Treating Ich

[Bob46]

I picked up a 30 gallon tank today that i am going use to treat my 5 fish for Ich and I have a couple of ?s. First I am going to use cupermine and was wondering if I have to go to .5 ppm I would like to go with .3? Only because I will be doing a Flame Angel and a Lawnmower Blenny. I would extend the treatment for 6 weeks.

Also seeming that my tank is going to be fallow for quite a while I was wondering if it would be possible to change my sand to a larger grain all at once. The only things in the DT will be a couple of Zoa colonies a Cleaner Shrimp and also a Mushroom.

Any advice would be most helpful and appreciated and thanks for the help.

 

[Pinkskunk]

I have treated ick using the Tank Transfer method and i swear it works like magic. Transfer the fish every 3rd day.

i use 2 10-gal tanks for this method.

each time you transfer made sure you clean and dry out the old tank and ready for water on the 3rd day.

i transfer the fishes in the early AM before i go to work.

 

[Dmorty217]

I picked up a 30 gallon tank today that i am going use to treat my 5 fish for Ich and I have a couple of ?s. First I am going to use cupermine and was wondering if I have to go to .5 ppm I would like to go with .3? Only because I will be doing a Flame Angel and a Lawnmower Blenny. I would extend the treatment for 6 weeks.

Also seeming that my tank is going to be fallow for quite a while I was wondering if it would be possible to change my sand to a larger grain all at once. The only things in the DT will be a couple of Zoa colonies a Cleaner Shrimp and also a Mushroom.

Any advice would be most helpful and appreciated and thanks for the help.

You can do the cupramine at .3-.4 but make sure to treat longer as you stated. I would also suggest giving seachem a call and ask them about how long to treat for with a lower dose of cupramine. At low doses of copper ich can become immune to copper