m0nk
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Originally Posted by RCreations
http:///forum/post/2542098
Sometimes I think the garlic treatment is the best for ich. In my main reef tank, once in a while I will see some white specks on a fish. I don't know if it's ich or not, I can't say for sure. But I give them garlic laced foods and the white specks go away and the fish seem happy, haven't had any die. Maybe my cleaner shrimp helps too as I see it cleaning fish all the time. Also, this is just my opinion but I don't think it's bad to expose fish to ich once in a while. Meaning a tank that has ich in it, the fish just fight it. It builds up their immune system. It's like if a human lives in a plastic bubble. As soon as he goes out, there's an excellent chance he'll chatch a flu or cold because the immune system is down. Same with fish. If I were in your place, I'd just feed frozen foods laced in fresh garlic for a while.
I was thinking the same thing about their immune system. After doing hypo so many times I've realized how much that stresses their immune systems and in my first run of it my hippo got HLLE. I'm probably going to go back and forth on the thought, but for now, my instinct is to stop doing hypo and just build up their immune systems. I've already lost a ton of fish (a few died from the stress of hypo), so at this point, it can't be worse than things have already been. Plus, I'm just sick of spending the time doing the hypo process, the 48 hour lowering and the 5-day raise in salinity is a pain.
http:///forum/post/2542098
Sometimes I think the garlic treatment is the best for ich. In my main reef tank, once in a while I will see some white specks on a fish. I don't know if it's ich or not, I can't say for sure. But I give them garlic laced foods and the white specks go away and the fish seem happy, haven't had any die. Maybe my cleaner shrimp helps too as I see it cleaning fish all the time. Also, this is just my opinion but I don't think it's bad to expose fish to ich once in a while. Meaning a tank that has ich in it, the fish just fight it. It builds up their immune system. It's like if a human lives in a plastic bubble. As soon as he goes out, there's an excellent chance he'll chatch a flu or cold because the immune system is down. Same with fish. If I were in your place, I'd just feed frozen foods laced in fresh garlic for a while.
I was thinking the same thing about their immune system. After doing hypo so many times I've realized how much that stresses their immune systems and in my first run of it my hippo got HLLE. I'm probably going to go back and forth on the thought, but for now, my instinct is to stop doing hypo and just build up their immune systems. I've already lost a ton of fish (a few died from the stress of hypo), so at this point, it can't be worse than things have already been. Plus, I'm just sick of spending the time doing the hypo process, the 48 hour lowering and the 5-day raise in salinity is a pain.
