Reef safe treatment for ich?

[Megatrev62]

Hi all, haven't been on here in ages, but wondering if things have changed with regard to the treatment of ich. Are there any reef safe treatments yet available? Thanks

 

[username in use]

Not really. You need to remove all fish from the tank and treat in hospital tanks leaving the display tank fallow for 72 days.

 

[Megatrev62]

Right on. So things haven't changed. Didn't think so. Just an interesting conversation having with local hobbyists. Needed to check here, because I know the answer would be here. Thanks again. I'm gone to the fresh planted things these days.

 

[Megatrev62]

Speaking to someone that said she keeps her tank at 84 degrees and hasn't seen ich in 6 years !!

 

[Ou8me2]

Speaking to someone that said she keeps her tank at 84 degrees and hasn't seen ich in 6 years !!

That really doesn't say much. Ich can thrive in temps up to 90 degrees. I say making sure the fish eat well and keeping their immune systems good and stress-free as possible is more of a factor.

 

[jduck]

Yes there is. Requires removal of all fish 76 days.

 

[scuzy]

it's the holy grail if there was a reef safe med.

 

[ReefInterest]

I don't think there is such a thing (at the moment).

 

[TheReeferer]

I was able to beat bad velvet with NLS inch pellets combination with double dose of the herbal ich treatment.

 

[Dmorty217]

No such thing as what your looking for. As for the woman who keeps her tank at 84 and hasn't seen ich, she is lucky. 104 degrees for a hr or more is required to kill ich

 

[Megatrev62]

Just as well to boil the kettle..

 

[jimmyj7090]

Hi all, haven't been on here in ages, but wondering if things have changed with regard to the treatment of ich. Are there any reef safe treatments yet available? Thanks

Actually there has been a major update in ick treatment in the past several years, but not what you are hoping for (a reef safe treatment that actually works).

What is new (relatively new that is), is the "tank transfer method". Search for "tank transfer method" / "TTM" and you'll find plenty of info.

The short explanation is that you use two QT tanks, moving the fish every few days into a sterile tank several times so as to break the ick life cycle.

You still need to keep the system/display fallow for a 8-12 weeks (recommendations / opinions vary which you probably already know), but TTM is very effective, is easier on the fish than either copper or hyposalinity, and is easier to actually implement than TTM or Copper.

 

[Justintegra]

I can personally attest that TTM works. It saved my fish when I went through the Ich bout 3 months ago with a sole causality, and that was only because he got himself trapped between the heater and tank wall in the transfer tank. I'm two weeks away from the fallow period being over and being able to put the fish back in the display.

Unfortunately I now have dinoflagettes

 

[snorvich]

Actually there has been a major update in ick treatment in the past several years, but not what you are hoping for (a reef safe treatment that actually works).

What is new (relatively new that is), is the "tank transfer method". Search for "tank transfer method" / "TTM" and you'll find plenty of info.

Actually, TTM was first published in 1987. I have been advocating it here for the last four years.

 

[jimmyj7090]

Well that's what I meant, "relatively new" in terms of word getting around and the method gaining popularity and confidence. Heck, up until about 4 or so years ago few of us had ever heard of TTM