New Life Spectrum Ick Shield
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Dmorty217
Saltwater Addict
Get the ich shield the stuff from the pharmacy will cost you 4xs what the ich shield does
One dose for the duration.
You must not use carbon etc, must not use bright light and no uv if at all possible. Instructions say no skimming.
Despite what the instructions say about a lot of room before overdosing I think that the fish don't really like it and you should be careful to stay pretty close to on target.
Best used in a fresh hospital tank too.
You must not use carbon etc, must not use bright light and no uv if at all possible. Instructions say no skimming.
Despite what the instructions say about a lot of room before overdosing I think that the fish don't really like it and you should be careful to stay pretty close to on target.
Best used in a fresh hospital tank too.
This is the ICK shield powder we are talking about. Not food. Although NLS also makes food with the same medication which no fish eats
But the powder is effective.
Just about to treat with NLS Ich Shield powder. So are people following the directions from bottle or are using different dosage. Earlier in this post I read 0.6 g per 20 gallon. And someone else mentioned 1 g per 18 gallon. Anyone have the most used dosage?
And what about using this and the biological filter? I read 1 dose per 21 days but if Im changing water etc, is redosing necessary? How do people calculate the redose?
Dmorty217
Saltwater Addict
I dose 10-15mg/Liter or 40-60 mg a gallon. Won't effect biological filtration. 1 dose is usually all that's necessary. If you do a water change only redose for the amount of water you replaced (10g for a water change, redose the med for only 10g) I dose the 60mg per gallon when I treat it
Please see this post: http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showpost.php?p=23283551&postcount=1381
Looks like IckShield is more potent than standard Chloroquine Diphosphate.
Salty150
New member
The guy doesn't follow the directions and adds 30% more medicine and he wonders why his fish died...?
Dmorty217
Saltwater Addict
Ha, I'm going to let that go... Anyway I can assure you I have used ich shield powder more than most on here and since using it at 60mg/gallon I have had 100% success. Just recently treated a Venustus and two banner fish at this level, a griffis angel pair, and my Gem tang comes out of CP on Tuesday after 3 weeks... How many fish have you put thru CP salty?? The fish that died from the thread you linked was from bad CP and velvet, I was too slow to recognize it was velvet
Salty150
New member
Yikes, I didn't even notice it was you! lol :facepalm:
