I have a SailFin with ICH. I have other fish, live rock, and invert's. I know there is many ways to treat ICH. I am looking for a way that I can treat the tank without harming the inverts an live rock. I have tried already to medicate the SailFin and my Hippo Tang (because he was scratching) , for 4 hours with Furor-2 and Quick-Cure. ICH seemed to be gone but was evident next day. I then treated with Clout also in a seperate tank for one houe becasue I heard clout was pretty harsh on the fish. After the treatment I put them back in the tank. This is the method I was told to use by a Local Fish Store. Please help and let me know what else I can do? Thanks
Having problems with ICH for the first time
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Is still a sign of ich? If it comes back I would take out the tangs and put them in a quarantine and dose with copper. Copper should do it. You could also do a freshwater dip, take the tang out and rinse with fresh ro/di water but I would try and advoid that way since it could easily stress out the fish even more.
Make sure you purchase a copper test kit if you choose to go this route.
Take out all inverts at the very least. Take out your activated carbon. READ the package instructions on the copper and dose accordingly. Lastly, ask about something you can put in as filter media to remove the copper from the water IF your levels are still high after the dosing period.
Be careful and consider wisely to fresh-water dip your tang(s). They are delicate (especially Blue Tangs) when stressed and dipping may make it worse rather than better. Best thing for them is a quarantine tank.
Take out all inverts at the very least. Take out your activated carbon. READ the package instructions on the copper and dose accordingly. Lastly, ask about something you can put in as filter media to remove the copper from the water IF your levels are still high after the dosing period.
Be careful and consider wisely to fresh-water dip your tang(s). They are delicate (especially Blue Tangs) when stressed and dipping may make it worse rather than better. Best thing for them is a quarantine tank.
If your going to dose copper, don't do it in the main tank. You run the risk of never effectively getting it out.
Do as Cartman recommended. Put all of your fish into a qt tank and dose with copper.
Do as Cartman recommended. Put all of your fish into a qt tank and dose with copper.
when I had this problem in my reef tank I used a product called KICK-ICH made by Ruby Reef costs about $25. Its' reef safe and contains no copper no need to set up a QT tank and used the treatment once and haven't had the problem of ich since then.