Lost a clown to Ich.. what to do

[AlexJ]

I had a bad case of Ich on my large lion fish--the tang and squirrel eye in the same tank showed no signs. The lion had heavy hazing on his eyes--almost opaque--and lots of ich--I used 'Copper Power' (is just a fish tank) and within 4 days all signs of ich were gone and his eyes have cleared right up. He is eating well. I never live feed, but as he was getting a bit listlesss I did try feeder goldfish--- I have since been warned that feeder fish can often be the catalyst for ich--don't have any proof of that--was just advised to stick to frozen food. If you decide to medicate in the quarantine tank I would advise water changes in the main tank with as high salidity safe for the live rock and invertibrates to hopefully remove the ich parasite.

 

[ChrisB]

it kills ick because ick needs a host. If it doesnt have a host it dies. If it gets in the quarintine and the q tank has no good hiding places it cant multiply and it dies. It goes through like a two week life cycle. But keep them in there (ick free) for about 4 weeks.

 

[ChrisB]

Dont treat with meds. Copper is almost impossible to clean and also on fish so if you transfer them back to the 40 gallon your inverts have a chance of death. Any other i dont know about so YOYO there. ALWAYS STUDY ON WHAT YOU ADD!