A Ich spot and shark tank?

[brilef]

I have signs of Ich on my Blue hippo in a FOWLR tank. I was thinking of using Kick- Ick due to the fact that I have a Bamboo shark in there. Did anyone ever use this w a shark? Any affects? I have alot of live rock and it is hard to catch any fish to put in a quar. tank. I'm afraid that if I have to rip all the rock out I'll stess everthing out. Any suggestions?

 

[beth]

Well, you can try it, but that product is not very effective. How bad is the ich?

 

[brilef]

It is fairly mild right now just worried about spreading to square pink anthias, blue face angel, ( both new), yellow tang. I may just lower to 1.016 and add some garlic and supplements to food. Any suggestions?

 

[beth]

Sharks can not tolerate hypo-saline conditions and unless you lower the salinity to the target of 1.009, it would not be effective anyway.
The only solution I see is to QT all the fish except shark, then do hyposalinity. You can try heavy garlic feedings with fresh garlic, but be prepared to deal with full blown ich.