Natural Ich Killer

[healerhand]

Hey Gang,
As my new tank is being cycle. My yellow tang is starting to have some ich in his or her fins and body. The questions i have are as follow:
1. Should i use chemical to treat the ich (ie kick ich)
2. Should i use a more natural form. i.e. clearner shirmp or clearn wrass.
Any comments?

 

[mr . salty]

If the tank is cycling a shrimp will not live. A wrasse will also not survive.And you shouldn't add any meds during the cycle. So your left with one of two possabilities,#1-ride it out and hope he shakes it himself,or#2,use a hospital and treat with copper. I would go with the later as the fish is stressed by the cycle and probably won't be able to cure itself. TOUGH CALL.

 

[healerhand]

WOW,
great replies. Let me clarify some points. My tank is or was in the end portion of the cycling process. I had demsals for the initial batch. I retest everything before i got a tang. Yesterday, i got two clearner shrimp and hopefully it will help. I talked to my local fish shop and they recommended Greenex. I used it last night and this morning the ich are gone... dont ask me why. I cant use copper because i have live rocks and sand. The local shop said copper would kill the live rocks and sand.......
David