treating food w/ copper for ich?

[barryi]

Our 2 dartfish have ich. They're rubbing agains the sand bottom. We have a 55 g tank w/ fish, inverts and corals. It's going to be next to impossible to catch the fish and remove them to a q tank. Is it possbile to treat the food they eat w/ seacure instead of treating the tank? Should we destroy the lr set up? Thanks for any suggestions. Barryi

 

[beth]

No, don't feed the fish copper, copper is toxic. Don't dose your reef tank.
Set up a hospital tank and treat using hyposalinity. Yes, you're going to have to distrupt your reef tank, but nothing will die if you just take the time time to do it right.
Take a look at the FAQ section on this forum.