Okay yesterday my fish were loaded with the infamous little white dots. I read the the tread on ick and the life cycle and all the articles said they dots stay on the fish 3-7 days. Out of desperation and not having RO water to start a hyposalinity tank in the event thvat I could catch the fish, I crushed up a bunch of cloves of garlic (very scientific) and put them in a filter bag and hung them in the filter. This morning when I woke up, 90-95% of the spots were gone. Okay so if the ick has a life cycle on the fish of from 3-7 days, I really can't believe that the crushed garlic did anything other than cloud my water which it did. So I am asking the question what else looks like ick. The poor blue tang has little welts where the parasites were attached, but he is eating. I have also soaked garlic with some brine/mysis shrimp.
I am also trying the 5-nitroimidazole treatment (NO-Ick) of the entire reef tank as a fall back although I have read that most people say this doesn't work but I thought I'd give it a try.
So back to the question can the parasites grow to where you can see them and then fall off in one day?
I am also trying the 5-nitroimidazole treatment (NO-Ick) of the entire reef tank as a fall back although I have read that most people say this doesn't work but I thought I'd give it a try.
So back to the question can the parasites grow to where you can see them and then fall off in one day?
