ick problem

[welshons]

i have ick in my salt water tank and everybody is dying. is there anything else beside copper you can use to get rid of it?

 

[Mainstreat]

this may help

Kick ick, no copper invert safe.
Raise temp to 80 to speed up incubation cycle
lower salinity
feed garlic supplement to help raise fishes immune system.
more here..... http://www.isaacsaquatica.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=28

 

[aresgod]

raising temp and garlic really haven't been proved to do much. take every fish out of the main tank and put in a QT, treat with copper and hypo, leave main tank empty for alteast 6 weeks.

 

[Mainstreat]

raising temp and garlic really haven't been proved to do much. take every fish out of the main tank and put in a QT, treat with copper and hypo, leave main tank empty for alteast 6 weeks.

Worked for me

 

[aresgod]

it may have it may not have...what proof do you have? there is no conclusive evidence out there to support the claims made by some aquarists.

 

[aresgod]

it may have it may not have...what proof do you have? there is no conclusive evidence out there to support the claims made by some aquarists.

 

[Mainstreat]

calm down. You gave good advice. Im just giving some opptions. not everyone has a QT available. and all I can say is that raising the temp and feeding garlic actually did work for me. It may not work all The time.*PEACE!*

 

[welshons]

ick

what about crab shrimp annomieswill they go back in the tank if i put copper?

 

[aresgod]

no./....DO NOT TREAT THE MAIN TANK. SET UP A QT.

 

[wayne]

Copper and hyposalinity are the only demonstrated cures. Garlic did not work for me, nor has it been demonstrated to.
Metronidazole is less than 50% effective.
Freshwater dips are ineffective - the parasite survives longer than the fish. And cleaner crabs, wrasse, only eat the visible scabs left by the parasite not the offender itself.

Personally I like to run copper in a very simple QT style tank - see the qt sticky at the top of the page.

 

[welshons]

so take out the fish only and treat them ? what about the crabs and enimieswill they be ok?

 

[aresgod]

yes...they wont get ick, not sure if they will be "ok"

 

[wayne]

They will be ok. Ich is a parasitic fish diesease. You are more likely to get it than them. Read impossible