Ich!!!!!!

TopherNAlaska

New Member
Help! Ich on my regal blue tang! I have the tang 2 Clowns a goby a green crab and a shrimp, with live rock, no corals or anemones. What should I do to eradicate?! I also don't have another tank to separate anything.... Pleas help, I've heard garlic on food but that doesn't solve the issue.. Copper in tank? Will it kill the live rock.
 

beth

Administrator
Staff member
You are going to need another holding area to get rid of the ich, but not a tank. You can use square rubbermaid containers from home depot/lowes/walmart as temp. containers to hold your live rock and any inverts you have, then treat your fish with hyposalinity in tank. Set up the live rock container with a simple powerhead (and heater if your house temps are too cool). Feed the live rock and inverts with a bit of fish food every other day. I'm going to link the hyposalinity procedure. However, if you plan to have fish, then you will continue to have issues such as this one until you start to appropriately quarantining your fish.

https://forums.saltwaterfish.com/c/index.php/articles/content/100
 

Coral

New Member
Hi there,
If one of your fish has visible ick, then your aquarium is already infested with ick, which means removing the fish will not remove the ick from your aquarium. My preferred method for ridding ick is a product called Ick Attack by Kordon. It is herbal and gentle on the fish and can be used safely with plants, inverts etc. It is brownish in color and may temporarily stain corals. Along with the Ick Attack turn your heat up as much as you can safely go with your occupants. Kordon Ick Attack takes a little time to work, its not overnight, patience required. You can use it twice a day when you've got the swarmers.

With that do a 25% water change with vacume every day.
I would use Prime by Seachem, two drops per gallon daily, and with your water changes at two drops per gallon, for every day that you either do not test your water or that your parameters read over zero ammonia or nitrite. Prime will detox your water and protect your fish. Ick tends to be a sign that water parameters are not safe so do be testing your water. A product like Stability by Seachem has positive microbes that can keep your cycle and water healthier.

You can separate and treat a fish still, if it seems it needs it and that will likely work faster than having the fish in the aquarium, but you will still need to treat your tank. I have never had an ick outbreak that I couldn't cure with Kordon Ick Attack. Be watchful for icks cousin though, Velvet, which is much more stubborn and requires immediate attention.

Good luck!
 

beth

Administrator
Staff member
Have you had absolute success with that product? Generally at best its percentage of cure is not up there.
 

Coral

New Member
Yes I have had nothing but success with Kordon Ick Attack. That is why I really recommend it, but I don't like to say "because I had success that means you definitely will" I think a lot folks make that mistake. It depends on the severity of the infestation and the overall health of the fish otherwise, and water parameters so many things.

On a funny note, look at our Avatars Beth lol, yours is a shark and I'm little Nemo. LOL
 

beth

Administrator
Staff member
I supposed to really confirm the effectiveness you will need to stress out your fish to see if ich re-emerges....Mods on this forum used to have "Shark" as a title so to speak, so back in the day we all took on sharkish avatars. I got attached to mine using it so many yrs.
 
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