pikachusalad
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Well...I know copper and hypo are the only ways to cure ich. But I was nursing a starving psych. mandarin back to health, so I didn't want to take him out of the display and cut off his supply of pods.
I have a frogspawn, a couple zoanthid colonies, 4-5 ricordea polyps, a big supply of copepods, bunch of crabs and snails, the mandarin, and one percula clown in a 75 gallon.
I used Kordon Ich Attack AND soaked food in garlic EVERY DAY for 3 flippin' months.
I saw no ill effects on anything - coral all grew (frogspawn branched a few times, zoanthids spreading, ricordea splitting), pod population stayed stable (rocks are covered with them at night, and I can see them on the glass at any time of day), the mandarin started with a sunken abdomen is now FAT...(2 and a half months of only eating pods - in last 2 weeks I found ONE prepared food he'd eat).
But the ICH KEEPS COMING BACK...slightly worse every time. If the Kordon and garlic had any effect, it certainly wasn't killing ALL the ich or raising the clown's immune system enough to keep him free of it...or whatever it's supposed to do.
So...now that the mandarin is eating prepared food, I'm treating the 2 fish in a hospital tank for 6 weeks and raising the temp in the display to 83 (to speed up the ich cycle so hopefully it will all die off). Hopefully the mandarin survives...if he does, 6 weeks without him eating any pods should leave him with a FEAST when he returns to the display...
Anyway... Just wanted to share my experience - since I always see people asking about Kordon and garlic...followed by heated arguments by people claiming they don't want to get into another argument about it...
I have a frogspawn, a couple zoanthid colonies, 4-5 ricordea polyps, a big supply of copepods, bunch of crabs and snails, the mandarin, and one percula clown in a 75 gallon.
I used Kordon Ich Attack AND soaked food in garlic EVERY DAY for 3 flippin' months.
I saw no ill effects on anything - coral all grew (frogspawn branched a few times, zoanthids spreading, ricordea splitting), pod population stayed stable (rocks are covered with them at night, and I can see them on the glass at any time of day), the mandarin started with a sunken abdomen is now FAT...(2 and a half months of only eating pods - in last 2 weeks I found ONE prepared food he'd eat).
But the ICH KEEPS COMING BACK...slightly worse every time. If the Kordon and garlic had any effect, it certainly wasn't killing ALL the ich or raising the clown's immune system enough to keep him free of it...or whatever it's supposed to do.
So...now that the mandarin is eating prepared food, I'm treating the 2 fish in a hospital tank for 6 weeks and raising the temp in the display to 83 (to speed up the ich cycle so hopefully it will all die off). Hopefully the mandarin survives...if he does, 6 weeks without him eating any pods should leave him with a FEAST when he returns to the display...
Anyway... Just wanted to share my experience - since I always see people asking about Kordon and garlic...followed by heated arguments by people claiming they don't want to get into another argument about it...
