Rid Ich +

[gjohnnyp]

My cow fish got ich and I put him in a hypo tank with Rid ich +. He now has cloudy eyes and he appears to be peeling (like dry skin) have an of you guys ever used this product, and iff so how were your outcomes?

 

[fishtanker]

no need to use rid ick in hypo...the hypo will cure the ick in 28days as long at the salinity is under 13ppt.
rid ick doens't work anyway

 

[jimmy g]

I made the mistake of useing rid ich in my DT when i first started b/c the LFS told me it was reef safe....luckaly after my inverts started dieing i did a 100% water change and had no corals die. I wouldnt recommend rid ich +.

 

[orangespot]

I am using kick-ich.. Ich seems to be improving and inverts still moving around. I don't know if it is the product or if my new arrivals are now acclimated and happy.

 

[robchuck]

Rid Ich was never effective in my single experience using the product. It was only good for turning the silicone in my QT a dark shade of blue.
Hyposalinity treatment where the SG has been lowered to 1.009 and the sick fish QT'd for at least 28 days in the best and safest method to get rid of ich. Cupramine (copper) treatment has also been effective for me, but I no longer use it because of the stress it causes the fish and plus I now have a refractometer (so I can be 100% certain that the SG in the QT remains at 1.009 during the treatment period).
Check in with the Disease and Treatment forum on the cloudy eyes and peeling. It seems like there is more going on than ich and an antibiotic might be in order.

 

[gjohnnyp]

thanks guys... but he died. LFS said that medicine wasnt good for delicate fish. He told me to start using Cupramine.