, it sure does suck. It is treatable though!
If it helps you feel any better, I'm not new to all this, and I'm fighting the same fight. At some point it happens to us all. The hope is that it happens in a QT where it is easy to treat and NOT in the display...
If it helps you feel any better, I'm not new to all this, and I'm fighting the same fight. At some point it happens to us all. The hope is that it happens in a QT where it is easy to treat and NOT in the display...
One thing helpful to know, apart from treatments: treatments that strip a fish's slime coat (some dips, etc) can leave them momentarily vulnerable for recurrence if there is ich to be had swimming about. Low alkalinity can cause a problem with the coat. 8.3 is a good middle of the road reading. Maintain it at that level. Plus fish like tangs and rabbits and angels do not have as much natural protection against the pest as do, say, blennies and other fishes that move about the sandbed, where the pest lives 'between fish': they are specially vulnerable to it. So be extra careful with those species. They can import it.
Icewing726
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+1 for just living with it. If you have to get a tang get one that has a higher tolerance to ich. Anyway, I'm gonna go hide before I get flamed to death for not promoting quarantine.
