Best bet to stop ick?

fantomkoala

fantomkoala

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Hi all.
I recently moved 400 miles and brought my 55g tank with me. Its been about 3 weeks since I made the move, and until today everything has been great. unfrotunately I just noticed my long nosed butterfly and one of my deep sea chromis covered in ick. I'm setting up a hospital tank tomorrow, and wanted to get some input on what to do. I have tons of invertabrates and a few soft corals in the main tank, so I can't do any treatment in there.
Should I remove all my fish from my tank and allow all the ick in the tank to die off? or should I just remove the butterfly and chromis?
Also, should I opt for lowering the salinity or use medication? Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
 
kev

kev

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The best route to treat ich would have to be hypo... Remove the butterfly and the cromis and place them into your hospital tank, start hypo on them ASAP, I would leave the other fish in the main tank unless they too come down with the ich. :D
 
whipple

whipple

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i would QT all your fish, if not your other fish will still host the ick, i would leave the show tank without a host for atleast three weeks ohh yeah use they hypo in the QT
 
fantomkoala

fantomkoala

Member
Thanks for the input. I was pretty sure i had to get them all out to make sure the ick in the main tank dies off. How long of a life span does ick have? Also, how fast should I drop the salinity?
Thanks again for all the help.
 
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