Ick Help.

[HiepNotik]

wow just above it? wouldn't that cause a sand storm? or do you mean in the middle. trust me I have moved it so many times its getting kindda silly. but I recently found a spot where the poop accumulates in one spot, I watched my snail poop this morning (yeah yeah...funny..lol) and it shot out and twirled and landed in the exact same spot about 10 inches away, where all the rest of the poop where, that just helps me alot with a turkey bastor. lol

but like you said just above the sand? like right above it or do you mean like in the middle of the tank. Because I have a small 10g tank it looks well kindda stupid with the power head that low, but if it helps I guess I can try it.

Thanks Grins for all your helpful advice and replys

 

[Grins]

Meaning just above the point where it would cause a sandstorm. One way to do that is to put it lower in the tank and point up.

 

[Don Raulito]

No, garlic does not cure ich. the life cycle is roughly 4 weeks. There are threads of abundance on the topic of ich.

Why would you raise the temperature? no temp changes are needed.

Search for a thread on this page or the 2nd page because I know there's been abut 8 in the last few weeks..... bottom line, remove fish from main tank into quarantine tank, put QT tank at hyposalinity (read up on this before doing so) and leave the main tank fallow (fishless) for 6-8 weeks. This allows the ich parasite to go through life cycle and die off due to there being no hosts in the tank.

I strongly agree... I had that same problem when I first started i lost a blue tang... just take your fish out set up your qt tank in a place where you can easily get used to it because its going to be their home for the next 8 weeks. Dont raise the temp you might kill your invertebrates and besides, its not needed just let your display tank sit there for that time, the ick cycle will be done when you put them back in the display.

 

[blinxxpunk182]

soak some of the fish food in garlic juice and then give it to them it should go away in about a couple days to a week

theres a garlic supplement you can buy at your LFS as well.

 

[valentine]

i have a fish only tank, no corals, invertebrates, snails, etc. could i treat my main tank for ich and get rid of it all in one go? just wondering..

 

[Reefscape]

To Valentine...Yes, you could run hypo-salinity on your display tank as its fish only...

A general guide to Hyposalinity

 

[blinxxpunk182]

im not sure if youve heard of this yet or if anyone has mentioned it and ive missed it, but there is a product called clout that worked decent for me. some treatments even suggest using cloout for more extreme cases of ich.

http://www.americanaquariumproducts.com/images/graphics/clouttab.gif

 

[Slappy*McFish]

Running a micron/diatom filter, and cleaning it frequently, will also help in removing some of the free-swimming parasites from your water. It isn't a cure by itself by any means, just a supplemental part of your treatment process.