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[joshdav]

hi everyone happy holidays..im back now with a bigger tank i have a 55 gallon tank...with uv protein skimmer and a minireef...i have some corals on my tank inverts and a domino fish 3 small gobies,damisel,a small queen fish and a clown..just now i notice the domino fish had some white spots and one of the gobies...i dont have another tank so i cant get the fish out for quarentin and i cant hiposalinaty my tank cause im affraid it can kill my inverts any good medicine reef and invert safe that can cure from ick without killing the rest of my stuff in the tank????once again thanks....

 

[ocellaris_keeper]

Soak your fishes food in Crushed Garlic - this might help you get through your dillemma and garlic will not harm your corals.
Here's why it may work:
Allicin, or Diallyl thiosulfinate, is the primary active ingredient in garlic. Allicin is naturally produced when garlic is damaged or crushed as the all around defense of the garlic plant to invading organisms. It is an effective antibiotic (kills bacteria and parasitic protozoa as well as possessing considerable anti-fungal properties) with an application of use as good as penicillin's, only not as potent.
Allicin has a great ability to penetrate living tissue (which is why it's hard to get the smell off your skin after touching it). This ability makes it extremely effective at getting to, and into, the invading parasite and making use of its antibiotic properties. Allicin has also been shown to suppress the damage inflicted by the Trophonts.