Treating parasites in a reef tank?
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I haven't had any experience with this particular product, but some people have had success with Kick Ich by Ruby Reef. It's supposedly reef safe, and there's a tank journal on YouTube with a guy dosing it in his reeftank with no casualties. I'd still be a little weary about dosing my main tank. Is a QT not feasible?
Kick-Ich:
http://www.marinedepot.com/medications_ruby_reef-ap.html
Kick-Ich:
http://www.marinedepot.com/medications_ruby_reef-ap.html
Keep feeding quality foods (either Rods Food, or a local homemade mix, preferably with lots of veggies and garlic, Spectrum Thera+ pellets, PE Mysis). As long as they're still eating, and aren't stressed from other facets of the tank, then they can usually acquire immunity to things like Ich. Or stop adding fish, and after a few years, the ich in the tank will die out on their own.
I wouldn't treat my tank for ich or any other disease. The only way to successfully treat fishes is quarantining them.
I wouldn't treat my tank for ich or any other disease. The only way to successfully treat fishes is quarantining them.
I have had very good luck with No Ick Marine. I went through about three spell of ick in my tank before I found the problem and removed it. I had a Powder Drown Surgane that was stressing the tank and since removing him I have had one fish, a FoxFace. that developed ick and I didn't treat with anything. I just feed him more and he came through it just fine.
LargeAngels
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There is NO Reef safe ich medicine so don't waste your money. Many claims and this worked for me kinda stuff, but nothing has ever been proven to work except copper and hypo. Healthy fish can develop an apparent immunity to ich or velvet so that is why there are many Reef safe treatments.
If you really can't do a QT with hypo or medication then your best best is just to keep the water quality high, feed well and don't add anymore fish. Keep a close eye on them cause if they can't fight it off they could die.
If you really can't do a QT with hypo or medication then your best best is just to keep the water quality high, feed well and don't add anymore fish. Keep a close eye on them cause if they can't fight it off they could die.
wooden_reefer
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Re: Treating parasites in a reef tank?
Likely more or all of your fish are infested.
I am sure about the cause: there is ich in your tank.
Diatom filter would likely help some to buy time, but for a 180 gal likely you need the extra large model or two regular ones.
You will always have problem with ich as long as ich is present in your system.
Likely more or all of your fish are infested.
I am sure about the cause: there is ich in your tank.
Diatom filter would likely help some to buy time, but for a 180 gal likely you need the extra large model or two regular ones.
You will always have problem with ich as long as ich is present in your system.
Iceman1970
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From my experience I have found that if you have a reef tank and only one fish is showing signs of having ich, it is better to just leave the fish alone. Whenever I have tried various "reef safe" remedies they have usually caused more problems than I had initially.
Also, if you have a reef tank then you probably have lots of corals and live rock. Well, i don't know if anyone has some good tricks to catch a fish but I can't do it without removing almost all of my live rock and corals just to catach the fish. Obviously this ends up causing much more stress on not only your already sick fish but could cause your other fish to get stressed and become sick.
So, in cases like this, I have found that the best solution is to leave the fish in the tank, raise the temperature to about 82 degrees, and begin doing daily water changes to lover the salinity to about 1.017.
I have needed to do this a couple of times and in each case the sick fish has recovered on his own. Every time I have go through the process of catching the fish, moving him to a QT tank, and medicating him has resulted in the loss of the fish and sometimes one of my other fish would get sick too from being stressed.
Also, if you have a reef tank then you probably have lots of corals and live rock. Well, i don't know if anyone has some good tricks to catch a fish but I can't do it without removing almost all of my live rock and corals just to catach the fish. Obviously this ends up causing much more stress on not only your already sick fish but could cause your other fish to get stressed and become sick.
So, in cases like this, I have found that the best solution is to leave the fish in the tank, raise the temperature to about 82 degrees, and begin doing daily water changes to lover the salinity to about 1.017.
I have needed to do this a couple of times and in each case the sick fish has recovered on his own. Every time I have go through the process of catching the fish, moving him to a QT tank, and medicating him has resulted in the loss of the fish and sometimes one of my other fish would get sick too from being stressed.
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