Reef-Safe Ich Treatment

[The Saltwater Kid]

Okay, a couple of my fish have ich, my Klein's Butterfly and my Sunburst Anthias (both are still eating well). What is a reef-safe ich treatment? I have no choice but to medicate my display tank so I need to make absolutely sure whatever medication I use it is 100% reef-safe as I have a lot of SPS, a few LPS and some ricordeas and zoos. Any help would be greatly appreciated!!!

 

[wooden_reefer]

Re: Reef-Safe Ich Treatment

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15364545#post15364545 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by The Saltwater Kid
Okay, a couple of my fish have ich, my Klein's Butterfly and my Sunburst Anthias (both are still eating well). What is a reef-safe ich treatment? I have no choice but to medicate my display tank so I need to make absolutely sure whatever medication I use it is 100% reef-safe as I have a lot of SPS, a few LPS and some ricordeas and zoos. Any help would be greatly appreciated!!!

Likely more of your fish have ich.

The only permanent solution is separation of fish and inverbrates for at least six, better ten weeks .

During this time you have to support and treat the fish to rid them of ich (not just observe the fish) and remove all ammonia.

There are many posts on this subject.

Good luck

 

[The Saltwater Kid]

Not an option unfortunately. As stated above I MUST treat my display tank as I have no quarantine tank (just don't have the room in our small apartment).

 

[ellevan11]

As i am sure you have read, QT and copper or hypo.

As you stated, your only option is treating the DT though, so try kick-ich. Some people say they have success with it, some don't. I have yet to hear that it harms corals in anyway so that is a plus, but you never know.

This thread recently popped up regarding kick ich. Maybe you could be another tester and let us know

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1672158

 

[The Saltwater Kid]

Thanks for the thread ellevan...very intersting read!

 

[bermuda reefer]

treating the white spots

treating the white spots

Everyone will tell you there is no cure in a reef tank and that is probably the truth.
In thirty years of saltwater fish keeping i have tried it all and the only thing i have had any luck at all with is Chem Marins stop parisites. I believe it has a pepper additive.
It has worked for me several times and other times not.
It is my belief and others that ich lives everywhere and is always present, when fish are happy and healthy they seem to be resistant to it, other fish such as tangs are very prone to pick it up
with the smallest amount of stress. I have watched tangs in the ocean many times scratching on the rocks. So my advice when the white spots rear their head is to ultraviolet light, heavy skimming and 10% water change per day until it clears. Water changing is your best friend always.

 

[sedor]

In thirty years of saltwater fish keeping i have tried it all

Most of the experts will agree. I'm afraid you don't have much of a choice, time to get a fish trap and hope for the best. QT is the only way to go man, and when your done with it, you have a nice hospital tank in case of emergency. Your QT can be as small as 10G, and its pretty much a must. I've read countless horror stories of people losing thousands of dollars worth of fish and coral over silly things that could have easily been prevented with a QT.

 

[billsreef]

To date there are no reliable reef safe ich treatments. It's something that only exists the mind of marketers trying to seperate us from our money. Of all the ones out there, garlic seems to have the most effect in light cases, but not advanced cases. The rest have results on par with simply flipping a coin. If you want to be sure of curing the ich, than a QT and reliable treatment such as copper is the only choice.

 

[Freed]

Wooden, ryan, ellevan, bills and myself are the ones you should listen to when we say that QT with either copper or hypo are the ONLY proven methods to cure ich. What you decide to do is your choice.

 

[wooden_reefer]

Re: treating the white spots

Re: treating the white spots

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15371989#post15371989 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by bermuda reefer
It is my belief and others that ich lives everywhere and is always present, when fish are happy and healthy they seem to be resistant to it, other fish such as tangs are very prone to pick it up

I don't believe that relying on the fish resisting ich is a good plan.

In the confinement of the tank resistance would likely be futile if the ich organism ever get the upperhand in multiplication.

For ich the only way is eradication: that is, to kill off in fish QT, allow to die in fishless tank, the last ich organism so that infestation is not possible.

Against Ich, immunity or resistance based methods are ill-advised.

From day one when I get any fish, I aim to eradicate ich. That means active treatment.

Once you have a well-stocked established tank, ich infestation is a calamity. Avoid it definitely; just have the preparation and committment.

Cycle your QT so that you can support the fish for the two whole months during active treatment, so you don't have to change water frequently. Assume ich and then destroy the last organism.

7 P's in against Ich or just the whole hobby.

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