Originally posted by Joe Carey
For the past few days, I have seen spots on the fins of my fish that resemble Ich. I mostly notice them at night. The next morning they are usually completely gone or barely noticeable. I have a QT ready, but don't really want to transfer all the fish to treat them until I'm sure of what they have. My display tank is a 150 gallon tank w/LR. The QT tank is a 30 gallon. I have a few Camelback Shrimp, an Emerald Crab, various snails, a Feather Duster and a Bubble Tip Anemone. My fish are a Yellow Tang, 2 False Percula Clowns, a Royal Gramma, Firefish Goby and a Flame Angel. I had thought about trying one of those reef safe ich treatments, but from what I have already read on this forum, they are useless. Any help on what this could be would be greatly appreciated!
I don't know why they say that they are useless. I have used Kick Ich three times when I placed new fish into a tank or quarenteen in the last two years and it has worked every time. In order for it to work one must use it for at least a month after the last spot is seen or it will come back. Use the every other day dosing or better yet a half a dose every day (this worked well for me) the every third dosing did not work for me. You also need to remove the skimmer and any carbon type filter media for it to work. I also did a 20 to 25 percent water change weekly during treatment to keep the water quality high without a skimmer. I have not lost a fish to ich or any crab, snail or shrimp or coral with treatment. So, I say try the Kick Ich first, and if it does not work you can do the work of hypo. The main downside to the Kick is that it costs a lot to dose over a long period. I used it for about five weeks the last time because sometimes the ich is stubborn and a spot or two will pop up during the first week or two during treatment. Like I said, I believe it works well if you use it for a month past the last spot is seen. Lesley
