garbermatt
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Disclaimer: The following is not a recommendation of any kind or a description of a "treatment" or "cure" for Ick. Instead it is merely sharing the Anecdotal experience I've had stocking my tank.
I have a 120 gallon tank with 10 fish that have not been quarantined. I am neither recommending this practice nor recommending against it. About a month after adding my purple tang I noticed signs of Ick (a few spots). Over the course of a week or so, I noticed that it cycled and came back much worse. At this point, after realizing there was no way I was going to catch the tang to place it in a hospital tank, I decided to follow some advice I read elsewhere on the internet and start soaking my frozen food in Selcon twice a day for a few minutes before feeding. Over the course of the next few weeks, I noticed that two other fish (one of my lyretail anthias, and my strawberry dottyback) were showing some signs as well, but they along with the spots on my tang were decreasing with each Ick cycle. After about three weeks, there was no sign of Ick on any of my fish.
Today it's been a little over one month since I've seen any signs of Ick on any of my fish. I have continued to soak their frozen food in Selcon at least once a day every day and don't plan to stop because for one it's brought out very good color in my fish. I'm not saying that I'm anything more than "reckless" and "lucky," but I wanted to post this for those that might fear that Ick is a death sentence in every case without treatment.
I have a 120 gallon tank with 10 fish that have not been quarantined. I am neither recommending this practice nor recommending against it. About a month after adding my purple tang I noticed signs of Ick (a few spots). Over the course of a week or so, I noticed that it cycled and came back much worse. At this point, after realizing there was no way I was going to catch the tang to place it in a hospital tank, I decided to follow some advice I read elsewhere on the internet and start soaking my frozen food in Selcon twice a day for a few minutes before feeding. Over the course of the next few weeks, I noticed that two other fish (one of my lyretail anthias, and my strawberry dottyback) were showing some signs as well, but they along with the spots on my tang were decreasing with each Ick cycle. After about three weeks, there was no sign of Ick on any of my fish.
Today it's been a little over one month since I've seen any signs of Ick on any of my fish. I have continued to soak their frozen food in Selcon at least once a day every day and don't plan to stop because for one it's brought out very good color in my fish. I'm not saying that I'm anything more than "reckless" and "lucky," but I wanted to post this for those that might fear that Ick is a death sentence in every case without treatment.
