emergency please answer quickly!

[mr.clownfish]

i have huge carpet anemone and i got new clownfish today. they seem to have ick so i used KICK-ICH about an hour later there is black smoke coming out of its mouth... is it dieing?

 

[jackri]

They poo through the same hole they ingest stuff so it might just be that. How does it look overall besides the smoke looking stuff?
IMO Kick-Ich is nothing but snake oil.

 

[mr.clownfish]

snake oil?
the anemone looks like it usually does..

 

[t316]

Originally Posted by Mr.clownfish
http:///forum/post/3247449
snake oil?
the anemone looks like it usually does..
snake oil...."a crock of crap". It may help temporarily, but is not going to rid your tank of ick.

 

[mr.clownfish]

ooh.. how can i permanently get rid of it?

 

[jackri]

Read Beth's thread on ich (might be on a sticky at the top but too lazy to look). I think it's under the disease section but very lenghty and informative. A short answer doesn't quite cut it like that thread does.

 

[mr.clownfish]

thank you

 

[mr.clownfish]

ok so i wanna do hyposalinity but i have lots of inverts including a huge carpet anemone.
should i use a critter box with an air line? i will use copper instead of hypo salinity.

 

[kpclown]

Copper is extrememly lethal to most inverts.