john harlan
Member
help i just can not get rid of this ick i have tried copper power when they just had 1 or 2 spots on them and have also tried rid ick i just added that today.
cant get rid of ick!!!
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silencio530
Member
i think i have ick in my 90 g
although i see my sailfin with spots once in a while i think if your tank is healthy ur fish can fight it off ..
dont get me wrong but even if my fishes are healthy there is still ich in there its something i have to live with
i think im just waiting for the wrong moment ,,,,6 months into it and it hasnt killed any fishes i just think it also depends on how big of a tank we have just sharing some information on ich
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all u need to do is hyposalinity ur icked fish in a seperate tank lower the salt level within 48 hours or more to 1.009 i think it is ...
although i see my sailfin with spots once in a while i think if your tank is healthy ur fish can fight it off ..
dont get me wrong but even if my fishes are healthy there is still ich in there its something i have to live with
i think im just waiting for the wrong moment ,,,,6 months into it and it hasnt killed any fishes i just think it also depends on how big of a tank we have just sharing some information on ich
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all u need to do is hyposalinity ur icked fish in a seperate tank lower the salt level within 48 hours or more to 1.009 i think it is ...
silencio530
Member
https://forums.saltwaterfish.com/t/127007/faqs-fish-diseases-treatments-quarantine-health-info
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usirchchris
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Originally Posted by john harlan
http:///forum/post/3019655
help i just can not get rid of this ick i have tried copper power when they just had 1 or 2 spots on them and have also tried rid ick i just added that today.
Hmm, never heard of copper power, and am guessing you will find the rid ick useless. What exactly is copper power? Are you treating the fish in your display tank or a quarantine? Did you test the copper to assure the correct levels? If you treated them in your display and went by the manufacturers recommended dosage without testing the levels, it most likely was all absorbed, rendering it ineffective. I would suggest a cycled qt tank, Cupramine (a non-chelated copper that is safer than chelated coppers), and a good copper test kit (make sure it fits the copper-chelated or non) used daily to assure the correct level is reached and maintained. Good Luck
http:///forum/post/3019655
help i just can not get rid of this ick i have tried copper power when they just had 1 or 2 spots on them and have also tried rid ick i just added that today.
Hmm, never heard of copper power, and am guessing you will find the rid ick useless. What exactly is copper power? Are you treating the fish in your display tank or a quarantine? Did you test the copper to assure the correct levels? If you treated them in your display and went by the manufacturers recommended dosage without testing the levels, it most likely was all absorbed, rendering it ineffective. I would suggest a cycled qt tank, Cupramine (a non-chelated copper that is safer than chelated coppers), and a good copper test kit (make sure it fits the copper-chelated or non) used daily to assure the correct level is reached and maintained. Good Luck
john harlan
Member
the rid ick didn't do any thing and his looking worst than before the last time i had ick i used copper power and the ick was gone in 3 days but its been about a week and now my clown and orange shoulder tangs have ick.
coastie81
Member
move fish to quaranteen tank, If you have one set up already. hypo the tank and let the display tank sit empty of live stock for 6 weeks and the ick will die off. if no q/t then that is out of the question. you do not want to hypo a display with liv rock still in it. Or you can take all the rock out and store it in a tub with water,powerheads and a heater for 6 weeks till the tank is good to go. Just my .02.
SEP or BETH should be the best for info on ick.
SEP or BETH should be the best for info on ick.
john rambo
Member
There are countless threads/stickies on this that tell how to easily remove ich without the use of medication. Just do a search.
john harlan
Member
well the ick is completely gone now i think it was a mix of the two medications sorry for the spelling
srfisher17
Active Member
I'd read up on ich; IMO, a good understanding of this parasite is vital for any hobbiest. Knowing the ich life cycle will also make the treatment options make more sense. There are always new remedies on the market; but so far, I don't have any faith in any of them. There is no easy way and (IMO & IME) only copper ,(I like Cupramine, like Kostanza suggests) or hypo (not that there's anything wrong with it
) really work. Here's some reading on ich:https://forums.saltwaterfish.com/t/127007/faqs-fish-diseases-treatments-quarantine-health-info