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mavgi
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Originally Posted by shista
my clown tang has ick how can i cure it?? i am not doing hiposalinity. i have quick cure. what should i do??? if i buy kick ick can i add it in the main tank??? should i do a freshwater dip?? if so how?
kick ich will not help , why you can't make hypo this is the best way to help to the fish.
my clown tang has ick how can i cure it?? i am not doing hiposalinity. i have quick cure. what should i do??? if i buy kick ick can i add it in the main tank??? should i do a freshwater dip?? if so how?
kick ich will not help , why you can't make hypo this is the best way to help to the fish.
tjake68
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freshwaterdip is just going to relieeve the fish once its back in tank it will come back the best thing u can do is hyposalinity get ich out of your tank you can or its going to come back my experiance with tangs and ich is its very hard to keep them healthy withiut getting the ich out of tank if u cant do that try kordens prevent ich its 100 organic its either calledrid ich or prevevnt they changed the label get the one thats reef safe i used it i double dosed what it says used it for 2 weeks keep temp at 80-81 make sure u have pleny of circulation with high temp for oxygen use it 4 days after ich dissapears do water change then add 1 dose a week it is the only med i found to work alot of meds are lies maybe it will work for u it did for me and another friend i dont gaurentee it your best bet 100 hypo or take out all fish for 4 weeks ich will have no fish to attach to and die its not always possible i have a 10 gallon hosp tank i use copper i bput fish back witout treating tank ich comes back iused med turn up temp keep lights off as much as possible feed once a day relieve all stress if u can u stand a 80 % chance good luck i hate ich it sucks
scubadoo
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Kick Ich as well as other so-called reef -safe products do not work. It is a waste of time. money and is counter-productive. They use buzz words such as reef-safe, organic, all natural, etc. They rpovide no evidence of working and many do not even bother lsiting the ingredients. Most of these products are nothing more than a slime coat additive in colored water. They can damage your water quality and actually harm inverts.
The only proven additive effective against ich is copper which will also kill all inverts. . THese so-called reef safe products claim to be effective against ich and will not harm all the other inverts. How can this be...one invert is killed and all others spared? it defies logic based on known science today.
Remove all the fish and treat with hypo. Copper can cause internal damage to fish as well as other problems short and long-term. Copper is like chemotherapy for fish.
Since you asked, the appropriate way to perform a freshwater dip is to match the system ph and temp. Leave the animal in there for several minutes and monitor for signs of stress.
Performing a freshwater dip then placing the animal back in the diseased tank will do little in combatting the disease.
The only proven additive effective against ich is copper which will also kill all inverts. . THese so-called reef safe products claim to be effective against ich and will not harm all the other inverts. How can this be...one invert is killed and all others spared? it defies logic based on known science today.
Remove all the fish and treat with hypo. Copper can cause internal damage to fish as well as other problems short and long-term. Copper is like chemotherapy for fish.
Since you asked, the appropriate way to perform a freshwater dip is to match the system ph and temp. Leave the animal in there for several minutes and monitor for signs of stress.
Performing a freshwater dip then placing the animal back in the diseased tank will do little in combatting the disease.
scubadoo
Active Member
I forgot to mentioin that many of the manufacturers that produce these so-called reef safe products also produce copper based products. If the reefsafe products work why would there be a need for the copper based?
For those that feel these reef-safe products work simply contact the manufacturer and ask them for the ingredient(s) contained in the voodoo mixture that is effective agianst the parasites. Also, ask them to send you their studies where they have actually proved their claim. If they put in on the bottle they should have the documentation to support their claim.
of course, they will most likely tell you it is a secret...like Bush's Baked Beans...only the dog knows and he's not talking.
For those that feel these reef-safe products work simply contact the manufacturer and ask them for the ingredient(s) contained in the voodoo mixture that is effective agianst the parasites. Also, ask them to send you their studies where they have actually proved their claim. If they put in on the bottle they should have the documentation to support their claim.
of course, they will most likely tell you it is a secret...like Bush's Baked Beans...only the dog knows and he's not talking.