hello from wv

[counrygirl]

I have three fish that have the ich. I had them in qt for about 2 weeks and used malachite green and it seem to be gone and put them back in main tank which is 55 gal,and the next day or two they had the ich again , so I gave them a fresh water bath yesterday and today one of them have more white spot's than it had yesterday before the fresh water bath,and 2 of them are staying at the top of the tank (not all the time but a lot of the time)not sure if I should put them back in qt or wait and see if the fresh water bath worked since this is the first time I have gave one or how it works.
I have a cleaner shrimp in main tank maybe it will help take the ich off(so I have read)any help would be help full thank you

 

[yothereyo]

it seems to me that your water in your main tank still has the parasite. try a water change, and maybe increasing the temperature. Not beyond 82'f and keep it aerated as you will have oxygen diplation.

There are other methods like copper, but you will have take the inverts out. I let someone else talk about that.

Another one is that ick loves fish, if there is no fish to feed of, it will die.

 

[Germanman]

here is a long one form another post of mine all about ich enjoy...lol

i let ich pass in my aquarium. its a natural thing and there are many things you can do to aid the faster removal. hypo salinity and hospital tanks work but if you cant set one up thats no good. i myself i cant have a hospital tank so what i did is made sure the water parmaters were not only excellent but also i feed an extra healthy balanced diet and added Kent Garlic x-treme,(it doesnt keep the parasites off it just make the fishes immune system stronger like in humans). that combine with my UV sterilizer and a cleaner shrimp and a cleaner wrasse got rid of my problem it has now been one week since ive seen any "ich" on my fish. the cycle will be a bit tough on them and ich there for has a chance to attack. the chance that you can get rid of ich completely is very slim epically in a reef. hypo salinity will usually work with fish only but with a reef it will kill and devastate most inverts at the level it would actually be affective. both the medications that were listed by others work well and are almost completely reef safe but with some of the more delicate inverts it can cause stress. also skimmers will pull out any organic treatment and any "safe" chemical agent will still cause some harm to inverts even if it barely shows. ich comes in two forms and isnt actually the Ichthyophthirius parasite which is freshwater but is rather the Cryptocaryon protozoan. there are two main ones that affect fish in the trade of the two the most common inbeds itself under the protective slime layer of the fish making only manule removal or strong copper treatment a cure. dips and most other medications cant get to it. they only way it can be killed affectively is when it is in its free swimming larval form which a UV will do a great job killing or only then will the medications kill it. as for the other form it is stronger than the freshwater "ich" but can be killed by medications most always. the later looks more like bumps and the first are more laterally compressed bumps that look almost like snow on the fish.

 

[counrygirl]

hey germanman I look at your pic's and wondering what you feed your scallop I would like to get one but not sure what to feed one

 

[Germanman]

they are filter feeders. phytoplankton, live or preserved, and marine snow are good foods but they will eat most the things present iin the water and do well and live long if the water quality is good.