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how can I get rid of ICH!!!

RichT

RichT

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You need to first make sure it's ich and not marine velvet.

If mom "O" six kids suggestion doesnt work, you'll need to remove the fish to QT, treat them with copper, and fallow (no fish) the tank for (I believe) 6 weeks.
 
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pgordemer

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adesimone1 said:
Raise the temp in the tank a little bit
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That works well for Freshwater tanks, since you generally keep a lower temperature, and the large temp change does slow it down. But at the already higher temps of Saltwater tanks, it doesn't help much unless you are going to go very high (above 85), and then you corals are really not going to like that.
 
adesimone1

adesimone1

pgordemer said:
adesimone1 said:
Raise the temp in the tank a little bit
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That works well for Freshwater tanks, since you generally keep a lower temperature, and the large temp change does slow it down. But at the already higher temps of Saltwater tanks, it doesn't help much unless you are going to go very high (above 85), and then you corals are really not going to like that.
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I think if you keep the tank at 79 and you jump the temp up to 83-84 it is enough of a temp hike to help slow down ich. I believe 100% in Garlic my guys get it at every feeding. I also think I heard that if you cut down your lighting time that helps with ich also, it is more active when the lights are on.
 
panmanmatt

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Garlic does no good unless you feed it daily. The amount it takes for the cysts to fall off can not be given in a short time. It is more of a preventative measure than a treatment. Of course it won't hurt to feed it in conjuction with a copper or hyposalinity treatment. Any and all treatments should be conducted in a separate tank not in the display tank.
 
RichT

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DO NOT ADD COPPER TO ANY TANK THAT CONTAINS CORALS OR LIVE ROCK THAT MAY BE USED IN A REEF AT A LATER DATE.
 
panmanmatt

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Good point,Rich. You should never have any corals or live rock in any treatment tank for fish. Most, actually all, meds are toxic to your bio filter and and most corals. It will kill your LR leading to water quality issues which you don't want in a treatment tank.
 
malulu

malulu

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Garlic works for me the past few times (i did heard some said - it is not 100%), but worth to try it first.
soak your fish food with Garlic then feed them for a week or two...
good luck.
 
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ReeferNets

All fish have ich in them but you can boost their immune system with selcon or garlic extreme so that they can fight it off on their own.

Adding copper to your tank as they said has lasting affects.
 
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ToUcHoFeLeGaNcE

i have found great suscess with galic myself also, i would only feed fish twice a week TOTAL so almost making them fend for themselves seemed to work for me 90% of the time.

I fed the fish 2 times a week both times with galic extreme and added a drop of the Garlic extreme everother day to the sump water to get them smelling it to drive them to seach for the food. Good luck.

Touch.
 
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harryk

I would treat the fish in a QT with either Hyposalinity or Copper. Those are the only two scientifically proven methods known to cure Ich. Garlic is a good therapeutic but there is no conclusive scientific proof that it works, but it doesn't hurt to offer it to your fish to help boost their immunity. Also I do not believe that all fish have Ich, I don't think this is an accurate statement. Ich is a parasite that attaches to the outside of a fish and maybe his gills but it has to fall off to reproduce. You can have an Ich free system if you are careful and take precautions. And finally you will need to keep your tank fallow (fishless) for a minimum of 6 weeks but as long as 3 months.

Good luck
Harry
 
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ReeferNets

EDIT:
I dont mean all fish have the disease on the outside but they mostly all have it as a host.

It will lay dormat with proper nutrition and care and can even die off.

Clownfish all have brookneyla (sp) as a host carrier but with proper care and QT it can often never show up.
 
malulu

malulu

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forgot to mention, when feed along with Garlic, the water may be smell a bit... so i did more frequent water changes to even it out (twice a week) normally i do one each week or sometime one every two weeks)
 
Hawkeye

Hawkeye

playazballin21 said:
HI!
I need help on getting rid of Ich on my fish!
one of my fish died the other day because of it.
Please help me out
Thanks!
Manny
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What fish are currently in the tank?
What are the tank parameters?
What size is your tank?

All of the tips in this thread are great but honestly if you happen to have 10 tangs in a 10 gallon - the problem may not be easily overcome. I'm exaggerating but you need to provide more info.

There are two issues as I see it.

First - how do you react/respond to the current situation. I believe if you read this thread there is quite a few good ideas.

Second - how do you prevent this from happening? I think for Saltwater hobbyists - it really cannot be stressed enough the importance that prevention has. It does not cost a lot to set up a Quarantine tank, but the payback is enormous. Truthfully I think many a hobbyist that "quit" never tried a QT and gave up after seeing their fish go to the big pond in the sky.

Let us know more info and hopefully things can get turned around!
 
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playazballin21

I have a 30" zebra eel, 5" angel fish, 7" foxface, 5" neon damsel fish, 4" huma huma, 4" powder brown tang 3" arch eye hawkfish

I havent done any parameter testing yet :-\

I have a 150 gallon fish tank

I have had the tank and the fish for about 2 months, the eel, angel, damsel, huma huma, and the hawkfish came with the tank. He told me he had them for about one year.

the king angel fish has the ich, and the powder brown tang had them but went away yesterday :)

let me know
 
AngelPete

AngelPete

If you dont have have a QT big enough for all those fish then youre going to have to hypo the DT or treat with copper( just make sure to remove the LR and any inverts) ....and if you go the copper route you know this will have always have to be a fowlr tank. Just dont wait too long to take action or your wll begin to start losing fish soon. I would also add garlic to the food. If you only treat the fish in a QT the ich will still be in the DT and they'll likely get it again in the future. I know many people refuse to treat the DT but thats becuase they have a reef tank. In a fowlr its much easier to just treat the DT and get rid of the ich all at once.
 
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