Please Help!! ICH!!

[fishkiller]

Just found it on my coral beauty and my purple psuedo is scratching. I need advice NOW! PLEASE help me out and tell me what the best thing to do is to fix this problem. I checked the water, everything is fine, but calcium was a LITTLE high(480). The lives of my fish depend on it! thanx!

 

[aarone]

quarantine right away. I would reommend hypo salinity (slowly get the salinity down to around 12 - 14 ppt it should kill the ICH. Make sure you do this over time! no need to kill your fish when they an be saved. HTH and good luck

 

[nm reef]

The best advice I could give anybody with a problem with ick is to go over to the disease/treatment forum and seek/follow the advice of the folks over there. They are known to be extremely knowledgeable about these matters. Belive me when I say the folks over there come highly qualified to give advice on matters of fish disease treatment and prevention. Best of luck....
I will re-direct this thread over there and I hope you are able to save your affected fish.

 

[beth]

Do the fish have ich? What are the symptoms besides scratching? How long have you had these fish? Added any new fish lately to the tank?
More info needed.

 

[shep]

CLEANER SHRIMP...
Haven't had any problems since I started keeping them. They earn thier keep and eat out of the hand.

 

[beth]

Do you see ich? You just say that the fish are scratching. How long have you had these fish? What do you see on the fish, just the scratching?

 

[fishkiller]

the coral beauty is the only one w/ the visible signs. I added the purple psuedo a few weeks ago, and everybody SEEMS to be getting along fine. No fighting at all. Before the new addition (psuedochromas), i had the coral beauty and my yellow watchman, abd that's all for fish. The CB is not really scratching, I just see it all over him. And this came on fast too, almost overnight. I've been thinking of taking all the fish to a QT at the lfs, seeing that I do not have one. What do yall think about a freshwater dip? I know it is a short fix usually, but while I am getting to the source of the problem, I want my fishies to live. I was thinking about the cleaner shrimp idea, I have seen them do crazy stuff to ich. I still need more info on them before I go buying them. Thanx everybody! Keep it coming. I really hate living up to my name!

 

[beth]

Originally posted by fishkiller
The CB is not really scratching, I just see it all over him.
What do you see? Ich?

 

[fishkiller]

yep.

 

[beth]

Well, if your LFS will treat the fish for you, lucky you! Do they charge for that?
However, I don't have to tell you that if you plan to keep fish, you really need to get your own QT up an running.

 

[fishkiller]

I'm friends w/ the lfs guys here so they won't charge me, hopefully. I know, I need a QT.. Which brings up another question: Can I have a nano reef for a QT? I can't see why not.... And I mean NANO, like a couple gallons. What do you think? Thanx!