What treatments do I buy????

[Tangwich]

Ok, so I finally am going to be setting up my QT to treat a couple of fish with ich. My question is what treatments do I buy other than doing the hypo treatment. Is anything else recommended? Thanks.

 

[Percula9]

I personally don't care for hyper as low as 1.09. But for treatment either copper or formalin or both can be used together.

 

[paulamrein]

I've had good success with Hypo for ich, now, if it's velvet or something else, I haven't ran across it. But if/when I do I would go with copper.

 

[Tangwich]

So just hypo for now and will treat for other problems if I witness the symptoms for other diseases.

 

[kevin2000]

Re: What treatments do I buy????

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12027955#post12027955 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Tangwich
Ok, so I finally am going to be setting up my QT to treat a couple of fish with ich. My question is what treatments do I buy other than doing the hypo treatment. Is anything else recommended? Thanks.

In most cases hyposalinity is considered an effective treatment for ich. Copper is a very effective treatment for ich but is harder on the fish and argueably more difficult to administer (test kits, daily testing etc).

 

[kevin2000]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12029564#post12029564 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Percula9
I personally don't care for hyper as low as 1.09. But for treatment either copper or formalin or both can be used together.

Quote from Seachems website ... cupramine FAQ
Q: Is there is any problem with using Formalin in concentration of 25mg/l with Cupramine ?
A; YES! Do not use Formalin with Cupramine or any other copper medication. It will reduce the Copper +2 to Copper +1 which is highly toxic at even small doses.

Hope this helps.

 

[Cord]

I have used hyposalinity successfully for crypto. Copper is like chemotherapy for a cancer patient. It is slightly more toxic to the ich than the fish. I recommend hypo.