I have ick!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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i've been reading about ick and also been reading about cures for ick and the one that keeps on coming up is the hyposalinity method which in this method it say to lower salinity to 1.017 and raise temp to 86F. I have already raised my temp to 86, but dont know to raise my salt like you said or lower it.. What do i do?
 
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To lower salinity, add FW--go slowly, remoce a gallon of SW and replace with a gallon of FW. Repeat as needed to reduce salinity, but don't change salinity by more then .002 each time.

To increase salinity--add more salt, again, slowly. Take a gallon of SW out, add salt to the gallon and agitate to dissolve, then add that back to the tank. With inverts, you'll have better luck going with increased salinity rather than decreases salinity.
 
i realized today that my tang has ich on him, and it couldnt have come at a worse time (i leave for jamaica in 4 days) I have a babysitter, but this person has no expertise with fish problems. What should I do before I leave? I will be gone for 1 week, and since i will be out of the country, i will have no contact with my fish sitter because my cell phone wont work there. Im quite worried. WHAT DO I DO?!?!
 
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I do not have a quarantine tank at the moment, my water parameters are fine. I did a couple water changes, (about 20%) this past week. Before that it was a couple weeks since i did a water change, school and finals have been occupying a lot of my time. The tank has been around for almost a year, and I have had the tang for about 6 or 7 months with no problems at all. Do some fish stores "nurse" fish back to health? If so, it would be necessary since I will be out of town. This is the worst thing that could have happened this week! PLEASE HELP!
 
Ok, I have my temp at 86f and rasied my salinity to 1.027.

The concern that i am having now is my black clown he looks like he's coverd in salt. it not ick I know what ick looks like. I was reading the Mardel desease chart and i came across something that looks like it, and it reads, Small white pustules(pimple like) on skin and fins,(does not look like that), dust like spots on body( thats what it looks like). it keeps on going saying its a parasite called chilodonella or Oodinum, a single celled parasite attackin around a wound or ulcer. I hope thats not what it is if it is what do i do? or am i just being paranoid.

Is my salt OK at 1.027 or does it have to be right at 1.029 for the method to work.
 
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I HAD IKE LAST WEEK, SHRIMP CAME OVER AND CLEANED THE CLARKI CLOWN. NOW IT LOOKS LIKE IT CAME BACK. WILL THE SHRIMP BE ENOUGH TO TAKE CARE OF THE IKE OR SHOULD I DO OTHER TREATMENTS?

ONE SKUNK CLOWN
condy anemone
CLARKII CLOWN
TWO SKUNK CLEANER SHRIMP
ONE HAIRY MUCHROOM CORAL
ONE Jeweled Blenny
7 SMALL STAR FISH
2 CRAPS
4 SNAILS
20 P LIVE ROCK


water rundown
35 gal-
nitrate .0, ph 8.3, ammonia .0(LITTLE LESS), nitrite 0
dule satellite lighting 36x2x95
filter-skilter 400
 
what worked for me was Quinsulex from Aquatronics. u can't use it with anything else but fish, but it's not copper. the resolts were visible in two days. any ich med will kill inverts. 10 gallons is very small QT for what u have. u want bigger one, so u could keep stress levels to minimum, because that alone can kill your fish. never tryed quick cure, so no comment. for the guy that's leaving, hope your fish can fight the desease off on their own, but most likely some will not make it, or all. sorry
 
A freshwater dip can drop off some of the parasites, but they will be present in the main tank. Prepare a freshwater dip: 1 gallon of fresh water at tank temp and 1/4 teaspoon of baking soda (To buffer pH). Do the dip for 2 minutes.

Garlic is used as an apetite stimulator, which in turn helps the immune system fight off disease. There is no proof it is and effective cure for ich.
 
You could try to just QT the Powder Blue. Also I would feed garlic as much as possible, I think it does wonders. I would mix the garlic up with Mysis and freeze it.
 
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