Ich treatment

[Damarferg]

I am wondering when I buy a fish can I treat the fish with ick medication before I put fish into my reef tank. Just to make sure there will be no prob with iCk

 

[TheTodd]

Ideally you observe the fish for a few weeks in a QT and treat if it comes down with anything. There are things other than Ich out there. Treating a fish for something it does not have adds stress. I've heard of people running QT at Hyposalinity levels, but that does not help with something like marine velvet. Copper gets a lot, but it is essentially a poison, so you could be stressing out your new fish for no reason with that.

 

[Damarferg]

Ideally you observe the fish for a few weeks in a QT and treat if it comes down with anything. There are things other than Ich out there. Treating a fish for something it does not have adds stress. I've heard of people running QT at Hyposalinity levels, but that does not help with something like marine velvet. Copper gets a lot, but it is essentially a poison, so you could be stressing out your new fish for no reason with that.

Ok thanks

 

[melosu58]

Read these

An Ounce of Prevention is Worth a Pound of Cure: A Quarantine Tank for Everything by Steven Pro

Marine Ich/Cryptocaryon irritans - A Discussion of this Parasite and the Treatment Options Available, Part I by Steven Pro

Marine Ich/Cryptocaryon irritans - A Discussion of this Parasite and the Treatment Options Available, Part II by Steven Pro