My fish have ich.

jenni1979

jenni1979

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My fish have ich and I am using garlic in their food. Should I use an antibiotic? Here is some info on my tank for you to go by. It has some soft corals and mushrooms. I have a snails, hermits, coral beauty, tang, royal gramma, and a starfish in my 55 gal tank. I quaranteened the fish before I added them to my main tank for a little over a month, but as soon as I added them to my main tank, within a few days they all got ich. It doesn't seem to be too bad yet. I can't really see any on the yellow tang, but I know he has them because he is scraping his body on the rocks. The coral beauty has some on the top of its body near the head, and since yesterday the royal gramma maybe has five or six on the top of its head. I think the garlic is helping some. I have used it only two days now. Well, let me know if I should use an antibiotic. I have Maracyn. I have read somewhere that Maracyn 2 works.
 
1journeyman

1journeyman

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Have you posted in the disease forum yet?
I'd be VERY careful about ANY treatment in your main tank.
Medicines tend to be very broad in what they kill, Ie: bad and good bacteria, etc. also, medicines can linger for a long time in the water.
Good luck,
John
 
jenni1979

jenni1979

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Ooops, I didn't realize there was a disease forum. It must be new:confused: Anyway, I tried to copy and paste but it is not working and I really don't want to retype the whole thing. Is there an admin who can move it for me?
 
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