Kick Ich. HELP!

jusbechillin

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I just used kick ich in my 90 gallon tank. I lost track of the days and did the second dose (supposed to be on day 3 and I did it at 2). I have a Picasso, Clown, White tailed, Blue jaw trigger and until this morning had a bi-colored angelfish also. Woke up this morning and the angel was dead. The Picasso seems fine. The other 3 triggers aren't moving much and are breathing heavy. There seems to be a film/slimy layer over all of my rock/dead coral... Could the kick ich be the culprit?
Even my big hermit crab is hanging far out of his shell and not moving around much. All water tests seem fine.

Mixing up a 30 gallon water change right now any suggestions?

Update: the smallest fish (white tailed trigger) is out swimming around a bit but keeps rubbing his whole body against rocks/corral/the ground like he is trying to get something to scrape off of his body....
 
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I'm not sure how great kick ich works and all that but I'd say your dealing with an overdose. I also dont think your suppose to use any ich medication with inverts in your tank so your crabs may be suffering also. I reccomend getting a QT tank and dosing in there nothing but heater powerhead and some pvc pipes for hiding
 
I've ruined many of my systems with "reef safe" medications. If you look at the situation, ick and velvet disease are parasites under the kingdom protista I believe. medication basically poison ur system just enough that only those types of organisms die off. Poison however is not animal specific it. just so happens that certain ones can tolerate more poisons than others.
in my opinion, the only way to effectively treat ur fish without killing ur system is to remove all the fish and treat them in a quarantine tank.
 
Given the symptoms you list, the fish are in fairly advanced stages. The kick ich is useless and you're wasting valuable time and money hoping it will work. It won't. Read up on quarantine and hyposalinity. Act fast as your fish are severely compromised.
 
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