no other way to treat???????

[zap800]

ok i have a occelaris (spelling) and it looks like ich on her. i was woundering is there any other way to treat my fish then to take them all out and place him in a ht. i have 2 occelaris, 1 pj cardinal, 1 pygmi angel, and a bicolor cromi. i dont have any other containers or another tank i can use right now. i could get a 10 gal from wal mart tomarrow, but i dont think it will be big enough for all of them at the same time. if i qt the i perc and treat it wont tret the other fish or the tank. so this is my quandry. are there any treatments out there that i can use in my reef tank?

 

[elfdoctors]

There are some medications out there which purport to treat ich and which are reef-safe. Their performance is very spotty. You might consider trying these. Some fish can also develop a limited immunity against ich which probably explains some of the "successes".
You should purchase that tank anyway. A QT is really a necessity in this hobby.

 

[zap800]

you wouldnt know what they are? i will order it tonight from the internet.

 

[zap800]

ok i have done some research and the best stuff i have found to buy tomarrow is RX-P. has anyone used this product? the manufacturer says its reef safe and wont harm inverts.

 

[zap800]

by the way here is a pic of my clown. she is on the right of the pic. look at her fins.

 

[zap800]

bump for anyone that has used rx-p. and has anyone had anyluck with it?

 

[beth]

Reef safe medications are not very successful. But if you don't have a QT, then I guess that is better than doing nothing. What do you have in your tank?

 

[zap800]

i have 30 hermits, 10 asorted snails, an emerald, green star polyps, orange zoos, 1 bicolor cromi, 2 clowns, 1 pygmi angel, 1 pj cardinal, and about 70 lbs of live rock. i know im forgetting something lol.

 

[beth]

Well, your best bet is to set up a QT to threat this fish, and then never introduce a new fish to your display that has not first passed the "healthy" test in the QT for a month.

 

[zap800]

as i have been treating my tank it is not looking like my clown has ich. what do you guys think? thay have a discoloration on the top of thier heads. also my female has lost some of her dorsal fin.